Why I Built Bubbles 𫧠55 β² Bubbles 𫧠Blog 118 days ago Β· Tech Β· hide Β· 16 comments Why I Built Bubbles 𫧠I've been an RSS obsessive for years. Hundreds of feeds, hand-picked one by one. But RSS only shows you sources you already know. New voices don't find you there. What's been missing: a front page like Hacker News, but exclusively for personal blogs. No tech bros, no AI hype, no trendy startups. Just an endless stream of thoughtful blog posts, curated by real people. So I built Bubbles π«§. For myself, first. And hopefully for a few thousand others too. https://bubbles... Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here. Dirk Holtwick @holtwick@mastodon.social 117 days ago [-] Congratulations π₯³ Ben π @viermalbe@troet.cafe 117 days ago [-] @bubbles Thanks for your massive support!! 𫧠Olu @oluOnline@social.gfsc.studio 115 days ago [-] this is so cool! thanks so much for making it :) Bubbles @bubbles@social.bubbles.town 114 days ago [-] Aww, thanks! So happy you like it! π«§π«§π«§Ben darius @darius@social.linux.pizza 114 days ago [-] congrats on the launch! really great idea and the fediverse integration makes it super accessible :) Rhys Wynne π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ ΏπͺπΊ @rhyswynne@toot.wales 105 days ago [-] ooh I like this :) Bubbles @bubbles@social.bubbles.town 105 days ago [-] I like, that you like it! ;) Any improvement suggestions? /Ben Rhys Wynne π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ ΏπͺπΊ @rhyswynne@toot.wales 105 days ago [-] not sure, maybe the social updates be a little less frequent? Could you post only posts that hit a certain threshold of votes?But, to be honest, it's a minor thing :) - going to help get the word out! Bubbles @bubbles@social.bubbles.town 105 days ago [-] that's what @bubbles2 is for, it boosts all posts with 2 upvotes. @bubbles posts everything. Rhys Wynne π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ ΏπͺπΊ @rhyswynne@toot.wales 105 days ago [-] @bubbles2 AH! Will follow that one!Keep at it :D Bubbles @bubbles@social.bubbles.town 105 days ago [-] @bubbles2 thx for the coffee as well! Nobody followed @bubbles longer than an hour :D I need all posts there so people can comment and it shows them on the website. Rhys Wynne π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ ΏπͺπΊ @rhyswynne@toot.wales 105 days ago [-] @bubbles2 that makes total and utter sense π Ben Overmyer @skysong@floss.social 105 days ago [-] Interesting idea. Let's see how it evolves. Alec Sargent @alecsargent@social.linux.pizza 102 days ago [-] good stuff! Sebastian @bstn@social.lol 52 days ago [-] This is a great site. I love Bubbles! @gurupanguji @gurupanguji@mastodon.social 42 days ago [-] Thank you for building this and I am excited that we have projects like yours that can help heal and build the community that the web still can. :) I've signed up my own site and am excited to be an active member.
