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by taco_emoji 4129 days ago
This is beautifully designed, but otherwise I don't see how it differentiates from other personal journaling apps (e.g. 750words, or even Evernote, or even Notepad), and I'm not about to sign up to find out.

I think you should wait until things are further along and then share this again with HN. I imagine you have a significant vision for this thing, but that's still opaque at this point.

Also:

> Daybook was built with the idea of providing a foundation where people can write about their lives and save it for days to come, for generations to see.

I'd be wary of putting any writing that I wanted to preserve "for generations" on a website that--no offense--might disappear in two months.

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Thanks for the feedback. As of right now the main difference would be the writing experience, and the way platform transforms the post into book-like form. There are still a few key features which I have yet to implement, but I thought it would be a good idea to show HN the site early so I could grow the platform from the outside in.
> way platform transforms the post into book-like form

OK, well... there's a reason mice have wheels now.

If you're committed to a page-turning UX, you might want to think about this as an iPad app.