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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 | 2 comments | 11 Mar 25 01:05 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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caseyy ◴[11 Mar 25 10:35 UTC] No.43331076[source]▶
I wish someone made social media where everyone gets one post every day. Almost no person on this planet has more than one bit of news to share daily with their extended social network — probably not even the countries' leaders. When accounts share every 10 minutes, it's often spam or some inorganic agenda.

Oversharing in natural social networks is penalized heavily, and for good reason - with too much noise and little signal, people get overwhelmed, fear missing out, and cannot agree on anything. Communication becomes a detriment and a chore to the social group. The social group expects everyone to think before they speak, not just blabber endlessly, which is healthy.

Also, replacing the "Like" button/signal with a "Thanks" signal would be good because it'd be better to build a social network based on what people find helpful rather than on what people approve of. I think this was originally Jack Dorsey's idea, not my own.

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Pedro_Ribeiro ◴[11 Mar 25 10:41 UTC] No.43331111[source]▶
I think you're just describing BeReal, which went viral but kind of died out.
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1. cyanydeez ◴[11 Mar 25 10:49 UTC] No.43331148[source]▶
The "problem" with most social media is the same with F2P games: they require whales to keep them relevant
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2. caseyy ◴[11 Mar 25 11:02 UTC] No.43331217[source]▶
The critical mass problem is only insurmountable for social media that seeks to connect people globally. Locally, you never notice this problem.

For example, in your typical gaming clan Discord server, a tenement building's WhatsApp/email group, or a small town's quarterly town hall meeting. It only takes a handful of people in such social groups for the group to serve its purpose.

Indeed, TheFacebook easily reached its critical mass when it was limited to Harvard College. Hacker News would work just as well with 500 monthly readers as it does with 5,000,000+ currently.

Whales, celebrity influencers (whether from out-of-network or homegrown celebrities), and other such things are only needed to compete with the social media giants today. But if you don't wish to compete and want to serve a small community, then this is not a problem.