Mobile app only and no source code? I appreciate the effort but I'll stick with Mastodon for now.
The source is actually freely available for both the app and the web: https://gitea.com/t4t
Readit Newst4t commented on Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online t4t.social/... · Posted by u/t4t
t4t commented on Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online t4t.social/... · Posted by u/t4t
it looks really slick but the timeline scrolling is a little heavy.
also fwiw no way to filter location for posts without sharing your own...
I am curious if you mean heavy in terms of the physics of the swipe, or heavy in terms of something like the layout?
t4t commented on Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online t4t.social/... · Posted by u/t4t
> A year ago I surveyed the internet and noticed there was only one popular space for trans and gender-non-conforming people to meet
How is that possible? On the infinite Internet, where there is online space for much smaller communities, how can there not be far more - on Reddit, Discords, FB, IG, other platforms, phpBB, etc etc.
I should have been more specific - I meant a popular platform
t4t commented on Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online t4t.social/... · Posted by u/t4t
I hate to ask this, but with the timing of the current US elections and presidential mandate, seeing this appear out of the blue scares me more than anything. Do you have any existing handles or presence in the community I can use to double check? Thanks.
You can check the review history on either app, the project has existed for a full year. The timing is a coincidence, but I do understand the paranoia.
t4t commented on Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online t4t.social/... · Posted by u/t4t
Why even keep location data at all?
One of the main selling points of the app is that you can filter posts by distance, to facilitate people meeting and talking with their community.
t4t commented on Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online t4t.social/... · Posted by u/t4t
t4t commented on Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online t4t.social/... · Posted by u/t4t
Interpreting Animats' question as concern for the user population, I think it's a valid one.
The new administration in the US is openly hostile, and a lot of damage could be done to peoples' lives if, say, the community was hacked and private email addresses (or other PII) was leaked.
And I also agree with you -- now's the time for those of us who can afford it, to fly our ally flags as loudly and proudly as possible.
OP: Please make sure your secure coding and operational security practices are excellent and meet the challenge here.
I am taking security very seriously. All sensitive rows are protected by RLS, and I have gone even further by adding random noise to all location data. Locations are locked down, but in the unfortunate event of a hack what would be leaked is location within a 5 or so mile range, not exact location.
If it is possible on Supabase I would like to eventually obscure emails and oauth info.
t4t commented on Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online t4t.social/... · Posted by u/t4t
Good work!
Let’s say this network continues to grow; how do you anticipate funding its future operations?
A decent percent of people are voluntarily paying for it right now, enough that it is already profitable at about a 10:1 ratio of profit vs cost of operation. The platform can grow quite a lot without expenses going up since my main expense is just server power, and I am not using much of that at all right now.
I think I have engineered it all to scale well, and I don't anticipate costs increasing. The plan right now is to not run ads, and to make almost all features free for all users in perpetuity.
t4t commented on Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online t4t.social/... · Posted by u/t4t
You probably shouldn’t show NSFW to non-logged in users.
Otherwise you could run afoul of various laws, since technically minors can access it
I will add a tagging system and hide nsfw posts from non-logged-in non-opted-in users this weekend.
- The API keys are obtained using flutter_dotenv, and omitted from the Git source but trivially extractable from the Play Store APK (using a rooted phone).
- After installing the .env file and building t4t locally, I was unable to log into the Android app using a Gmail account; every attempt left the app in a not-logged-in state. The same thing happened after replacing my local app with the Play Store version? (EDIT: After restarting the app I was able to proceed?)
- (nitpick/observation) When I tap a post, the app opens the user's post history, and I try scrolling the list, the view lags behind my finger. Can't tell if it's latency, dropped frames, or both together.