textlog
Productivity
microblogging
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How HN took it
9 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 8 critical, out of 32 comments about the project. Thread score +0.12.
Idea: 5 for, 5 againstDesign: 3 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, calm minimal design
From 3 comments
I like this project. Simple, open-source, nice UI.
toplinesoftsys on HNThis is really neat! The main thing that stood out to me was, unlike many other micro/minimalist blogging platforms, textlog has individual notes (as opposed to blogs) as the…
anupamk on HNThat's really nice! I really like the UI of the site, its calm and soothing.
byson94 on HN
Individual notes rather than blogs lowers the barrier to posting
From 2 comments
This is really neat! The main thing that stood out to me was, unlike many other micro/minimalist blogging platforms, textlog has individual notes (as opposed to blogs) as the…
anupamk on HNInteresting approach. I think the "individual notes instead of blogs" idea is an important UX decision. Many tools fail because they ask users to commit to an identity before…
zhixingheyi2023 on HN
Objections
280-character limit is arbitrary and too short
From 3 comments
The 280 char limit seems arbitrary, given you cant even keep the about page within that limit: https://textlog.cc/about If you are going to limit it to short posts, maybe the…
supermatt on HNA limit that worked well for who? Almost every twitter/x post submitted to HN has people labelling their posts as "X of Y" threads, using images as text, or using pro account…
supermatt on HNFor perspective: you just commented 404 chars. Your first paragraph alone was 346. My comment on the about page was that it needed more than 280 chars to communicate what the app…
supermatt on HN
No dark mode or theme setting
From 1 comment
I'm a certified dark mode hater, so in that light, that's a no-go for me: there seems to be no way to change the theme.
cheesecakegood on HN
Magic link login fails on some corporate email setups
From 1 comment
i'm experiencing a weird scenario. all time is asking me for a magic link :( I click on that link and again the same screen, ask for a magic link (said the old one expired). It…
albertfranquesa on HN
Requests
Configurable character limit
From 2 comments
Make it a setting and let people decide for themselves.
krapp on HNI'm considering raising to 500. Care enough to open an issue[0] so that maybe there is a discussion we can track? [0]: https://github.com/stagas/textlog/issues
stagas on HN
Theme customization
From 2 comments
haha, yeah good idea. Also customize the theme as others wanted. So many opportunities here. :P
stagas on HNI'm a certified dark mode hater, so in that light, that's a no-go for me: there seems to be no way to change the theme.
cheesecakegood on HN
Questions
How long will the service survive without becoming spammy
From 1 comment
Signed up, will use it. Having trouble seeing how long this will actually exist though, because people are miserable and it WILL be ruined.
sentinel1909 on HN
Alternatives named
org-social
From 1 comment
Reminds me of org-social (https://github.com/tanrax/org-social) > Notes are limited to 280 characters. The constraint keeps them quick to write and read, making room for one…
BeetleB on HN
twtxt
From 1 comment
See also https://github.com/buckket/twtxt https://indieweb.org/twtxt
akkartik on HN
Bearblog
From 1 comment
reminds me of https://bearblog.dev/
eighty8days on HN