4 comments

  • egypturnash3 hours ago
    I am amazed at this page&#x27;s CSS. The body text is small so I hit command-+ to make it bigger... and it gets <i>smaller</i> instead. Reset and hit command--... and it also gets smaller. And reader mode&#x27;s broken.
    • vee-kay1 hour ago
      Pinch-to-zoom works on mobile (Android) for this site, since each post&#x2F;article is just an image with a heading.<p>Swiping up to see the next post&#x2F;article also retains the zoom, but the fonts &amp; sizes in the posts&#x2F;articles are not consistent, so we may need to zoom again to make the content fit better on the screen or to make it more legible.<p>The site reminds me of one of the glorious tools of the old Web - StumbleUpon (integrated as a browser toolbar) - which allowed to jump to random sites upvoted&#x2F;liked by users. During its heydays, it even allowed users to host their own webpages, and interact in community forum, so like-minded strangers could discuss their fave topics and share nice new finds (websites, tools, etc.).
    • crooked-v3 hours ago
      It&#x27;s because the &quot;body text&quot; is actually a <i>screenshot of text</i>, for some bizarre reason.
      • egypturnash3 hours ago
        hahaha wtf
      • wormpilled2 hours ago
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        • manuelmoreale52 minutes ago
          I’m not sure why people are downvoting you. The site is a collection of links to other written pieces posted on other sites. To make it visually interesting they decided to add screenshots for each entry which is an entirely reasonable thing to do.<p>It’s what every single gallery site does.<p>What would a better alternative be? Adding iframes?
  • nilirl3 hours ago
    Beautiful UI.<p>What&#x27;s the criteria for pieces promoted?
    • layman512 hours ago
      Same here. I&#x27;m really curious about this too. What do they mean by &quot;wonderful&quot;? I suppose some of the pieces here might not be very well-known or popular, but they are inspiring, or maybe they are a good resource for learning something. All I can see is they are maybe associated with a read-later app?
    • photios1 hour ago
      Wondering about that too. What are the &quot;wonderfullness&quot; criteria?<p>For example, the first article I clicked on: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;juliagalef.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;08&#x2F;23&#x2F;unpopular-ideas-about-social-norms&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;juliagalef.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;08&#x2F;23&#x2F;unpopular-ideas-about-soci...</a><p>has some pretty vile stuff:<p>&gt; Non-offending pedophiles should be more widely accepted by society. It’s unfair to ostracize someone for a desire they were born with, and integrating them into society makes them less likely to cause harm.
      • sambapa7 minutes ago
        Whats vile about that?
    • mentalfist2 hours ago
      At a quick glance, the main criteria seems for it to be libertarian and anti-socialism.
      • snorbleck2 hours ago
        not quite. it&#x27;s random selections every visit to the site.
  • yd4hn2 hours ago
    If this collection of articles would get updated in the future, I hope there is a rss feed for it. But it seems that the site is just a promotion for this Matter app...
  • est3 hours ago
    what am I looking at?<p>Cards of text that I have to click to further read?
    • listic3 hours ago
      Apparently, yes. Apparently, they present a curated set of texts.