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735 points mklyons | 4 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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SoftTalker ◴[11 Mar 25 02:44 UTC] No.43328651[source]▶
Yeah I have thought about websites having "business hours" also. So support staff don't have to worry about getting a call or text message at 0200 that something isn't working... just fix it in the morning.
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eru ◴[11 Mar 25 02:54 UTC] No.43328709[source]▶
This sucks for anyone in a different timezone.
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jader201 ◴[11 Mar 25 03:05 UTC] No.43328766[source]▶
This feels more like a feature, not a bug.

Local communities all operate in the same time zone. No reason small online communities couldn’t operate in the same time zone, allowing each time zone to have their own separate communities.

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eru ◴[11 Mar 25 03:22 UTC] No.43328863{3}[source]▶
The time zone restriction does nothing to keep out people who live far north or south of you, but does keep out people far east or far west.
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paradox460 ◴[11 Mar 25 08:25 UTC] No.43330347{4}[source]▶
Unless you live in Indiana, Idaho, Oregon, or parts of Florida
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1. eru ◴[13 Mar 25 00:09 UTC] No.43349081{5}[source]▶
Could you please explain?

All of the (continental) US is in similar enough timezones, that whatever 3 hour window is convenient for one part is still easily accessible for the others.

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2. paradox460 ◴[13 Mar 25 07:13 UTC] No.43350968[source]▶
Those are all states that have multiple timezones for the same longitude. Travel North or South and you change time zones.

You can also add Arizona to the list, but for only part of the year, as Arizona and the Hopi nation do not follow daylight savings time, but the Navajo nation, which fully surrounds the Hopi, does

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3. eru ◴[13 Mar 25 08:27 UTC] No.43351277[source]▶
Sure, but an hour or even three here or there aren't gonna make much of a difference.

Those small shifts don't transform a convenient time into 4am.

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4. paradox460 ◴[13 Mar 25 08:56 UTC] No.43351426{3}[source]▶
This was in response to a comment up thread about making it limited to people in the same time zone, an imposed limitation rather than a self arising onr