Minus is a finite social network where you get 100 posts—for life. While you can reply to a post as often as you like, every time you add to the feed, it subtracts from your lifetime total. When you reach 0 posts left, that’s it. No exceptions.
The feed is reverse chronological, not algorithmic. Post timestamps are vague. Nothing is monetized. There are no likes or follows or noisy notifications. The site’s only visible metric counts down, showing how many posts each user has remaining.
How disorienting will it be to interact on a platform that doesn’t try to induce endless engagement from your every waking second? What will you say—or make—when freed from infinite demand?
Just like life, Minus has limits. Try it out today and see what online interaction feels like on a social network designed for less.
More about this (art) project: https://bengrosser.com/projects/minus/
151 sats \ 1 reply \ @tomlaies 17 Jan
They'll run into the same problem as bereal: when you discourage posting in the name of minimalism people will also not spend time on it and the platform will die.
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"A pizza made for people who don't like any of the qualities of pizza...."
Seems like its going to be hard to find an audience.....I mean such people simply would prefer to not post on social media.
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44 sats \ 1 reply \ @398ja 17 Jan
I really like the novel concept, but requiring email for registration is a bit of a turnoff nowadays... 😅
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its stupid. why would i invest time in a product i will eventually get banned from posting on.
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100 posts for life ?
why not limit 1 post per day ?
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Why do we need social network for less? Decreasing the amount is not better than completely stopping the usage. For at least 6 years, I'm not using Facebook, Instagram or Google Plus. I have one Squawker app to read news from official Twitter sources once a day. I'm checking Stacker.news and Nostr once a day and using my time more efficiently. I'm reading books, whitepapers and news. I'm learning Japanese. Trying to meditate daily. Studying hard to learn new things about my working field and keeping my knowledge up to date. Less is not enough. Take your freedom back and control your own life. Bitcoin is also a step for this freedom as a weapon against the economic dominators.
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Build it on #Nostr then I may try it
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#PodcastTip with the author(artist) of this project: https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/135921 to understand his vision behind this website
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This makes no sense
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