Why I Built Bubbles 𫧠57 β² Bubbles 𫧠Blog 209 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 209 days ago [-] Congratulations π₯³ Ben π @viermalbe@troet.cafe 209 days ago [-] @holtwick Thanks for your massive support!! 𫧠Olu @oluOnline@social.gfsc.studio 207 days ago [-] this is so cool! thanks so much for making it :) Bubbles @bubbles@social.bubbles.town 206 days ago [-] @oluOnline Aww, thanks! So happy you like it! π«§π«§π«§Ben darius @darius@social.linux.pizza 206 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 197 days ago [-] ooh I like this :) Bubbles @bubbles@social.bubbles.town 197 days ago [-] @rhyswynne I like, that you like it! ;) Any improvement suggestions? /Ben Rhys Wynne π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ ΏπͺπΊ @rhyswynne@toot.wales 197 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 197 days ago [-] @rhyswynne that's what is for, it boosts all posts with 2 upvotes. posts everything. Rhys Wynne π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ ΏπͺπΊ @rhyswynne@toot.wales 197 days ago [-] AH! Will follow that one!Keep at it :D Bubbles @bubbles@social.bubbles.town 197 days ago [-] @rhyswynne thx for the coffee as well! Nobody followed 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 196 days ago [-] that makes total and utter sense π Ben Overmyer @skysong@floss.social 196 days ago [-] Interesting idea. Let's see how it evolves. Alec Sargent @alecsargent@social.linux.pizza 194 days ago [-] good stuff! Sebastian @bstn@social.lol 143 days ago [-] This is a great site. I love Bubbles! @gurupanguji @gurupanguji@mastodon.social 133 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.
