Ernestly

I had a chance to beta test this, I love the concept and UI. I’m not sure I’m entirely sold on the lack of links and images - but I see the uniqueness of this, and I’m curious to see where it goes.

I like the simplicity and design, but wouldn’t images & videos be helpful in showing progress? 🤔

Looks great. I like your attention to simplicity and concise content. If you consider images, think about a single image, like your single optional source link. That way, the image adds context to a post, without distraction. Maybe the image is always at the top, or is a preview on the posts in the feed. But give it more than 3 votes before considering adding images 😉👍

I like the simplicity. Links on posts have always been a headache for me. I end up with 30 tabs open and lose track of the main topic. And sometimes authors do that just for the sake of the reference to other sites that will be "thankful" for the link. I started limiting myself to 3 links per post and recently started including them as footnotes only. Lack of images may be a problem for me though, since a diagram here and there may be useful.

Hey all 👋 Ernestly is a plain-text, short-form publishing platform for startups with post lengths of no more than 1200 characters. The concept is inspired by TL;DRs. Short posts that are easy to digest but give you all the essential information. It also inspires more frequent writing while forcing you to be succinct. Posts are added to your profile, creating a log of your startup journey. There are no images or hyperlinks to keep it focused on the words and to avoid spam. A single "source" link can be added per post for additional context. There are no comments/likes etc. but every post has a quick-tweet button to allow the conversation to continue on Twitter. It’s privacy first. So there are no tracking cookies used at all.

I really like this idea, and the writing focus chimes with a lot of other tools I use (the Remarkable tablet and Novlr on ChromeOS). Will put finger to keyboard shortly. Good work !

Great Job