[LegendaryR3D]

Hey HN!

I built this so you can easily create self-deleting blog posts, which can be easily shared in your whatsapp/messaging groups. This is useful when you don't want to directly post walls of text, and want others to be able to easily share what you posted to their other groups.

[gaogao]

You might want to include a basic "report" button, since free image + text can get some skeevy stuff.

[tessierashpool]

very, very true.

this approach to social software has proven consistently destructive across multiple platforms.

Snapchat had a ton of underage nudes. 4chan's been a magnet for hate speech.

I miss the anonymity of the early, 1990s WWW, but that was the playful anonymity of a much smaller group of people. it was a self-selecting group with a lot less of these problems at the time.

what kind of use cases did you have in mind, OP?

[LegendaryR3D]

Use cases are up to the users. They can choose what sort of content to make, and who they wish to share it with. I will add a report-button to deter the platform from being used for illegal activity.

All social-software is inherently destructive in the same way that it is inherently good. It really depends on the users. People and ideas viewed as 'bad' today, might be 'good' in the future, and vice-versa. MLK was once FBI #1 most wanted, now he is an America hero. Gay marriage was once a marxist conspiracy to subvert god-fearing capitalists, now it is legal in all 50 US states. Etc, etc.

[LegendaryR3D]

Will do!

I certainly don't want the platform to be used for any illegal activity.