Post B1P1u64lnRBxG19184 by arcanicanis@were.social
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 (DIR) Post #B1P1u64lnRBxG19184 by arcanicanis@were.social
       2025-12-19T09:53:46.034174Z
       
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       I keep building a pile of side-projects, and I'm sure that probably dries people's patience/hopes on earlier projects getting done (but I definitely will return to doing more ActivityPub and XMPP stuff again soon).I guess I have a clearer set of ideas and design choices to make something more worthwhile to compete, for one niche that needs to be filled, and finding a decent middle-ground in expectations. Here's the design constraints/ideas I have:Some video/voice conference system, reachable by some URL permalink, as a WebRTC web application, but intended for social/gaming use (not a formal 'professional' presenter-led conference system)Real-time chat would be completely ephemeral and there would be no concern about enforcing log retention at all (maybe past 60 messages at most)Instead, when there isn't a call, the same URL would serve as effectively a "sticky note board" where folks within the group would leave comments of when the next hangout is, or for folks to leave comments of not being able to make it next time, or that they'll be a little late, etcCould also have basic polls or go in deeper extremes like offering a 'mutual date/time planning' calendar system (timezone aware), for planning the next meetup timeIt would NOT intend to be another thing to add to the list of applications you keep open 24/7, and would by design be something you'd intend on peeking in at on occasion, usually where some reoccurring event/hangout/meetup is the foundation to a groupThis could also serve in auxiliary function to things like tabletop sessions (or VTTs, like Foundry) and alike tooOr completely absent of using the video/voice call system, could be for in-person meetups also (and still provide a platform that someone could 'conference in')There could be an out-of-band notification system (email, instant message, etc), to ping about announcements or provide reminders, but meant to be infrequent and not spam your inboxThis is to avoid creating another catch-all, please-all, multi-purpose do-everything chat system that nags your attention and expects you to "just install the app" to maintain functional usefulness of it.And more importantly to help keep folks together, to actually be doing stuff together, and not adding to the pile of messenger crap they have to 'maintain' attention on.Would there be anything else worth adding, or existing ideas to refine further?