ramkarthikk

Joined 10 years ago

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345
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81
Member since
Jan 30
https://kramkarthik.com/ https://x.com/Ramkarthik
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Comment · 6 months ago
Comment · 7 months ago
Thank you for sharing text.blogosphere. This is a cool list, and I love the wander page you've built.
Comment · 7 months ago
I've been using this for the past month or so and have had nothing but positive experience. It's easy to use and works well. I wish the zoom was a slider instead of preset options, that way I could get finer control. Easily one of the best apps I found recently along with Handy.computer.
Comment · 7 months ago
Thank you for the detailed feedback. I'm glad you like this project.

1. Yeah, there are definitely more blogs. Seems like an issue paginating and fetching it at build time. I will check this. 2. I generally don't prefer infinite scroll but since people are used to it on social media, I kept it on the modern version. It does make it impossible to see the footer. I will figure out a way around this. In the meantime, the "Submit" page should display the footer.

I'm also going to add search to the minimal version since I also prefer it over the modern version and search is useful.

Comment · 7 months ago
Ah, thank you. I will check this.
Comment · 7 months ago
That is such a lovely way to put it. Do you mind if I add it to the about page and link to this comment?
Comment · 7 months ago
Yes, unfortunately spam and rude replies come with comments. I also don't have comments on my blog. I instead have one of those email masking services that allows to people to email me (and I have found this effective).
Comment · 7 months ago
Appreciate it :) I don't have one. This is hosted on Cloudflare as a static site and a cron that runs on a $5 VM (that also hosts other things). So it doesn't cost me much to keep it alive other than the domain cost. I built it this way intentionally so that I can keep this running forever.
Comment · 7 months ago
No plans to add a filter for "lower quality" since that takes away from the ethos of RSS. Certainly looking to add more ways to filter. Open to ideas.
Comment · 7 months ago
It's the next item on the list I plan to add. Likely will be adding it today.
Comment · 7 months ago
Thank you. The initial list was from blogroll.org (mentioned in the about page, and I emailed the person who built that). From then on, I review every submission that happens via the form.

The scheduler flags blogs that fail and doesn't try to fetch after a few tries. I'm still working on an effective way to re-review and prune. Open to any feedback.

Comment · 7 months ago
This is strictly chronological. No voting, no algorithm.
Comment · 7 months ago
Its chronological - most recently published first (no algorithm or voting).
Comment · 7 months ago
If you're referring to comments on the website, I plan to keep it minimal (the text version is a static site).

If you're referring to comments on blogs in general, I have many thoughts. Back in the day, comments used to be how you connected with people and let other people find you. It also came with spam (spam plugins could only do so much).

With the rise of static site generators, most people don't have comments on their blogs now. It is something I miss though.

Comment · 7 months ago
Great feedback. I will add search to this minimal version. The non-minimal version comes with search. Filter by language is something neither has and will be a great addition.

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