Why I Built Bubbles 𫧠57 β² Bubbles 𫧠Blog 163 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 162 days ago [-] Congratulations π₯³ Ben π @viermalbe@troet.cafe 162 days ago [-] @holtwick Thanks for your massive support!! 𫧠Olu @oluOnline@social.gfsc.studio 160 days ago [-] this is so cool! thanks so much for making it :) Bubbles @bubbles@social.bubbles.town 159 days ago [-] @oluOnline Aww, thanks! So happy you like it! π«§π«§π«§Ben darius @darius@social.linux.pizza 159 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 150 days ago [-] ooh I like this :) Bubbles @bubbles@social.bubbles.town 150 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 150 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 150 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 150 days ago [-] AH! Will follow that one!Keep at it :D Bubbles @bubbles@social.bubbles.town 150 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 150 days ago [-] that makes total and utter sense π Ben Overmyer @skysong@floss.social 150 days ago [-] Interesting idea. Let's see how it evolves. Alec Sargent @alecsargent@social.linux.pizza 148 days ago [-] good stuff! Sebastian @bstn@social.lol 97 days ago [-] This is a great site. I love Bubbles! @gurupanguji @gurupanguji@mastodon.social 87 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.
