Hacker News but for Independent Blogs

(bubbles.town)

64 points | by headalgorithm 2 hours ago

7 comments

  • janaagaard 54 minutes ago
    I think the links should open in the same window (like they do here on HN) instead of in a new tab/window. If I want a separate tab, I can Cmd+click and Browsers don't have the reverse option for opening in the same window.
    • AbuAssar 46 minutes ago
      nope, I prefer open in new tab by default
      • kpopendurer 38 minutes ago
        In general, it's better not to force an action onto users. You might prefer things opening in a new tab, but you always have that option. If it's forced on users, it is frustrating for those who would prefer that not to happen.
      • chrysoprace 36 minutes ago
        That's a good user setting, but as opening in the same tab is the default browser behaviour then it should really stay that way. Opening in a new tab takes control away from the user.
  • ochronus 1 minute ago
    This is lovely
  • exitnode 1 hour ago
    Very cool but I would like to be able to create an account with my mail address instead of using a Mastodon account because I am trying to avoid social media.
  • viermalbe 1 hour ago
    Bubbles dev here, thanks for the mention
    • AbuAssar 44 minutes ago
      how do you decide which blog is included in the aggregation?
    • stakhanov 53 minutes ago
      I'm curious: What software is driving this? Is it a re-skin of the lobste.rs or HN open source software, or is it its own thing?

      EDIT: ...just realized that's in the FAQ.

      > Is it open source?

      > Not yet. Maybe someday.

      • viermalbe 50 minutes ago
        It runs on Go + sqlite on a Hetzner machine, built from scratch, not a re-skin.
        • Semaphor 39 minutes ago
          Clearly inspired by HN, there are few sites where I have to zoom in to get any kind of readability ;)
        • embedding-shape 38 minutes ago
          > not a re-skin

          Is that something you're frequently accused of, or why the "disclaimer"?

          • drcongo 28 minutes ago
            They were directly answering the post above which asked if it's a re-skin.
          • BrenBarn 32 minutes ago
            The comment they were replying to specifically asked if it was a re-skin.
            • embedding-shape 32 minutes ago
              Ah yes of course, finally paid the price of reading comments in isolation. Thanks and sorry :)
          • viermalbe 32 minutes ago
            Not really, I just picked it up from the initial question from stakhanov.
  • socalgal2 34 minutes ago
    Just curious but isn't this just digg, metafilter?
  • holtwick 1 hour ago
    I love it!
  • vee-kay 43 minutes ago
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