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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: 0.207s | 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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gibolt ◴[11 Mar 25 03:48 UTC] No.43328980[source]▶
If you are traveling and need to deal with something that happens at home, too bad. There are plenty of timezones that make it quite difficult to manage, especially if they have phone wait times that exceed 30min.
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1. eru ◴[13 Mar 25 00:10 UTC] No.43349088[source]▶
> [...] especially if they have phone wait times that exceed 30min.

Sorry, what does that mean? What are phone wait times, and what do they have to do with time zones?