Show HN: Phasedust SMS Microblog

by aparks517 • 6 years ago

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aparks5173• 6 years ago

Hey, HN friends. I was thinking a lot about The Old Web when I built this, so maybe some of that sentiment came through, but I tried not to make it so quirky that folks wouldn’t get it.

I’ve been trying this out with friends and family for a couple of weeks. Some things we like about it: no setup or signup, it’s fast and snappy, it doesn’t demand or abuse attention. I guess the third one would keep it from ever being big, but maybe that’s fine. I think I’d rather make something nice than something big.

Some things I’m still thinking about: image scaling and optimization, discovery (search? hashtags? web-rings?).

I’d love to have your thoughts and perspectives. Is it something you can see yourself enjoying? Why or why not? What would you add or take away?

djbeadle2• 6 years ago

This is cool and just the right amount of functional!

Suggested features:

- Custom URLs (perhaps for a fee?)

- RSS for blogs would enable linking to everything from Mailchimp to RSS readers

- Customizable colors?

aparks5173• 6 years ago

I didn't know about Mailchimp's RSS-to-email, that's pretty cool! I've worked with RSS before; I think it would be pretty straightforward to add.

Colors make sense. Maybe whole themes to pick from?

For custom URLs are you thinking like a custom domain or just the path?

Thank you for the feedback! I really appreciate it :)

Show HN: Phasedust SMS Microblog

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