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Show HN: Squabblr – A Twitter/Reddit hybrid platform

24 points by jayclees 3y ago

Hey guys, I made a post about this about a week ago and was told to create a Show HN post. So here we are! Squabblr is a hybrid that takes Twitter style posting and combines it with Reddit style commenting. It came up from a personal want where I liked using Twitter to see what people I'm interested in are up to, but found that the reply system left a lot to be desired. It's very hard to have or follow conversations with their UI. While Reddit provided a great commenting system but didn't support following people very well (or had much usage of it at all). So I decided to create Squabblr. You can "tweet" random blurbs or have in-depth conversations in a single unified platform. You can follow people, and you can also have Reddit style communities for whatever niche subject you find interest in. If you find any interest in it, check it out here! https://squabblr.com https://squabblr.com Tech stack: - Laravel - Vue.js - MySQL - DigitalOcean Appreciate your time!

celtoid 3y ago
It looks great! I joined.
- jayclees 3y ago
  Awesome! Hope you enjoy!
andrewfromx 3y ago
the link should be .co not .com
- jayclees 3y ago
  Funny that I make this mistake on my own website lol.
andrewfromx 3y ago
did you think about making it https://joinmastodon.org/ https://joinmastodon.org/ mastodon or bluesky or nostr compatible?
- jayclees 3y ago
  I haven't thought about it. I don't know much about them but I'm open to the idea of decentralization. I'll take a look at them. Thanks for the heads up!
  - andrewfromx 3y ago
    Oh also https://lemmy.ml/ https://lemmy.ml/ a lot of info at https://fedidb.org/ https://fedidb.org/
- mdwalters 3y ago
  +1. Federation would be a cool feature to add.
predictabl3 3y ago
I'm getting a self-signed SSL cert and then a generic Under Construction page. :/ Mostly just fyi: https://images2.imgbox.com/59/43/iBpTIRgT_o.png https://images2.imgbox.com/59/43/iBpTIRgT_o.png
- c17r 3y ago
  It's https://squabblr.co https://squabblr.co (no m) The HN link has it correct but the body has it wrong
glonq 3y ago
Are we still doing the "r" thing for product names? If so, a proper twitter/reddit clone should have been named "shitpostr" I gave it a quick lookie-loo. It looks tight and tidy! I can't promise to spend much time on there though; there is just an absurd number of social platforms out there, all competing for users.
robobro 3y ago
This would be a lot more Twitter like if posts are sent to communities with tags. A huge failing of reddit is that cool posts need to be reposted. On reddit, you can already post tweets for your followers to see by posting to your profile. Doubling the comments saying to add activitypub functionality. As an aside, mastodon is a fediverse app, and not the name of the network. Other fediverse apps are Lemmy, a reddit clone, and the other Twitter clones, like pleroma - which is better designed than mastodon Lemmy, pleroma, mastodon, et al can all talk together, it's cute :)
pcthrowaway 3y ago
Why does squabbles.io now redirect to squabbler.co? Are you the same person who made both? Were discussions from squabbles copied over to squabbler or did people have to start anew?
- jayclees 3y ago
  Same person, we rebranded.
m-p-3 3y ago
I'll let this post and the comments below speak for themselves https://squabblr.co/u/jayclees/post/KB0LM3g1oy https://squabblr.co/u/jayclees/post/KB0LM3g1oy https://web.archive.org/web/20230831212323/https://squabblr.co/u/jayclees/post/KB0LM3g1oy https://web.archive.org/web/20230831212323/https://squabblr....
- pityJuke 3y ago
  To add to this point, it's already had a mass migration away, to Discuit [0]. Some other discussion on Tildes [1]. [0]: https://discuit.net/Discuit/post/a8Suq9qc https://discuit.net/Discuit/post/a8Suq9qc [1]: https://tildes.net/~tech/197q/squabblr_is_now_a_free_speech_platform https://tildes.net/~tech/197q/squabblr_is_now_a_free_speech_...
- jayclees 3y ago
  You don't need to archive it. I can post it here for easier reference? > The terms of service have been updated. With the exception of racist content, the use of slurs (racial or otherwise), targeted harassment, and incitement of violence, Squabblr is now a free speech platform.
  - halfjoking 3y ago
    Props to you for taking a stand. I was banned from every mainstream subreddit for criticizing the Covid vaxx. (I wasn’t spamming I just said my opinion when the topic came up) The people who say free speech is alt-right have bought into the “dangerous speech” narrative of the media and 3-letter agencies. The powerful just don’t want criticism. So they push identity politics - as if your identity is the be all, end all of morality. Whenever I criticized the vaccine I was called a right-wing nut. I’m not right-wing, I also believe the world is ending from climate change, support Medicare for all and wrote in Andrew Yang in 2020. They’re just so brainwashed they can’t conceive that you can make arguments about important issues without looking through the frame of how the media set it up… with straw men to say those are the adjacent views of a fascist. So I think the vaxx is unsafe, I must be a fascist. It’s so absurd. The only way they can maintain this upside down world is with censorship. So once again thanks for taking a stand for free speech. It’s the right thing to do.
jayclees 3y ago
Hey guys just want to say the link is https://squabblr.co https://squabblr.co, not squabblr.com. I made the classic mistake on my own website!
gremlinunderway 3y ago
I really like the post / comments format. Never seen hat before. Wish it was open source so I could see how it was done in Vue.
- jayclees 3y ago
  The two column layout is kind of a pain to maintain and keep responsive. I tried going single column but I honestly just really like the format so I brought it back.

