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Show HN: Seven39, a social media app that is only open for 3 hours every evening

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735 points mklyons | 7 comments | 11 Mar 25 01:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.865s | source | bottom

I built this site as a quick test if a time boxed social media experience feels better than an endless one. So far I've just been using it with friends and it feels nice, but it seems like it is time to bring it to a larger audience.

Let me know what you think! It is just based on EST for now, sorry.

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danpalmer ◴[11 Mar 25 02:17 UTC] No.43328492[source]▶
It's an interesting idea, but if it's only open at a convenient time for a particular group, it's going to lack diverse and worldwide perspectives, and those are important for building a welcoming ecosystem. I doubt giving each timezone its own 3 hours would work, but perhaps rotating the 3 hours each day so that it's anchored on a different timezone would encourage that diversity of content and perhaps even encourage creating connections across timezones.

That said, if you've had success with it in a friend group, perhaps that suggests it's a nice mechanism for a group chat app, rather than for a public social media site?

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1. ecshafer ◴[11 Mar 25 02:47 UTC] No.43328670[source]▶
> It's an interesting idea, but if it's only open at a convenient time for a particular group, it's going to lack diverse and worldwide perspectives, and those are important for building a welcoming ecosystem.

This sounds like a nice sentiment, but I don't think this is strictly true. I would go as far as to say that it is largely untrue. Diverse and worldwide perspectives may damage building a welcoming ecosystem. Whatsapp for example is probably the most popular social media site across the world, and thats because different groups close off themselves into private chat groups.

Take a look at Nairaland, one of the most popular Nigerian social media sites. The content on that site would most certainly not be welcome on any of the silicon valley run sites.

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2. eru ◴[11 Mar 25 02:56 UTC] No.43328715[source]▶
What's so objectionable about Nairaland to silicon valley?

I had a quick look at https://www.nairaland.com/ and nothing immediately sprang out.

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3. danpalmer ◴[11 Mar 25 02:57 UTC] No.43328719[source]▶
> That said, if you've had success with it in a friend group, perhaps that suggests it's a nice mechanism for a group chat app, rather than for a public social media site?

It depends on whether you consider WhatsApp to be social media (is iMessage social media? is one-to-one SMS social media?). I think it's different enough to what the author is attempting here to be considered differently.

4. malfist ◴[11 Mar 25 03:02 UTC] No.43328752[source]▶
Not enough crypto scams for one
5. recursivecaveat ◴[11 Mar 25 05:47 UTC] No.43329526[source]▶
The one that immediately jumps out to me is » Man Butchers Wife With A Cutlass In Akwa Ibom (Photos) «. There is some stuff like that on reddit, but I cannot imagine it ever reaching the front page.
6. ecshafer ◴[11 Mar 25 12:58 UTC] No.43331972[source]▶
If you look in the comments there are often discussion on appropriate levels of disciplining your wife (read: domestic abuse), "traits" of people who believe in certain religions, and ethnic stereotypes that would be banned quite quickly on most platforms.
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7. eru ◴[13 Mar 25 00:08 UTC] No.43349072{3}[source]▶
Thanks!