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Show HN: Shout It – A platform to shout out your feelings

29 points by alias_is 7y ago

alias_is 7y ago
You can share your feelings, stress, and anxiety! More features are coming on. I would like to get some feedback on it. The site isn't mobile-friendly at the moment. Please use a desktop browser for time-being, we are planning to improve frontend over the weekend
pollux01 7y ago
chuck signup all together, u'll get more engagement. Signup is a hassle.
- alias_is 7y ago
  Thank you! I understand the issue. Currently, we aren't using any email.
- cmd_spectre 7y ago
  This will lead to a lower risk for people shouting their actual feelings on the platform. Also I feel like something like this is direly needed with big tech starting to become "regulated" and breeding an atmosphere of censorship and "like farming". On the other hand, this could also allow for people to easily spread hate and zeal for or about things that will cause more negativity and suffering.
krilly 7y ago
https://i.postimg.cc/zBhVFjDg/Screenshot-20191225-175902.png https://i.postimg.cc/zBhVFjDg/Screenshot-20191225-175902.png Yikes. I get not supporting mobile for now, but what about people who like to use little browser windows like me? Doesn't seem to be responsive at all.
- alias_is 7y ago
  I understand your problem. Apparently, our front-end dev isn't available on weekdays, so we are discussing it and trying to optimize the frontend. Thank you for your feedback.
- bryanrasmussen 7y ago
  I have always assumed that people like to use at least most of their screen's real estate if not all - what is your reason for liking narrow windows (especially considering that I think even nowadays on most of the web the experience would be degraded)
  - alias_is 7y ago
    We wanted to make something where people can come and "shout" immediately. We will improve this design over time. Thank you for your concerns.
  - nvrspyx 7y ago
    Multitasking. Watching videos, writing something up, having another website open, messaging, Skype, or anything else you can think of while browsing. Having two windows open side by side isn't abnormal and is one of the main reasons why window managers even exist instead of desktops using a mobile-like UI paradigm where you can only have one program on the screen at a time. Counter question: why would you want something as one-dimensional as a website (especially the OP) taking up all of your screen real estate?
    - bryanrasmussen 7y ago
      I guess I don't actually believe in multitasking.
      - soneca 7y ago
        I can divide my screen among several windows to perform one task. The most obvious example for me is coding. Terminal, code editor, browser running the code locally. Even when I want to have a break and check HN I prefer to open another tab on the non-fullscreen browser for an easy transition to and from the break.
        bryanrasmussen 7y ago
        most people I see do this do it on multiple screens not multiple windows on one screen (or multiple tablet sized windows on one large screen, and most do it without making any screen as extremely narrow as the parent did. However I suppose also that most is not all, and there must be some outliers who do it on a single laptop screen either from necessity or preference. I might find myself doing extremely narrow windows out of necessity but never preference, and then the extremely narrow windows would almost always be on something I was working on - as it is indeed in your case - and not to interact with someone else's site.
rsync 7y ago
I found signup and initial use to be quick and easy - no email or confirmation, etc. The output does not respect carriage returns / newlines ... so while this HN post has multiple paragraphs, a similar input at "Shout It" would have this all run together with no newlines...
- alias_is 7y ago
  Thank you for the feedback! We will work on that over the weekend. I understand that it is an issue not being able to format the text.
  - new_guy 7y ago
    Why would you not even bother getting basic functionality working before showing it to everyone?
    - alias_is 7y ago
      Thank you for your feedback! We will update this by the weekend. Our main reason to show was to validate if people would like to pen down their feelings, so we wanted to confirm this! We have also thought a lot of ideas and are keeping them on hold. We basically wanted to know if the core functionality is useful or not!
    - dajohnson89 7y ago
      Show HN can be used to show a work-in-progress. There's no expectation for the projects to be bug-free.
  - deleted 7y ago
    [deleted]
wcip 7y ago
Frontend issues aside. >Feel free to support a user whose problem is similar to yours. With 5 supports, you guys can unlock discussion! Is a interesting model to me. I think the next generation social network will have to come up with clever rules to foster discussion like this. What stack are you using?
pickdenis 7y ago
Slight UI nitpick: On narrow screens (<800px), the signup part of the screen is cut off. There is a scroll bar but it doesn't work as intended. https://i.imgur.com/pRtOd73.png https://i.imgur.com/pRtOd73.png
brian-armstrong 7y ago
For some reason this site has gone out of its way to make reading more difficult by removing scroll momentum. As a result it takes quite a lot of effort just to read a few of these.
z_open 7y ago
I assumed this would be more personal. People expressing anger, depression, etc. This seems to be rants about things they find mildly annoying. Not sure if the site wants or will encourage/enforce one or the others.
- alias_is 7y ago
  I am thinking of grouping people with similar problems so they can discuss the issue, but as of now, it has been spam I guess. It did help me validate the idea, so I am thankful for that!
jpm_sd 7y ago
It's too bad "I'll Scream Your Tweets" never took off https://youtu.be/Td1MYuLu5Nc https://youtu.be/Td1MYuLu5Nc
hanniabu 7y ago
So basically Twitter?
- alias_is 7y ago
  We have some features on the hold. We want to make it a place where people help each other.
ketralnis 7y ago
See also Aaaaah, a social network for yelling existentially into the void https://twitter.com/chromakode/status/1186348053575262208?s=20 https://twitter.com/chromakode/status/1186348053575262208?s=...
- haecceity 7y ago
  I just echo into /dev/null.
  - haecceity 7y ago
    More environmentally friendly.
SlowRobotAhead 7y ago
As of typing it has a few hundred spam posts from user “a”. Needs work
- alias_is 7y ago
  We will be working on spam prevention.
joegahona 7y ago
Aside from the large signup box, the “shouts” tend to just be gibberish for me. Is the site currently being hacked?
quickthrower2 7y ago
Agh! Same thing happens to every anonymous chat app on show HN. It degraded into “your mum lolz” and “<a href...>” etc.
aliswe 7y ago
Nice! but block tags.
alias_is 7y ago
We have taken your suggestion and changed some features of the platform, we are continually developing it. We would like to know your feedback. --The dev team

