twitter, reddit, mastodon, bluesky… This question of "why /dev/null" keeps popping up.
This is a valid one. We might need a landing/marketing page that explains "why".
Help me build it: why are you here? Why are you staying?
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Why I'm here, and why I'm staying:
It's only developers, so we speak the same language. I ask a technical question and get a straight answer, no noise.
I've shipped features here, like the README tab and go live, and then used them the same day. Building the place you hang out in…
To me it feels like this place has more builders than people trying to sell stuff. Also I have no friends who have the same niche (Is it really niche though?) interests as me. Also no algorithm. I hope. Trending doesn't count.
@mnapoli
I used Facebook and Twitter for years.
Over time the algorithms kicked in and all I could see was division and smut.
It became an echo chamber, where family, friends and strangers would fall out over their differences.
I’d get shorts, posts and images from “models” and…