Impressed they already had a download! <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;textlog.cc&#x2F;account&#x2F;edit" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;textlog.cc&#x2F;account&#x2F;edit</a><pre><code> Download your data
 Export your account, notes, connections, and activity as a JSON file.
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-btw you can write comments yourself Natalia! In fact that’ll keep ya compliant, we’re human-to-human here

Already there[0], and also an API[1] to build things on top! And it&#x27;s all open-source[2], so if we miss something we can add it.[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;textlog.cc&#x2F;account&#x2F;edit" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;textlog.cc&#x2F;account&#x2F;edit</a>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;textlog.cc&#x2F;api" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;textlog.cc&#x2F;api</a>[2]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;stagas&#x2F;textlog" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;stagas&#x2F;textlog</a>

Agreed. A documented data export or stable feed would complement the minimal UI well: it would let a quiet service stay intentionally simple without making a user&#x27;s archive feel trapped.

I like this project. Simple, open-source, nice UI.

<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20070123220857&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20070123220857&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.co...</a>For those that never had an opportunity to see it.

Yes! I&#x27;ve always said twitter was better before images&#x2F;multimedia!

Would you be okay if I directed Claude to leverage your design and build a very simple Hugo template against it for my own personal use?

Hi, thanks! There is a lot of nuance on the rendered pages, I figured server-side React was the best choice - plus it&#x27;s a technology I&#x27;m comfortable with and might also encourage contributions.

I really like this approach. I wonder if it needs such complexity for the rendering. Could you have built this as a SSG template?

The character limit is, in my opinion, the primary reason Twitter became so bad. It encourages absolute language (qualifiers take up characters!) It discourages any level of nuance.I use Mastodon which has a 500 limit, and even that sometimes is not enough.

well, you may consider rewarding known quality users with an extended limit, say double. the others can pay ;)

Hi, I&#x27;m sorry you don&#x27;t like the limitation :( this is for short thoughts you want to share, not really huge conversations, there are better places for that IMO.

Reminds me of org-social (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;tanrax&#x2F;org-social" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;tanrax&#x2F;org-social</a>)&gt; Notes are limited to 280 characters. The constraint keeps them quick to write and read, making room for one thought at a time.No thanks.

reminds me of <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bearblog.dev&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bearblog.dev&#x2F;</a>

Please don&#x27;t use !important at scale <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;BryanHogan&#x2F;astro-starter-template&#x2F;commit&#x2F;aa8831b5a2ee1d386c4e5514bcba068a4246edc1" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;BryanHogan&#x2F;astro-starter-template&#x2F;commit&#x2F;...</a>

I built something for a similar goal, make it easy for someone to start their blog. But instead it&#x27;s a static website, clone the repo, adjust the config.ts, write the posts in markdown, host anywhere: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;starter.bryanhogan.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;starter.bryanhogan.com&#x2F;</a>

Hey, nice! If you want to try it, we have an API[0] you can pull your user feed from![0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;textlog.cc&#x2F;api" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;textlog.cc&#x2F;api</a>

I recently started a section on my personal site for absolutely minimal and simple microblogging that I could Ctrl-F through: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;knlb.dev&#x2F;scribbles&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;knlb.dev&#x2F;scribbles&#x2F;</a> -- I should probably give this a shot.

Maybe OP customized the system “dark theme” to be extra light.

It picks up your system theme, so you can&#x27;t be dark mode hater since you&#x27;re already using it for your OS :P i didn&#x27;t want to complicate it with user settings yet, but it can be added if there is demand.

Doesn&#x27;t your user agent support user stylesheets?

I&#x27;m a certified dark mode hater, so in that light, that&#x27;s a no-go for me: there seems to be no way to change the theme.

For perspective: you just commented 404 chars. Your first paragraph alone was 346.My comment on the about page was that it needed more than 280 chars to communicate what the app is about - even the title + intro exceeds the limit.If it is truly believed that 280 chars is enough to communicate an idea, then the about page should follow that philosophy.

I like the idea of a shorter character limit as it nudges users to a specific mode of interaction: short thoughts&#x2F;updates and not long-winded soliloquies. It&#x27;s signalling that interaction with this platform doesn&#x27;t demand much of your time or attention. I don&#x27;t know what the about page has to do with it, but you have to draw the line somewhere.That said, I&#x27;m not a social media user besides HN I guess.

A limit that worked well for who?Almost every twitter&#x2F;x post submitted to HN has people labelling their posts as &quot;X of Y&quot; threads, using images as text, or using pro account posts.You can see it yourself: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;from?site=twitter.com">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;from?site=twitter.com</a>
Ive just looked at 30 and each of them exceed 280 chars by far.

I think this is the opposite of bikeshedding, it&#x27;s literally a core feature and constraint.

It needs to be short - there is already a limit that worked well - why bikeshed it more?

Sure, but I don&#x27;t care that much. It is a Show HN, so I was giving feedback.

The 280 char limit seems arbitrary, given you cant even keep the about page within that limit: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;textlog.cc&#x2F;about" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;textlog.cc&#x2F;about</a>If you are going to limit it to short posts, maybe the length of a short post is the length to limit it to, rather than emulating the 2xSMS of every twitter clone?Other than that, it looks really clean and neat - I just dont think being 280 chars adds anything other than resulting in people posting with pagination as per X 1&#x2F;3.

i worked with my gmail but not corporate. mimecast does something wrong

Uhm maybe your client visits the magic link eagerly and when you visit it manually it&#x27;s already been used?

i&#x27;m experiencing a weird scenario. all time is asking me for a magic link :( I click on that link and again the same screen, ask for a magic link (said the old one expired). It may be our mimecast blocking something?

Interesting! My biggest reaction is I don&#x27;t use Emacs. Is Emacs a requirement? You&#x27;re right that Org adds features but it also shrinks the pool of people who will try this.

I would like to invite you to read this article: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.andros.dev&#x2F;blog&#x2F;ba142044&#x2F;twtxt-vs-org-social-the-evolution-of-an-idea&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.andros.dev&#x2F;blog&#x2F;ba142044&#x2F;twtxt-vs-org-social-the-...</a>
What do you think?

I think twtxt is really cool. I have one on my site but I don&#x27;t use it, unfortunately

See also <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;buckket&#x2F;twtxt" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;buckket&#x2F;twtxt</a><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;indieweb.org&#x2F;twtxt" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;indieweb.org&#x2F;twtxt</a>