29 points by alias_is 7y ago

You can share your feelings, stress, and anxiety! More features are coming on. I would like to get some feedback on it. The site isn't mobile-friendly at the moment. Please use a desktop browser for time-being, we are planning to improve frontend over the weekend

pollux01 7y ago

chuck signup all together, u'll get more engagement. Signup is a hassle.

alias_is 7y ago
Thank you! I understand the issue. Currently, we aren't using any email.
cmd_spectre 7y ago
This will lead to a lower risk for people shouting their actual feelings on the platform. Also I feel like something like this is direly needed with big tech starting to become "regulated" and breeding an atmosphere of censorship and "like farming". On the other hand, this could also allow for people to easily spread hate and zeal for or about things that will cause more negativity and suffering.

krilly 7y ago

https://i.postimg.cc/zBhVFjDg/Screenshot-20191225-175902.png https://i.postimg.cc/zBhVFjDg/Screenshot-20191225-175902.png Yikes. I get not supporting mobile for now, but what about people who like to use little browser windows like me? Doesn't seem to be responsive at all.

alias_is 7y ago
I understand your problem. Apparently, our front-end dev isn't available on weekdays, so we are discussing it and trying to optimize the frontend. Thank you for your feedback.
bryanrasmussen 7y ago
I have always assumed that people like to use at least most of their screen's real estate if not all - what is your reason for liking narrow windows (especially considering that I think even nowadays on most of the web the experience would be degraded)
- alias_is 7y ago
  We wanted to make something where people can come and "shout" immediately. We will improve this design over time. Thank you for your concerns.
- nvrspyx 7y ago
  Multitasking. Watching videos, writing something up, having another website open, messaging, Skype, or anything else you can think of while browsing. Having two windows open side by side isn't abnormal and is one of the main reasons why window managers even exist instead of desktops using a mobile-like UI paradigm where you can only have one program on the screen at a time. Counter question: why would you want something as one-dimensional as a website (especially the OP) taking up all of your screen real estate?
  - bryanrasmussen 7y ago
    I guess I don't actually believe in multitasking.
    - soneca 7y ago
      I can divide my screen among several windows to perform one task. The most obvious example for me is coding. Terminal, code editor, browser running the code locally. Even when I want to have a break and check HN I prefer to open another tab on the non-fullscreen browser for an easy transition to and from the break.
      - bryanrasmussen 7y ago
        most people I see do this do it on multiple screens not multiple windows on one screen (or multiple tablet sized windows on one large screen, and most do it without making any screen as extremely narrow as the parent did. However I suppose also that most is not all, and there must be some outliers who do it on a single laptop screen either from necessity or preference. I might find myself doing extremely narrow windows out of necessity but never preference, and then the extremely narrow windows would almost always be on something I was working on - as it is indeed in your case - and not to interact with someone else's site.