24 points by jayclees 3y ago

celtoid 3y ago

It looks great! I joined.

jayclees 3y ago
Awesome! Hope you enjoy!

andrewfromx 3y ago

the link should be .co not .com

jayclees 3y ago
Funny that I make this mistake on my own website lol.

andrewfromx 3y ago

did you think about making it https://joinmastodon.org/ https://joinmastodon.org/ mastodon or bluesky or nostr compatible?

jayclees 3y ago
I haven't thought about it. I don't know much about them but I'm open to the idea of decentralization. I'll take a look at them. Thanks for the heads up!
- andrewfromx 3y ago
  Oh also https://lemmy.ml/ https://lemmy.ml/ a lot of info at https://fedidb.org/ https://fedidb.org/
mdwalters 3y ago
+1. Federation would be a cool feature to add.

predictabl3 3y ago

I'm getting a self-signed SSL cert and then a generic Under Construction page. :/ Mostly just fyi: https://images2.imgbox.com/59/43/iBpTIRgT_o.png https://images2.imgbox.com/59/43/iBpTIRgT_o.png

c17r 3y ago
It's https://squabblr.co https://squabblr.co (no m) The HN link has it correct but the body has it wrong

glonq 3y ago

Are we still doing the "r" thing for product names? If so, a proper twitter/reddit clone should have been named "shitpostr" I gave it a quick lookie-loo. It looks tight and tidy! I can't promise to spend much time on there though; there is just an absurd number of social platforms out there, all competing for users.

robobro 3y ago

This would be a lot more Twitter like if posts are sent to communities with tags. A huge failing of reddit is that cool posts need to be reposted. On reddit, you can already post tweets for your followers to see by posting to your profile. Doubling the comments saying to add activitypub functionality. As an aside, mastodon is a fediverse app, and not the name of the network. Other fediverse apps are Lemmy, a reddit clone, and the other Twitter clones, like pleroma - which is better designed than mastodon Lemmy, pleroma, mastodon, et al can all talk together, it's cute :)

pcthrowaway 3y ago

Why does squabbles.io now redirect to squabbler.co? Are you the same person who made both? Were discussions from squabbles copied over to squabbler or did people have to start anew?

jayclees 3y ago
Same person, we rebranded.

m-p-3 3y ago

I'll let this post and the comments below speak for themselves https://squabblr.co/u/jayclees/post/KB0LM3g1oy https://squabblr.co/u/jayclees/post/KB0LM3g1oy https://web.archive.org/web/20230831212323/https://squabblr.co/u/jayclees/post/KB0LM3g1oy https://web.archive.org/web/20230831212323/https://squabblr....

pityJuke 3y ago
To add to this point, it's already had a mass migration away, to Discuit [0]. Some other discussion on Tildes [1]. [0]: https://discuit.net/Discuit/post/a8Suq9qc https://discuit.net/Discuit/post/a8Suq9qc [1]: https://tildes.net/~tech/197q/squabblr_is_now_a_free_speech_platform https://tildes.net/~tech/197q/squabblr_is_now_a_free_speech_...
jayclees 3y ago
You don't need to archive it. I can post it here for easier reference? > The terms of service have been updated. With the exception of racist content, the use of slurs (racial or otherwise), targeted harassment, and incitement of violence, Squabblr is now a free speech platform.
- halfjoking 3y ago
  Props to you for taking a stand. I was banned from every mainstream subreddit for criticizing the Covid vaxx. (I wasn’t spamming I just said my opinion when the topic came up) The people who say free speech is alt-right have bought into the “dangerous speech” narrative of the media and 3-letter agencies. The powerful just don’t want criticism. So they push identity politics - as if your identity is the be all, end all of morality. Whenever I criticized the vaccine I was called a right-wing nut. I’m not right-wing, I also believe the world is ending from climate change, support Medicare for all and wrote in Andrew Yang in 2020. They’re just so brainwashed they can’t conceive that you can make arguments about important issues without looking through the frame of how the media set it up… with straw men to say those are the adjacent views of a fascist. So I think the vaxx is unsafe, I must be a fascist. It’s so absurd. The only way they can maintain this upside down world is with censorship. So once again thanks for taking a stand for free speech. It’s the right thing to do.

jayclees 3y ago

Hey guys just want to say the link is https://squabblr.co https://squabblr.co, not squabblr.com. I made the classic mistake on my own website!

gremlinunderway 3y ago

I really like the post / comments format. Never seen hat before. Wish it was open source so I could see how it was done in Vue.

jayclees 3y ago
The two column layout is kind of a pain to maintain and keep responsive. I tried going single column but I honestly just really like the format so I brought it back.