Happy Daze
happydaze.io
Discover a brighter world, one story at a time.

Hello,

I been working on this website/app these last few years, basically trying to show that there are a lot of very hard working people trying to make the world a better place and the news you choose to focus on has a big impact on your mood/life so try to not get too absorbed into the negative sensationalized media. My website/app offers an alternative way to stay informed. Would love to hear feedback on potential improvements.

Sincerely, Happy Daze

  • Praise Idleness@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    18 hours ago

    It’s nice but the images for the post are way too large(around 11MB per image?). It’s not only bad for the bandwidth, since judging by the image load speed you’re not using CDN, but it’s also bad for the user experience: takes too much time to load, metered connection users will suffer…etc

    edit: didn’t know it was an old post but I hope this input helps you!

    • happydaze@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I try to post three times a week its not super consistent on which day of the week it ends up being, working towards posting once a day but im also limited by the pace of research and science etc…

  • Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    While that is very cool and I totally love the idea, it is important not to overdose on hopium and I hope it doesn’t become like similar reddit communities that tend to devolve into perseverence porn or the depressing trend of people thinking we can just invent our way out of this self made apocalypse and the intrinsically relevant reverence for some tech billionaires or entrepreneurial solutions to problems inherent to capitalism. We absolutely do need to acknowledge how fucked everything is and let that motivate us to also try to improve things.

    In short I hope that this space is going to be welcoming to people finding creative ways to smash the beast within whose belly we are trapped in.

    • happydaze@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I understand where you are coming from and your concerns are valid. I designed this not as a replacement for your typical news but a temporary respite from the doom and gloom… A place where you can be in a Happy Daze if you will.

      • Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        2 months ago

        In that case I appreciate what you are going for, and a nice complimentary community can be found over at hexbear.net/c/bloomer though you might occasionally find posts celebrating for example a billionaire getting imploded in their vanity submarine.

        I would definitely suggest crossposting stuff there because we could all use a bit more good news in our feed and it isn’t the most active comm to be sure.

    • happydaze@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Science is slow, but I think you might be surprised some of these studies are really promising and pretty far along. For example we are finally seeing products with solid state batteries hit the market, graphene is being produced at a much more efficient rate, 3d printing and advanced material engineering is taking a leap and not to mention ai. The world is bright and brimming full of people trying their best to create a better future.