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

(www.seven39.com)
735 points mklyons | 1 comments | 11 Mar 25 01:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source

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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xnx ◴[11 Mar 25 03:27 UTC] No.43328883[source]▶
Sounds like a variant of the "BeReal" concept: "Its main feature is a daily notification that encourages users to share photos of themselves with friends in their day-to-day life, given a randomly selected two-minute window every day."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeReal

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NoPicklez ◴[11 Mar 25 04:13 UTC] No.43329088[source]▶
Having used it, BeReal sort've gets close to this, but in reality people are posting the entire day after that two-minute window and people can still react to your photos throughout the day.

Not everyone ends up posting within that two minute window and the only "punishment" for not doing so is that it just says they posted late.

BeReal is a great concept regardless, just pointing out the differences and the realities of it.

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ehsankia ◴[11 Mar 25 04:22 UTC] No.43329124[source]▶
Most people I know are definitely not on top of their notifications like that. I'd be lucky if they respond to my texts within an hour. Even I who am on top of my notifications still somehow miss it sometimes, either because the phone was on the table or I just didn't feel the vibration.

That being said, I like it as a way to just journal a picture a day, even without any contacts in the app.

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1. NoPicklez ◴[11 Mar 25 06:06 UTC] No.43329626[source]▶
I like the idea that you need to contribute a post before you can see other peoples posts and some of the controls around having to post something in the moment instead of something curated.