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by jacobkania 2086 days ago
Hey! I made an account — this seems like an awesome idea, and I really like your vision. It seems like this format will really appeal to hacker-types with the idea for eventual federated + custom domain communities that can interact with each other. It’s similar to my own idea of an ideal social media network.

Some of the structure seems a bit confusing though as I look around. How can I create a new community or a custom domain? I don’t see the option anywhere. I also can’t find a way to post to any communities besides my own username.

If it weren’t for your comment in this post explaining everything, I’d be really lost. I’d recommend a page with a series of graphics that shows the basic idea of how everything works together. I also noticed that most of the static links on a subdomain page don’t work (ex. the “About” links at the bottom of the page).

Overall, really great job so far and I can’t wait to see what else comes of this! I’ll definitely be looking out for when you open-source the project, at least for better understanding, and maybe to contribute too! :)

Edit:

Ah okay, seems like you need to be following a community to be able to post to it. That makes sense.

It also seems like maybe I need to create multiple accounts to create multiple communities? Each account is its own community? So if I wanted to make a community for “golang” for example, I’d have to make an account named “golang”... Then that account owns itself as a community? That’s my best guess!

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Hey. Yup, it is a bit confusing, I'm taking all the feedback here and making UI/structure changes. And I'll definitely write more in the about page. I'm aware of the broken links too...

I'm guessing you made an anonymous account? Those can only post on communities which allow anonymous posts. Right now, only email-verified accounts can create communities and add domains, only to avoid namespace-squatting and spam really.

Thanks, I'll let you know when I free up the code. :)

It’s actually not an anonymous account, I just can’t find the links anywhere for creating a community! I did just edit the above post to say that I figured out that you must follow a community to post to it. And thanks for getting back! :)
Here it is: https://gurlic.com/create

Also no, your account username is your account username. You choose a slug/username for your community when you create one, it doesn't need another account.

Is there a place we can signup to be notified when you open the code? Loving what you are doing here!
Thanks! https://gurlic.com/gurlic is site-related updates, so I'll post it there. :)