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by vasanthv on 5/19/22, 5:56 AM with 10 comments

  • by ibdf on 5/19/22, 1:16 PM

    There are so many other (perhaps similar) platforms out there... if you don't provide a set of features, some screenshots or anything that tells me more about Blarb I am not giving you my email.

    It's not clear if this is a social network, a blog or a reddit like thing. It's not clear who I am sharing with, what the UI looks like, or anything that sets this apart from other services. All the landing page shows me is the features this thing does not have.

  • by sircastor on 5/21/22, 2:23 AM

    I feel like so many projects start out with grand ideals about how, if people were just given the opportunity, we would finally get the honest, genuine, earnest, meaningful conversation we keep hoping is real.

    In my experience though, when you take away the social responsibility of what you say and who you are, people begin to let out their demons. I think it’s rarely bad people so much as people who aren’t able to find responsible ways to resolve their own issues.

    I anticipate after a brief period of attempts at intelligent discussion, the people who aren’t just trolls will give up and it’ll be left with a stack of forever self-erasing garbage.

  • by vasanthv on 5/19/22, 10:51 AM

    Blarb is a way to share what is on your mind.

    We have said NO to a few things that help to share unfiltered thoughts. - No history: Anything you share in Blarb gets deleted in 24 hours. - No real names: We don’t attach real names to your profile. - No likes: No more sharing for the sake of likes & followers.

  • by simonw on 5/21/22, 2:38 AM

    I found a page that shows you some of the activity on the service, to get a feel for what it's like: https://blarb.co/search

  • by somenewaccount1 on 5/21/22, 4:45 AM

    Onboarding is weird, but I love the concept. Wish discovery was your landing page. Pay stub me fivr contractors to get real sample pieces of content a day.

  • by r0b05 on 5/21/22, 7:37 AM

    I don't understand it one bit.