[HN Gopher] Show HN: VentScape - Minimalistic site to vent, chat...
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       Show HN: VentScape - Minimalistic site to vent, chat and see others
       do the same
        
       Author : GabeK0
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2021-07-01 16:12 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.ventscape.life)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.ventscape.life)
        
       | barbs wrote:
       | Cute, fun and simple. Reminds me of simple anonymous chat rooms
       | back in the day.
        
       | bckr wrote:
       | I just spent way too much time on this website.
        
       | GabeK0 wrote:
       | VentScape is a large, anonymous, chat room where all messages
       | fade away and disappear after a few seconds, an idea born out of
       | my deepest loneliness during the height of the pandemic.
       | 
       | The anonymity, ephemerality, and other features work together to
       | provide the quickest, easiest way to have fun conversations
       | online -- the kind of social interaction I personally wished I
       | had more of throughout the many lonely months of 2020.
       | 
       | Originally imagined as a minimalistic space to vent anonymously
       | and see others doing the same in real-time (something I
       | personally wanted, believed had psychological benefits, and was
       | disappointed didn't already exist), after the site got posted on
       | HN and Reddit I slowly realized that the real magic was
       | oftentimes in the fun, spontaneous conversations people would
       | have on it. I then began rehashing the idea and working on a new
       | and refined version in React Native with a friend.
       | 
       | This new React Native version of VentScape got to a good spot so
       | I posted it to HN a few weeks ago. It didn't receive much
       | attention, I think in large part due to it being a TestFlight
       | download link instead of just an immediately useable web app. I
       | worked on refurbishing the web app after this experience,
       | (essentially realizing that it's far easier to use a web app than
       | downloading a TestFlight app) which is what I'm here today to
       | Show HN.
       | 
       | I'd love to hear any feedback you may have on the site, or to
       | discuss anything about the engineering or the idea itself
       | (whether that be its philosophy, psychology, or anything else).
       | Thank you so much, and cheers.
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       | Links:
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       | First HN Thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25923301
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       | Reddit r/InternetIsBeautiful Thread:
       | https://www.reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful/comments/l5h3zz...
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       | Second HN Thread w/ TestFlight link:
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27541185
        
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