lowguest96

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[–] lowguest96@fedia.io 1 points 1 week ago

Right now, Nooki isn’t trying to compete at that federation scale, it’s more of an experiment in minimal, text-first discussion spaces.

The idea is mainly to create a simple, clutter-free environment where people can just post and chat without the extra noise. So for now Nooki is lightweight, minimal, and focused on words first. Whether it grows into something federated or niche-focused is something I’ll explore if people actually enjoy using it.

[–] lowguest96@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

Thank you! Optimizing for screen readers makes total sense, and I hadn’t considered command line text-only browsers before but I will def. look into how this could support them better in the future

[–] lowguest96@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

Fair enough. I’ll circle back if/when I add ActivityPub support. Appreciate you checking it out anyway.

[–] lowguest96@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I do plan on making it open-source once it’s a bit more polished and stable. Right now it’s still an early build, so I’m keeping things simple.

As for "text-based", I meant it in the sense of content type (text-only posts, no images/videos) that is just focused on minimal text posting/discussion.

[–] lowguest96@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

Lol, didn’t see that coming. Thanks for pointing it out tho. The name might change anyway, but I’m glad you dig the concept!

[–] lowguest96@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

Nooki isn’t federated right now. I mainly posted here because I figured folks who care about alternatives might have valuable thoughts on a minimal text-based one. I am personally interested in both ActivityPub and AT Protocol down the line, but I get if this is off-topic.

[–] lowguest96@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I get why it might come across that way. My intention wasn’t to compete with Lemmy or take away from it. Federation is powerful, but it also adds a lot of moving parts. My goal with Nooki is to quickly experiment with the feel of a lightweight, text-first Reddit-style space. If it sticks, I would be very open to adopting federation standards. I’m personally interested in both ActivityPub and AT Protocol.

 

Hey guys, so I've been working on a minimal, text-based Reddit alternative for the past few months, and I think it’s coming along nicely.

I’m calling it Nooki (name might change in the future). For now, it’s text-only posts. This could change if it takes off and people want to share images or other media.

It has most of the basic features of Reddit, and I’d love to get your feedback on the UI and any features you’d like to see added.