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I don't really understand the purpose. If I'm writing these thoughts for myself, why would I want to post them? If I'm writing these thoughts to engage with a

by SamBam 4y ago

I don't really understand the purpose. If I'm writing these thoughts for myself, why would I want to post them? If I'm writing these thoughts to engage with an audience or wider community, why wouldn't I want them to be able to reply?

PenguinCoder 4y ago
For my writing it's both really. I write so that I can better present my ideas and thoughts Ina coherent manner that make sense to other people; not just myself. At the same time I am not writing FOR anyone else. I don't want feedback or commentary. I write to help my own thought process, making sure I understand the topic well enough that I could explain to someone else. I don't write for audience engagement, or for someone else. But I do try and write what someone without my knowledge or expertise can understand. I write for peers and practice.
- louispereira 4y ago
  I love this. It's exactly the kind of use case I had in mind while building Nicheless. Happy that it resonates!
conductr 4y ago
For the likes/upvotes or whatever they do
louispereira 4y ago
Hey Sam! I'm Louis, the guy who built Nicheless. The purpose of the platform is simple – it's a place to improve your thoughts through writing. I wrote a bit about it here: https://nicheless.blog/post/why-i-built-this https://nicheless.blog/post/why-i-built-this Also, people can like and reply to your posts, but both those are private. Only you'll know how many likes a post has, and all replies will go directly to your DMs instead of a comment section. This is so that it helps reduce uneccessary trolling and status games among people, with the goal of making it easier for people to write for the sake of thinking, and not to impress their audiences which may or may not exist. Let me know if you have any questions. Happy that you took the time to try it out.
- throwaway892238 4y ago
  Can a user turn off the DMs? Pretty much every woman who writes publicly on the internet gets unsolicited hate-DMs.
  - louispereira 4y ago
    Yes they can. Currently, the only way to DM a person is to reply to a post. Each post lets you toggle the Likes and Reply (DM) feature for that post. So if you leave the Reply toggle off for all posts, you won't be able to receive them. Folks that have already replied to earlier posts that had the reply feature on will still be to continue the conversation though. I'll probably add a Block feature at some point in the near future though.

by SamBam 4y ago

PenguinCoder 4y ago

For my writing it's both really. I write so that I can better present my ideas and thoughts Ina coherent manner that make sense to other people; not just myself. At the same time I am not writing FOR anyone else. I don't want feedback or commentary. I write to help my own thought process, making sure I understand the topic well enough that I could explain to someone else. I don't write for audience engagement, or for someone else. But I do try and write what someone without my knowledge or expertise can understand. I write for peers and practice.

louispereira 4y ago
I love this. It's exactly the kind of use case I had in mind while building Nicheless. Happy that it resonates!

conductr 4y ago

For the likes/upvotes or whatever they do

louispereira 4y ago

Hey Sam! I'm Louis, the guy who built Nicheless. The purpose of the platform is simple – it's a place to improve your thoughts through writing. I wrote a bit about it here: https://nicheless.blog/post/why-i-built-this https://nicheless.blog/post/why-i-built-this Also, people can like and reply to your posts, but both those are private. Only you'll know how many likes a post has, and all replies will go directly to your DMs instead of a comment section. This is so that it helps reduce uneccessary trolling and status games among people, with the goal of making it easier for people to write for the sake of thinking, and not to impress their audiences which may or may not exist. Let me know if you have any questions. Happy that you took the time to try it out.

throwaway892238 4y ago
Can a user turn off the DMs? Pretty much every woman who writes publicly on the internet gets unsolicited hate-DMs.
- louispereira 4y ago
  Yes they can. Currently, the only way to DM a person is to reply to a post. Each post lets you toggle the Likes and Reply (DM) feature for that post. So if you leave the Reply toggle off for all posts, you won't be able to receive them. Folks that have already replied to earlier posts that had the reply feature on will still be to continue the conversation though. I'll probably add a Block feature at some point in the near future though.