Hacker News but for Independent Blogs

Posted by headalgorithm 3 hours ago

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Comment by pchm 2 minutes ago

I submitted a somewhat similar project yesterday to Show HN (didn’t resonate), although mine is purely based on AI scoring, with zero community features.

I call it bubblewire. Funny. I had no prior knowledge of bubbles.town until seeing it here now.

bubbles.town looks nice! Hope to see more projects that aim to bring back the good old web.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48552985

Comment by janaagaard 1 hour ago

I think the links should open in the same window (like they do here on HN) instead of in a new tab/window. If I want a separate tab, I can Cmd+click and Browsers don't have the reverse option for opening in the same window.

Comment by AbuAssar 1 hour ago

nope, I prefer open in new tab by default

Comment by kpopendurer 1 hour ago

In general, it's better not to force an action onto users. You might prefer things opening in a new tab, but you always have that option. If it's forced on users, it is frustrating for those who would prefer that not to happen.

Comment by ffsm8 24 minutes ago

And yet we're here, discussing how a developer should change their own application because their preference is wrong

If you don't like it, adjust it for yourself with an extension or script.

Comment by chrysoprace 1 hour ago

That's a good user setting, but as opening in the same tab is the default browser behaviour then it should really stay that way. Opening in a new tab takes control away from the user.

Comment by reactordev 39 minutes ago

Next they’ll be defending full screen div paywalls.

Comment by el_io 33 minutes ago

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Comment by AbuAssar 8 minutes ago

why the downvotes, I meant to demonstrate that I prefer the current behaviour so the site developer knows.

Comment by markdown 6 minutes ago

The downvoters meant to demonstrate that they prefer the standard/expected behavior and would like OP to ignore your opinion on the matter.

Comment by nathell 37 minutes ago

I’ve been perusing Bubbles increasingly often since discovering that my blog is syndicated there, a few weeks ago.

It feels really refreshing compared to doomscrolling of social media, or indeed even to HN. It’s so diverse and humane. The indie blogosphere is coming to life.

Kudos to the author. A great idea, splendidly executed. I hope it grows and doesn’t change much.

Comment by flir 49 seconds ago

Just glanced at the front page - it seems to be very "blog posts about blogging" (4 out of the top 5 posts right now). Is it always like that?

The "My" tab looks like it covers the same ground as a feed reader would. I wonder who the audience is for that feature.

Comment by rsolva 2 minutes ago

Oh, great, I can log in with my GoToSocial instance to comment and vote! I will definitely add this site alongside my HN addiction :)

Comment by exitnode 1 hour ago

Very cool but I would like to be able to create an account with my mail address instead of using a Mastodon account because I am trying to avoid social media.

Comment by brulx126 29 minutes ago

I haven't tried but in principle you only need a Mastodon compatible authentication, there are other services that are not twitter clones. See for example https://fedi.tips/what-other-kinds-of-servers-are-on-the-fed... or more complete https://fediverse.observer/allsoftwares

Comment by solid_fuel 1 hour ago

It looks like there's an RSS feed at the bottom. If you don't want to use the social aspects of the site, maybe just use that in an RSS reader?

*Link: https://bubbles.town/rss

Comment by holtwick 1 hour ago

The briefing pages also have RSS, this way you see the most relevant stuff https://bubbles.town/editions

Comment by Schiendelman 36 minutes ago

+1 to this. Apple sign-in would be ideal, since it maps to single-identity more cleanly than a social media system.

Comment by AbuAssar 1 hour ago

I'm curios why you are avoiding social media?

Comment by exitnode 42 minutes ago

Mostly because the "damn this is interesting" to "i don't care what you ate yesterday" ratio is not good enough to spend my time on it. These days I am much more enjoying exploring gopher holes, reading and writing blog posts. For realtime communications, I prefer IRC. For me, social media sits in between chatting and publishing content and is therefore neither fish nor fowl.

Comment by sdevonoes 5 minutes ago

Because there’s little good about it

Comment by globalnode 1 hour ago

Its a scam

Comment by viermalbe 2 hours ago

Bubbles dev here, thanks for the mention

Comment by stakhanov 1 hour ago

I'm curious: What software is driving this? Is it a re-skin of the lobste.rs or HN open source software, or is it its own thing?

EDIT: ...just realized that's in the FAQ.

> Is it open source?

> Not yet. Maybe someday.

Comment by viermalbe 1 hour ago

It runs on Go + sqlite on a Hetzner machine, built from scratch, not a re-skin.

Comment by Semaphor 1 hour ago

Clearly inspired by HN, there are few sites where I have to zoom in to get any kind of readability ;)

Comment by embedding-shape 1 hour ago

> not a re-skin

Is that something you're frequently accused of, or why the "disclaimer"?

Comment by drcongo 1 hour ago

They were directly answering the post above which asked if it's a re-skin.

Comment by BrenBarn 1 hour ago

The comment they were replying to specifically asked if it was a re-skin.

Comment by embedding-shape 1 hour ago

Ah yes of course, finally paid the price of reading comments in isolation. Thanks and sorry :)