as a stand alone app, i thought there would be at least some kind of an improvement in UI but its like a step back.
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Discord has some structures and dynamics that really work against it for the sort of communities IRC excels at.
The standard Discord experience has you look for and join a "server", each of which is meant to feel like distinct island. This has every server duplicate the same set of boilerplate #general, #off-topic etc. channels, as if there are no others. As a result the vast majority of servers are fairly dead and barren, the userbase is spread too thin. Also because the UX makes switching between servers a fairly heavy context switch, so monitoring this deluge of channels is not fun and nobody can stay on top of all of their servers.
I once looked around for maker-y/electronics Discords, and joined probably 7-8, and they were all dead. ##electronics on Libera is highly active.
i think this is not an easy problem to solve.
but this has been a big enough of an itch for me and i've got some time on my hands these days so i'm building www.ever.chat for anyone interested to take a look.
if anyone wanna chat, stop by and/or hit me up on X!
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this month, i've been building https://tierbudddy.com and https://passportphotos.co
jaequery commented on Why our website looks like an operating system posthog.com/blog/why-os... · Posted by u/bnc319
i hope this doesn't become a trend.
jaequery commented on Nano Banana image examples github.com/PicoTrex/Aweso... · Posted by u/SweetSoftPillow
wow. RIP midjourney.
jaequery commented on TierBuddy – Create Tier Lists Easily (for content creators in mind) tierbuddy.com... · Posted by u/jaequery
I built TierBuddy because I was frustrated with how clunky TierMaker felt, especially when working with lots of items.
No more endless dragging and scrolling, the UX is simplified so even non-techies can use it.
You can search and add images directly inside the app, instead of downloading/uploading one by one.
Designed with streamers and content creators in mind: making a tier list on stream is fast and seamless.
It’s free, and we’re working on features to better support the creator economy (collaboration, monetization, etc.).
Would love feedback from the HN community on the UX and what features you’d want to see next.