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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 | 1 comments | 11 Mar 25 01:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.871s | 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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0xEF ◴[11 Mar 25 08:05 UTC] No.43330254[source]▶
What if we took a note from the BBS & time-share days of network computing and used a credits system rather than being open for specific hours? Users make content, get credits to spent on minutes of platform use whenever they wish, etc.
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Miraltar ◴[11 Mar 25 08:50 UTC] No.43330474[source]▶
I think the idea is to bring everyone at the same time more than just restricting uptime
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0xEF ◴[11 Mar 25 11:09 UTC] No.43331257[source]▶
I'm not sure what the goal of that would be and it seems like it would be taxing on the service, if your target audience is global. Asynchronous platforms make sense in a lot of ways, but I am not a strong developer and just speculating from my own experience as a user.

What are your thoughts on what the benefits would be to having all users active only during certain hours?

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1. Miraltar ◴[11 Mar 25 15:56 UTC] No.43333734[source]▶
Having real time interactions gives a very different feel, it's a little like entering a local pub with bustling activity I guess. In my university years I used an anonymous social app called jodel that would show recent posts in your area. And it kinda had this special vibe, everyday around 8am someone would post a weather forecast for the day and people would greet each other and this type of stuff. Having everybody on the same timeline makes interactions different. And you can have real-time conversations too, which makes me less prone to endless scrolling and more proactive in my use of the app