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by danfang 7y ago
I'd say for the same reason Dropbox was a good solution even when people had rsync and scripts to do the same thing. The average consumer expects a more seamless experience that excels at managing a lot of different social interactions
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What will next-gen social networks look like?(medium.com)
3 points by danfang 7y ago|6 comments
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by danfang 7y ago
You don't want it unlabeled in the source code though - a code reviewer will totally miss a swapping of parameters. It's best when fully supported and explicit in the language.
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by danfang 7y ago
The title is pretty click-baity and I don't necessarily agree with the conclusion. The author raises a lot of good points about large systems being subject to corruption. However, I think the internet is self-regulating. Eventually, us
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by danfang 7y ago
I think you're right that you can probably get some value out of pure client-side search and parsing. Here's my take: 1. I like being able to search through old archives and interactions that might have happened a long time ago. I
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by danfang 7y ago
Shoot me an email at daniel@thread-app.com with your account details and we'll get your account deleted. I don't believe average users gain much from federated, distributed, decentralized services (after you factor in the cost and
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by danfang 7y ago
1. If you need to reset your pw at any point, we need either your email or phone number. We don't ask for your email. A phone number is most likely tied to a real person. 2. It's a unique identifier that allows you to add your exi
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by danfang 7y ago
Yeah - I don't see Thread as the right product for privacy nuts, as you refer to yourself. There are better services for that, like Signal. I imagine Thread as a company that focuses more on delivering products that allow people to bui
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by danfang 7y ago
Two things. 1. We'll be transparent about the services that we use. That way you'll know who your data is being shared to, and what data will be shared. 2. We'll try to take an Apple-like approach of anonymizing data as much
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by danfang 7y ago
These will both be addressed in the next release. Thanks for the due diligence.
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by danfang 7y ago
Fixed. It now reads: "We may disclose personal information to: third parties, including agents or sub-contractors, who assist us in sending direct marketing about our new products and features" What I meant about legal expertise i
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by danfang 7y ago
We'd probably go more cross platform with something like Electron. It makes sense given our heavy React stack.
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by danfang 7y ago
1. We're not restricted to the Apple ecosystem. A majority of the world's users are on Android. There's a lot of evidence that the exclusivity of iMessage is causing anxiety and stress in certain social circles: https:/
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by danfang 7y ago
Founder here. This is great feedback. My interpretation of the clause is that we can use services like Mailchimp to send you marketing materials for when we release new products and features. These would be strictly opt-in. I'm not a l
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by danfang 7y ago
Thanks for your input. I've never been really satisfied with the level of interaction of messengers. They usually end up as a firehose of short messages, where everything meaningful and important is lost in the noise. It's good fo
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by danfang 7y ago
Could you elaborate on what you mean by "asymmetry information advantage"? Personally, I've used tons of social media services growing up - AIM, MSN Messenger, GChat, G+, Blogspot, FB, IG, etc. I think all of them have positi
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by danfang 7y ago
Yeah, I'm definitely considering a freemium model. My own struggle is that I believe deep, interpersonal communication should be for everyone - it feels wrong to "exclude" people from certain mediums of expression just to mak
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by danfang 7y ago
I actually think there are two main camps here: people who take photos to share to their followers, and people who take photos for their own recollection and to share with the people closest to them (e.g. family photo albums). I totally agr
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by danfang 7y ago
Yeah I totally see this trend too. I think there's a reasonable hybrid model between private group chats and traditional social networking (i.e. photo albums, events, payments, posts, etc). In fact, I've been working on this idea
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by danfang 7y ago
I started building out the product in early July, so it's been about two full months of work. I recently quit my full time job as a software engineer because I really believe this problem requires my full engagement and devotion!
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by danfang 7y ago
Hey HN, I'm Daniel, founder of Thread. I started Thread two months ago because I believe current social media and social networks are built in a way that harms our ability to meaningfully connect with one another. They're highly a
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Show HN: Thread – Ad-free social networking and iMessage alternative(get.thread-app.com)
35 points by danfang 7y ago|40 comments
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by danfang 7y ago
I'd imagine you can already do that with some basic web scraping tools. This definitely makes it easier.
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by danfang 7y ago
Love this XKCD. My response, as it might apply to what I'm working on, is that I don't just want to build a new messaging standard. It has to be radically better than alternatives to be sticky.
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by danfang 7y ago
Yeah, I figured it was. I'm quite open to a name change ( http://www.paulgraham.com/name.html ). I have some ideas in mind. Thread is temporary at the moment.
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by danfang 7y ago
I don't know if this is too self promoting, but I'm part of the YC SUS 2019 program and I'm building a product that addresses the issue of messaging lock in, as well as data privacy. I'm building Thread - an ad-free, pri
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by danfang 10y ago
No. [1,2,3].reject! { |x| x == 1 } would give you [3,2], rearranging the order of elements. It would work for sets.
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Introducing Vega-Lite, a visualization framework for JS(medium.com)
6 points by danfang 11y ago|0 comments
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by danfang 11y ago
Hmmm, I never really thought of it like finger - that's a good analogy! I think there is potential for many other use cases rather than just for others viewing information about you though.
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by danfang 11y ago
Hey, this is really cool! There are a couple of key differences between the two services (mine doesn't aim to be a service), but I see a lot of common themes as well. I'll definitely keep track of Servant in the coming months.

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