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   by lyra_comms 9y ago

   If you're sick of Facebook's ad-ridden news feed, why not try Lyra instead? www.hellolyra.com
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   by lyra_comms 9y ago

   We repeat: Lyra is a discussion platform targeted at a general audience. We're a nonprofit and aim to improve the quality and attentional demands of online conversation. There's nothing like this in the space. We did not claim to
3. 33.▲
   by lyra_comms 9y ago

   Thanks for your thoughts! Are you suggesting that every reply should have a title?
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   by lyra_comms 9y ago

   A 10 second look isn't really enough to evaluate a service, now is it? Quip and Discourse are subscription products targeted at teams. They aim to make money. Lyra is a discussion platform targeted at a general audience. We're a n
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   by lyra_comms 9y ago

   Have a go with Lyra (hellolyra.com), it's designed to be an efficient use of your time rather than a sink for time, trolling and harrassment.
6. 36.▲
   by lyra_comms 9y ago

   We are working to restore the openness of online discussion with Lyra: www.hellolyra.com. We aim to provide helpful services for conversation, not to get users addicted. We have made the choice to focus around people and conversations rathe
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   by lyra_comms 9y ago

   We are building the anti-Facebook: Lyra. www.hellolyra.com
8. 38.▲
   by lyra_comms 9y ago

   You should check out Lyra, a conversation service which isn't designed to recirculate its own waste. www.hellolyra.com
9. 39.▲
   by lyra_comms 9y ago

   Reads as a working lit review (huge collection of ideas the author has come across) rather than a compact synthesis. Discuss on Lyra: https://hellolyra.com/c/382
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    by lyra_comms 9y ago

    Oh... and we have LaTeX support: https://hellolyra.com/c/343 (Scroll to the bottom)
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    by lyra_comms 9y ago

    For example, the first-line paragraph indent - which evolved over centuries to guide the eye, ergonomically and aesthetically - is missing from the modern Web. Lyra brings it back.
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    by lyra_comms 9y ago

    We believe the future of online conversation is plain text, too. www.hellolyra.com
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    by lyra_comms 9y ago

    Lyra is a breath of fresh air for language and communication on the web. www.hellolyra.com
14. 44.▲
    by lyra_comms 9y ago

    Becoming massive isn't one of our aims (we're a nonprofit).
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    by lyra_comms 9y ago

    Thanks! We're committed to only text, I'm afraid, and the platform is already sustainable :)
16. 46.▲
    by lyra_comms 9y ago

    We just added a large "view example conversation" button on the landing page which doesn't require login :)
17. 47.▲
    by lyra_comms 9y ago

    Lyra's bootstrapped and already sustainable. There's just that little matter of scaling the database... (AWS means no worries about the server) www.hellolyra.com
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    by lyra_comms 9y ago

    If you will miss Imzy, check out Lyra - we're a nonprofit conversation service which respects language and the reader's attention. www.hellolyra.com We're also a nonprofit and don't accept ad revenue or investment, so pl
19. 49.▲
    by lyra_comms 9y ago

    We are completely open to offering data export, it's on the medium-term feature plan. For now we will do a manual JSON dump for anyone who asks.
20. 50.▲
    by lyra_comms 9y ago

    Poor Imzy! We could do great things with $11 million
21. 51.▲
    by lyra_comms 9y ago

    Montaigne looks very nice and we like the name. But it says "Thank you for joining beta. We'll let you know when it's ready.", what do we do?
22. 52.▲
    by lyra_comms 9y ago

    We use JS for comment layout because it's NP-complete, try that in a markup language!
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    by lyra_comms 9y ago

    As for engagement, we are reliant on guerilla marketing and links with aligned groups. And as for maintenance of interest - Lyra is a very pleasant space for written conversations. By default, (configurable) you get an email when someone st
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    by lyra_comms 9y ago

    Connections are relevant in the form of groups, which are private to you: you use them to set conversation audiences and control whose conversations appear in your news feed. Our target audience is those who want to converse online without
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    by lyra_comms 9y ago

    That's true, but the distributed, decentralised nature is something that the layman is often not interested in understanding, and so can turn people off the network. Neither does it have a cuddly name!
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    by lyra_comms 9y ago

    This is a very valid point. We are considering adding an option to view conversations without login, but we feel that this should not be the default behaviour (there is an expectation of privacy) but would only be used were it the default.
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    by lyra_comms 9y ago

    By "open" we mean that the platform does not discriminate against any particular groups (for example, by requiring real names) and that its feed algorithms and behaviour have a clear and simple meaning.
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    by lyra_comms 9y ago

    Mastodon is great, but its nature makes it inaccessible to those who would benefit most from open discourse and conversation: the layman. It's got a high barrier because it's aimed at the more technologically literate.
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    by lyra_comms 9y ago

    This is true if the market is an inert resource, ripe for exploitation. However, the market is beginning to realise that social media is at the moment a bad actor, and that their attention is being traded as a commodity. This realisation wi
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    by lyra_comms 9y ago

    No, management had no respect for the developers or marketing team. The company eventually folded. But I made some friends and got to learn Ruby!