bigjimmyjohnson

Yes, and that's why it's a bad idea. I have no problem with sites tied to your real identity, such as Facebook, existing. In fact when I was younger, Facebook was quite useful for finding people I met in real life and connecting later. I just think it would be very bad to mandate such a thing should be mandated by law.

Just off the top of my head, what if I want to use reddit mostly to talk about mundane things like local events in my city or technology and don't really care if that ties back to me, but I also want to ask about embarrassing health problems or just weird shit and I would rather not have that tied back to me? I should have no options without everyone in the world being able to easily find out about it?

If some sites like Facebook want to be real-name only, that's fine. People can use Facebook for that if they choose. But don't ban alternatives for people who want alternatives.

The idea is solid.

I meet most of my partners in real life just out and about, and only used online apps for very specific kinky stuff (which has caused me to get banned from regular dating apps lol). I still lament the loss of craigslist, so I installed Feeld.

However, Feeld is fucking terrible. One of the worst apps I've ever used in my life.

The design is good in theory, you can swipe through profiles without having to make a decision, then go back and say yes or no to partners at your leisure. You can list pretty much whatever you want in your profile as long as you keep the public pictures PG13 to keep the app store gods happy. You can pay for more matches or to send pings (extra notifications that people can see without matching you), or pay a fee to see everyone who has ever matched with you. The business model is super straightforward, no deception there.

But it is honestly the buggiest app I have ever used in my life. I would get a message notification and I would have to restart the app each time to view a message. I thought maybe it was just my cheap-ish Android phone, but I confirmed with my friend who uses a more expensive iPhone that the same thing happens for him. He could barely get it to work as well. We are both tech professionals.

They also never seem to address key complaints in design. To keep it hacker news safe, let's say you are interested in spanking. You can list "spanking" in your interests area, but there is nothing to indicate if you want to spank someone else, be spanked, or both.

I think they are clearly coasting on the lack of competition in the space, and after a major update it got even worse.

I decided I would no longer use it because I don't want to meet people with such low quality standards for software, because what else might they have low standards for in life?

I'm honestly not sure what Instagram is used for, never had an accent, but I still make new friends without it. I use sms to talk to the ones with no mutual online chat services.

I'm pretty sure the main point of Twitter is spam.

I just choose the sexier candidate. Better for morale.

Idea: subtitles that are placed by characters' mouths like a comic book

It's theft in great amounts of money. Fines are necessary but not sufficient. There should be prison time.

Fines? How about prison time for stalking?

Indeed. I get a few emails a month from my site and I'm happy to read every one. Whereas I'm sure if I had an open comment section eventually adbots would discover it.

Did anyone else just spend a bunch of time moving their jaw in different directions after reading this?

Exactly. People walk back and forth and put stuff out of order so the whole thing is very inefficient.

I just travel light. I can fit a laptop, toothbrush, phone charger, electric shaver, and a week or two of clothes in a backpack. I remember packing more when I was younger but I don't remember why.

I'm a crazy person who wishes for an airline offering flights with no overhead bins. Personal items only! This would make boarding and deplaning so much faster and more pleasant.