Show HN: Weekly Log, Old-school journaling social media
A lot of modern social media apps are set up in a way that addicts and detriments the users, meanwhile profiting off of their data. I really wanted to make a site that doesn't operate in that way.
Some of its distinctions: - You can create one post per week. This encourages care and consideration. - Nobody knows who you follow or what posts you react to, besides you and the other user. These stats are personal, so people view your logs free of outside influence. - Posts are rich text-only, no images or videos, in an effort to reduce mental clutter. - Your feed only features users you follow, to give you increased control of what you see, unless you click the "global" checkbox to see all posts.
quick demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CTnORsGnL8 overview page: https://www.weekly-log.com/about/overview
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I have soft-launched this website, and a handful of my friends have signed up and made posts. They're posting cool stuff, which has me excited.
I still have a number of big features that I'd like to implement, such as: - prompts that users can create and select as weekly writing inspiration for their posts. (ex. "A dream you wish you had") - saving content to different folders, and perhaps allowing users to organize folders of their own content on their profile page - commenting on posts (would also be solely an interaction between the commenter and the poster) - ability to make your account private - advanced search features for content discovery without ambiguous algos
But anyway, I think it would be fantastic to get some strangers using it too. I think my consumer base is realistically- writers, creative types, introverts, people burnt out from modern software and tech.
I wanted to see what you all thought of this project. Any feedback on the concept, the design, the features, etc.? Any changes you would suggest or things to look out for? Also, I have toyed with the idea of starting to find ways to advertise this more, but curious if you all think now is a good time to start, or if I should wait until after I have developed more of the features I mentioned above? Or if you have any ideas for how I could approach the advertising side of it...
Feel free to check it out yourself, if you'd like: https://www.weekly-log.com/