What's in the Y axis?
rglullis
joined 2 years ago
You are right. I thought it was just a different take on the flipboard client, but more focused on the different feeds.
I don’t understand how one could possibly think that requiring a Google account would make it easier to onboard new users…
Simple. "Log in with Google" is a lot less friction than getting people to sign up to a new service. Even more so for a mobile-focused application like Surf/Flipboard.
doesn’t exist elsewhere.
Isn't it "just" a feed reader with a pre-curated list of feeds? Doing that is not complicated. The hard part is doing it in a way that it is easy for non-techies.
If your goal is to get the masses to try something new, making it as easy as possible to onboard them makes absolute sense. That includes letting them sign up using something that 98.123456789% of the people use.
And if you already are out of Big Tech hell hole, then you likely already know how to find and manage and curate your own feeds.
unless someone is truly interested in working with me on this project (...) there's really no use in sharing it.
Yeah, but doesn't it go both ways? How can people find out if their vision is aligned with yours unless you show what you have?
I mean, I share the feeling of not wanting to make any big announcement when it's not usable, but at least putting out a link to the repo and some roadmap would help others to see if they would be interested in helping you.
Any particular reason to keep it private?
You don't a "platform", you need a Fediverse indexer + search engine.
It's Dan's whole M.O: he gets excited about some new project, goes on a rushed coding rampage, releases some alpha-quality code, then loses interest and starts the chase for the next shiny toy.
the project is unfinished
Understatement of the year. Dan has posted "loops next week" for more than an year already...
I am not sure I follow. How would a troll cause trouble to an instance by lurking on a site?
Anyone here using it? I am not sure I understand their pricing model. Is it just "the more users you have, the more likely you are making money from this and therefore the more you can afford?"