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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 | 3 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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1. yieldcrv ◴[11 Mar 25 12:47 UTC] No.43331892[source]▶
There are, the founder is on this site

I know people that have used it for years

I forgot the name but its an app that sends you a notification at a random time each day, and it gives you 1 minute of use. If you miss it, you miss it.

In that 1 minute you can take a photo where you are right then, and can use the rest of the minute to browse someone else’s series of photos. Just the 1 person you were connected to that day.

It just shows how people are living.

In real life. I know its changed someone’s trajectory. All of their pictures were in an office cubicle and it pushed them to pursue other things sooner. Retirement in their case, to pursue drum circles and new age things because this was always fulfilling for them, they just kept delaying it beyond the rationality to delay it.

After 3 years of doing this, they send you a book of your memories.

No timelines or “algorithm” aside from whatever selects the person you get to see.

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2. angryGhost ◴[11 Mar 25 12:58 UTC] No.43331971[source]▶
sounds similar to BeReal
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3. yieldcrv ◴[11 Mar 25 20:57 UTC] No.43336918[source]▶
Minutiae