CitrusFruits

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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
> I can't go to slow social without all my friends coming with me, so I'm stuck with Instagram/whatsapp. This is partially correct. Slow Social would be a lot better if all your friends joined. However, my accommodation f
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
Also, I'm American and all the data is being stored stateside.
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
I mean, there's an email address and, if your really curious, you could have read the blog post linked in the main site that has my name associated with it. https://dev.to/duensing/introducing-slow-social-4a90 But
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
It's really about reducing friction, not pumping up numbers. This is bootstrapped, not investor backed so there's no reason to skew the numbers. As for the candy analogy, I think that's a bit cynical if all you're critiq
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
I'd argue it's different because it has better privacy controls. Instead of all your content being public, it's all private and you can share it to a non Slow Social member via email. Additionally, it's a more focused, c
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
Yup! It's Trix alright. I was pretty amazed out how heavy and complicated most rich text editors are. But then again, it's a pretty complex interaction they have to design around.
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
Oh, fascinating. Was it a Supabase thing? I haven't run into that before. If you have any more details, I'd love to hear. You could comment here or email team@slowsocial.us
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
I don't plan on sharing personal information with any sort of entity, certainly not for profit. But, the personal information is stored on machines and manipulated by other companies, namely Supabase and SendGrid since its necessary fo
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
Who is Joe Edelman?
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
I think what I was trying to get across is that you can do things more in a blog post styles as opposed to Twitter style quick bites. But maybe you're right it's not worth mentioning. The copy for the site hasn't gone through
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
Yeah, there's a bad copypasta there. I'll see if I can update that real quick. EDIT: The FAQ has been updated.
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
Yup, this is exactly right. Facebook was the last OAuth provider I added because I don't love being tied to them, but at the end of the day some people just want the easiest way to authenticate possible, and Facebook is one of the larg
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
This is really cool! And those are some great insights. I just might send you an email.
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
Low overhead costs and charging users something like $3/mo would be the target for sustainability if the network ever starts to have significant operating expenses. Until then, it's really cheap to keep running.
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
> Especially since these social shapes typically necessitate funding I would actually argue, that with today's technologies and cloud offerings, this isn't necessarily true. The operating costs for a high availability sites are
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
I'd be amazed if the Zuck ever heard about it. Also, I think this is something that could co-exist with Insta, Facebook, and WhatsApp.
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
Yeah, this is basically my take. Not everyone will feel like this, but I often find I have enough friends, but not great ways to connect with them in online spaces. In other words, I'd rather build a tool that helps people understand a
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
I need an iOS app too.
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
This is a really interesting concept! I'm trying to solve the problem of creating space for people to share more thoughtful, potentially longer form content, while this seems to be solving for transient "what are you doing right n
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
Something I hadn't considered. I'm not sure I'd go in that direction but I'm curious what this would look like. Are you thinking of something like a weekly status update on projects/etc?
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You can share old posts with new friends, it's just on a post by post basis. But yeah, more fine grained control would be a nice feature.
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
I'm using Supabase, Sveltekit, Tailwind, SendGrid, and Netlify. SvelteKit has been a lot of fun but definitely has a few rough edges. Supabase has been awesome, but as you can probably see, from the comments elsewhere, has some kinks a
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
Thanks, that's a good tip! I'll definitely check them out. And yup, definitely a concern. Makes me think that perhaps there's a possibility to not cap the posts, but rather have any posts outside of the first one in a week ha
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
I too, am curious. It seems like Mastodon and other federated networks definitely have user well being and autonomy as a goal. However, for whatever reason, most of the more popular federated networks seem to aspire to be "X, but feder
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
Yeah, I definitely thought of this. It's kindof a chicken or the egg thing. Some of my friends had the suggestion of a weekly digest or something like that. In the end, I opted for this since, from my perspective, there's a sort o
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
I agree, it's not perfect. Maybe, just maybe though, it's better than other alternatives out there. Your suggestions for being able to apply our "higher order executive function" to our social networks is honestly a grea
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
Yes, definitely rough around the edges. The DB, Auth, and File Storage is all Supabase. The web framework is SvelteKit, and I'm using Sendgrid to send emails. Also using Tailwind. I've been coding for a long time, but have been wo
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
Probably won't federate. TBH, federation doesn't appeal to me that much. I recognize it has benefits, but it also introduces significant complexity. Plus, Slow Social is already designed to work with the most widely adopted federa
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
Supabase does the auth emails. If you make a post and have the service email it for you, it uses Sendgrid which seems to make it past the spam folder most of the time.
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by CitrusFruits 4y ago
The app is just launching, and it's a side hustle. Everything right now can run on a free tier, and I'm fairly certain I can support a _very_ sizeable amount of users for < $100 of operating overhead, which is cash I'd tot

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