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Once upon a time, Twitter didn’t have DMs. 

It was a simple tool to broadcast your breakfast choices to the world, but there was no way to discuss your avocado toast choices in private. Naturally, as the community grew and people started to form real relationships, there was strong demand to chat in private.

Twitter mirrored every other large social network. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, reddit and most community platforms make messaging a core part of the product. People want to communicate with friends.

Today, we’re introducing Chat to make it easy for the Product Hunt community to connect outside the public comment section.

While simple, it's quite robust. You can start a:

🔒 Private 1-on-1 chat. Message a friend, move a public conversation to private, or talk with the maker of a product directly.

🤐 Private group chat. Bring together your best side-project buddies and friends to problem-solve together.

🤗 Public group chat. Makers, use this to start a conversation with your users or beta testers. We designed this to be lightweight and easier to jump into than Slack and other heavier messaging apps.

It’s often said that every social network eventually adds messaging… well, now you can include Product Hunt on that list. Give it a shot. 😅

Our favorite technologies are becoming more accessible. Years ago, stationary desktops were quickly replaced by plastic white MacBooks that took over college campuses and offices around the world. Today’s Daily Digest was crafted by Product Hunt and sponsored by our friends at Hewlett Packard. 😊

A year ago, we hit peak Stories. Insta took "inspiration" from Snap and Zuck started rolling Stories into every Facebook app. People theorized that Microsoft was going to add Stories to Excel. Wild times.

Creative makers took notice. On April 1st, a few long-time Product Hunt community members shared their latest creation...

"For a few years now Mike and I have been dreaming of this day. We've seen the trends, we've watched from the sidelines, always waiting for the right moment for our big release. Today, for no specific calendar related reason, we're launching Stories as a Service (SaaS for short)."

Stories as a Service made it easy to add Stories to your website with just one line of code. BUT, it wasn't real. 🙈

Fast forward to today, a new maker from Paris emerges to carry the Stories torch. This time, it's not a joke.


Try Cereals makes it super easy to create stories in your browser. It's actually quite brilliant. Use it to summarize the news (like our app, Sip), create a tutorial for new site visitors, or simply tell stories.

Give it a try and share your stories in the Product Hunt discussion. 😊

Ready Player One might be coming sooner than you think.
 

Everyone has a startup idea but not everyone can build it. Learning to code takes time and even if you’re a programmer, coding sometimes isn’t the most efficient way to get started.
 
✨ Marvel for Keynote helps you turn your slides into interactive prototypes. Perfect for getting some design feedback, or showing off to customers.

🖥️ Mason is the world's first frontend-as-a-service platform. Mason lets you build everything about your front-end with an easy drag-and-drop interface, and seamlessly connect it to your backend.

📝 Carrd is a powerful single-page website generator, built by loved community member AJ.

🤖 Lobe allows you to build machine learning models with a visual interface. Teach your model to understand handwriting, emotions, music, and more.

📊 Sheetbase lets you build a website or app, powered by Google Sheets. Business model on one sheet, website on the other. You could build the next big thing with nothing more than a Chromebook.

What's your favorite no-code tool? Let us know. 🤗

"When I first read the Satoshi Nakamoto white paper for bitcoin, I realized it represented an opportunity to bring economic freedom to people all over the world." - Brian Armstrong

Nearly half the world's population lives in poverty, according to UNICEF, and 1.3 billion people live on less than $1.25 per day. Giving to charity isn't easy, so we put together a list of 12 Apps To Help You Give Back: 💸 GiveCrypto.org, founded by Coinbase CEO, Brian Armstrong, is a fund that aims to reduce poverty in the world by donating crypto to areas in need.  Cryptocurrencies make it easy to move money internationally, so your donations can get to the people who need it the most. You can donate to the fund, and help them meet their $10 million goal.

🖥️ Donate Your Tab lets you mine crypto in your browser and donate your proceeds to charity. All your time on Twitter and Netflix will pay off.

📦 Charity Box forces you to donate something every month by charging your card when you miss the donation deadline. You can even donate clothes, food, electronics, and toys.

📈 Effective Altruism Fund is like a mutual fund, but for charitable giving. Expert fund managers put in hundreds of hours of research and analysis to decide where your money should go for maximum impact.

"The world just isn’t ready for this kind of progress." – Ryan G

Amazon had a MASSIVE day yesterday.

Web apps are sooooo 2016.