_aaya

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   by _aaya 9y ago

   Thank you--you've given me a lot to think about over the next few days before I decide what tradeoffs to make. I really appreciate your feedback because you're approaching this from a perspective I hadn't considered. If you&#
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   Online Communication and the Merits of Anonymous Discussion Platforms(medium.com)

   3 points by _aaya 9y ago|0 comments
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   by _aaya 9y ago

   I think it's a little different in the sense that identities are tied to individual messages instead of individual people. When there's a conversation going, you can't tell how many people you're talking to, so the exper
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   by _aaya 9y ago

   Thanks for taking the time to respond. Maybe it's due to lack of experience, but I guess I didn't consider adoption from a business perspective when designing the initial experience. Do you think a separate landing page or series
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   by _aaya 9y ago

   I disagree. Growing up I've had plenty of positive experiences with various anonymous communities online. I do think that giving IDs to individual messages (instead of individual people) and not having an upvote/like system will g
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   by _aaya 9y ago

   I decided not to include editing or deleting to encourage users to think a little bit before sending a message.
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   by _aaya 9y ago

   Thanks for the feedback. I'm still experimenting with finding the right balance between convenience and making users conscious of the decision to censor others. For now you can use the settings in the sidebar to filter words and messag
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   by _aaya 9y ago

   Thanks! I used firebase for the back end which made the implementation pretty straightforward.
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   by _aaya 9y ago

   I think this was due to keeping all loaded messages in the DOM. I've made it so that only the most recent messages are kept if you're scrolled to the bottom, so it should be better now.
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    by _aaya 9y ago

    react and firebase~
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    by _aaya 9y ago

    Thanks! Glad you find it fun~ I'll look into different highlight colors and other ways to improve the UX.
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    by _aaya 9y ago

    Yeah I need to look into that lol.
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    by _aaya 9y ago

    Yep, I'll experiment with it this weekend!
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    by _aaya 9y ago

    Hmm maybe. I don't think content will be an issue if sharing is handled through linking to specific tags (hashtags.chat/NotReallyPrivate instead of hashtags.chat) because of the built in lack of discoverability.
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    by _aaya 9y ago

    Thanks! And yeah, I definitely need to look more into filters.
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    by _aaya 9y ago

    Anonymous to other users, I guess.
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    by _aaya 9y ago

    Everything is public, but tag discovery is limited to the default list, specifically searching for a tag, or directly linking to it. I'm planning to replace the default section with a trending list though.
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    by _aaya 9y ago

    Yeah the main channel is pretty chaotic. You can filter links, gifs, emojis, and any words you don't want to see by using the settings. If you try other tags and play with the settings, it shouldn't be as bad.
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    by _aaya 9y ago

    Wow that looks pretty cool
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    by _aaya 9y ago

    You can click the icons on the side to show/hide the sidebar - sorry I haven't published all the features and how to use them.
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    by _aaya 9y ago

    The concept I was going for is discussion without identities. Maybe anonymity wasn't the right word.
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    by _aaya 9y ago

    Yeah, sorry about that. For now it's only for desktop, but if there's interest, I'll look into making mobile apps.
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    Show HN: Anonymous Discussion Platform For Any Topic (think Reddit meets Slack)(hashtags.chat)

    72 points by _aaya 9y ago|57 comments