lyra_comms

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by lyra_comms 8y ago
Decentralised social networks are a bad idea. Communication tools need to be inclusive and open to everyone, especially laypeople. Decentralised tools and blockchain turn off non-techies, and are overkill for the social networking problem.
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Press release: launching Lyra, an open, nonprofit conversation platform
7 points by lyra_comms 8y ago|0 comments
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
It has to do, as you mentioned, with the amount of text. Whatever land you're wrapped up in, I hope everything is awesome there, too.
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
We did research the name in advance and we're happy with it; we're not concerned that another company shares it.
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
Lyra values language and aims to be an effective tool for large conversations; we're not worried about large amounts of text. We especially don't want to patronise users by hiding or folding up messages which they have taken time
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
We bow only to the Hypnotoad.
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
Thanks, this is excellent feedback. - It's OK to have a small learning curve; we think users will be OK with the menu symbol. - We've thought extensively about whether to show content to non-logged-in users. This isn't really
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
We approach a completely different use case to Livejournal: hierarchical conversations rather than broadcast blogging.
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
Exactly! We agree that email and newsgroups do not have the most useful or accessible UI, and aim to offer a much better design. Needless to say, our design is constantly improving.
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
Thanks, we will add a page about the team. We have been thinking carefully about whether to include a public conversation feed. Public communications are not Lyra's central use case, and as most conversations are private at the moment,
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
A quest to remain "more interesting" leads to constantly changing platforms, dark patterns, and intrusive notifications. A useful and effective platform enables communication in a reliable and stable way. Thanks for your comments;
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
These aren't developments that should be encouraged. The political influence of targeted advertising on social media has encouraged and enabled several nationalist movements. We believe that the lack of an open communication platform m
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
Yes, we did! Self-promotion in a relevant context (in a discussion of a worsening problem which affects many) is a very different undertaking than paid, off-topic advertising.
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
Thanks for the advice, we've been staying under the radar on HN recently but we honestly feel really strongly about this. We're a nonprofit, have been sinking lots of cash into this project, and are not in it for personal gain :)
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
As a nonprofit, we operate on grants and revenue alone, not investment. We'd love to hear some specific feedback on what you think could be improved about our UI :) We also think we're not doing too badly compared to Reddit and Ha
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
I know it's hard to see it this way when one is into tech, but many of my non-tech friends (artists, philosophers, retail...) would balk at this. We believe using a communication tool needs to be as easy as entering a URL and logging i
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
One of our team members used to do this job; luckily, she managed to do it with deep learning, so didn't have to spend too much time looking at unpleasant images. This experience is one of the main drivers that pushes our team to devel
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
It's absolutely hearbreaking to see the independence, critical thinking and self-determination that Western society has been building up since the Enlightenment, weakening under the forces of big data and targeted advertising. Communic
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
An open conversation service needs to be open to all, not just people with tech skills; we need to prevent large numbers of people feeling locked out of discourse, or left behind. Also, many of the distributed/federated services we&#x2
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
Our team (mostly cognitive scientists and engineers) is nostalgic about the past of online communication and concerned about its future. Our platform, Lyra, provides support for effective conversations rather than social networking and adv
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
Exactly! As cognitive psychologists, this is what we are trying to fight with Lyra: a nonprofit conversation service which respects attention. www.hellolyra.com/introduction
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
This is what we are trying to rectify with Lyra, a conversation and debate service which respects the user's attention. Our team is led by a cognitive neuroscientist working on attention, and we're a nonprofit. You can read more a
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
This is what we are trying to rectify with Lyra, a conversation and debate service which respects the user's attention. Our team is led by a cognitive neuroscientist working on attention, and we're a nonprofit. You can read more a
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Down with for-profit social media. Viva la revolucion(hellolyra.com)
1 points by lyra_comms 9y ago|0 comments
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Online conversation: past, present, and future(hellolyra.com)
2 points by lyra_comms 9y ago|0 comments
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
You don't converse just to exchange news or learn. People converse to tell stories, to laugh, to discuss, to exchange points of view, to convince, to refute, to pass time, to plan, to reminisce... Lyra is like a blank sheet of paper. I
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
Lyra isn't designed with any particular context in mind. We aim to allow the full expressive power of language, not imposing any ethos, topic or atmosphere. Lyra is a communication tool, not an opinionated social space.
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
There is plenty of research showing that the patterns and atmosphere a platform promotes can have huge effects on conversation and discourse. This is what we're doing with Lyra (www.hellolyra.com): using a respect for language and cogn
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
Twitter wasn't designed to enable good conversations - it was designed for rapid, viral growth thanks to a gimmick which limits message length and sensible, nuanced interaction. Have a look at Lyra - it's a nonprofit conversation
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by lyra_comms 9y ago
We believe the web needs a conversation platform that's open, respects language and discourse, and is free from the influence of advertising revenue.

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