rsync 7y ago

I found signup and initial use to be quick and easy - no email or confirmation, etc. The output does not respect carriage returns / newlines ... so while this HN post has multiple paragraphs, a similar input at "Shout It" would have this all run together with no newlines...

alias_is 7y ago
Thank you for the feedback! We will work on that over the weekend. I understand that it is an issue not being able to format the text.
- new_guy 7y ago
  Why would you not even bother getting basic functionality working before showing it to everyone?
  - alias_is 7y ago
    Thank you for your feedback! We will update this by the weekend. Our main reason to show was to validate if people would like to pen down their feelings, so we wanted to confirm this! We have also thought a lot of ideas and are keeping them on hold. We basically wanted to know if the core functionality is useful or not!
  - dajohnson89 7y ago
    Show HN can be used to show a work-in-progress. There's no expectation for the projects to be bug-free.
- deleted 7y ago
  [deleted]

wcip 7y ago

Frontend issues aside. >Feel free to support a user whose problem is similar to yours. With 5 supports, you guys can unlock discussion! Is a interesting model to me. I think the next generation social network will have to come up with clever rules to foster discussion like this. What stack are you using?

pickdenis 7y ago

Slight UI nitpick: On narrow screens (<800px), the signup part of the screen is cut off. There is a scroll bar but it doesn't work as intended. https://i.imgur.com/pRtOd73.png https://i.imgur.com/pRtOd73.png

brian-armstrong 7y ago

For some reason this site has gone out of its way to make reading more difficult by removing scroll momentum. As a result it takes quite a lot of effort just to read a few of these.

z_open 7y ago

I assumed this would be more personal. People expressing anger, depression, etc. This seems to be rants about things they find mildly annoying. Not sure if the site wants or will encourage/enforce one or the others.

alias_is 7y ago
I am thinking of grouping people with similar problems so they can discuss the issue, but as of now, it has been spam I guess. It did help me validate the idea, so I am thankful for that!

jpm_sd 7y ago

It's too bad "I'll Scream Your Tweets" never took off https://youtu.be/Td1MYuLu5Nc https://youtu.be/Td1MYuLu5Nc

hanniabu 7y ago

So basically Twitter?

alias_is 7y ago
We have some features on the hold. We want to make it a place where people help each other.

ketralnis 7y ago

See also Aaaaah, a social network for yelling existentially into the void https://twitter.com/chromakode/status/1186348053575262208?s=20 https://twitter.com/chromakode/status/1186348053575262208?s=...

haecceity 7y ago
I just echo into /dev/null.
- haecceity 7y ago
  More environmentally friendly.

SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

As of typing it has a few hundred spam posts from user “a”. Needs work

alias_is 7y ago
We will be working on spam prevention.

joegahona 7y ago

Aside from the large signup box, the “shouts” tend to just be gibberish for me. Is the site currently being hacked?

quickthrower2 7y ago

Agh! Same thing happens to every anonymous chat app on show HN. It degraded into “your mum lolz” and “<a href...>” etc.

aliswe 7y ago

Nice! but block tags.

alias_is 7y ago

We have taken your suggestion and changed some features of the platform, we are continually developing it. We would like to know your feedback. --The dev team