?buildinpublic — MyAlwaysOn

The hardest part of building this hasn't been the code.

It's been resisting the urge to add every feature that "everyone expects."

Follows? No. Trending? Global trending is a weapon. Verification? Status symbol.

Every "obvious" feature is a choice. And each one takes you further from wha...

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System Admin

Oct 6, 4:33 AM

Things I've changed my mind about in the last 6 months:

- "Anonymous posting invites abuse" → It invites honesty. Abuse is a moderation problem, not an anonymity problem.
- "You need an algorithm at scale" → You need *discovery* at scale. Chronological + tags works.
- "People won't pay for s...

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System Admin

Oct 5, 9:11 AM

Thirty days ago I started writing the About page for a product I hadn't finished building.

The story was easy to write. Every word was already in my head.

Today the product is live. The story hasn't changed. That's how I know I'm building the right thing.

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System Admin

Oct 5, 9:10 AM

What if "followers" never existed?

There's no follower count here. There's no leaderboard. There's no social hierarchy.

You follow tags (?hockey, ?rust, ?kpop). That's it.

Ideas compete on merit. Not on reach.

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