You are totally right, but I really wanted to make it very clean and organized ui wise and I felt limited by the reddit form. Also, I like the idea of crowdsourcing and having people be able to post, and they are absolutely welcome to in the sub reddit but for the site I just wanted to strictly control design elements and stylistic choices which is only possible when I'm the only who can post.

On the https://happydaze.io/contribute/ page I have a email where people can send me potential ideas/topics

Also here's the link to the subreddit : r/happydazenews

Awesome!

I just tried via the contribute link from the About menu link, via both the app and the website via Safari.

It took me to PayPal but then I got a PayPal error:

“We can’t find this profile

Make sure you have the right link and profile hasn’t been turned off.”

Trying to be helpful, not trying to annoy!

Thanks!

I just added the button to the website, and app! On the website/app if you scroll all the way to the bottom to the footer section the "Contribute" Link will take you to a page with a "TIP JAR" button. Thank you so much for the reminder ( I had it written down but no button made) and the gesture honestly means so much to me.

https://happydaze.io/contribute/

I hear where your coming from. I have a bit of a hypothesis. I wonder if we gravitate towards the negative news.

Hear me out...

What I mean is by seeing other people's misery, we look at our own lives and think "glad that's not happening to me". Makes us feel better about our own lives.

When it comes to social media, it's somewhat the opposite. People post the best things about their lives which makes everyone else depressed as they wish they had that kind of life. When we all know these are fake lives people are promoting.

Right! Its so hard to find some truly good news. Like I was telling u/Octopuns, I remember this one story that stuck in my mind where the mom couldn't afford to buy her kids presents and their neighbors found out and went and bought them gifts. Like I understand the neighbors did a great thing but overall the story doesn't make me feel good.

Negative news stories definitely draw more attention and when the news companies are doing anything and everything for the all mighty ad dollar. They dont care what they post as long as they get eyeballs watching their content. So unfortunately I am not too surprised the TV show version (tv is a very ad driven) didn't work. However, since Im not worried about ads I hope to avoid that pitfall.

The larger commentary about what that says about people... I choose to look at it in a positive light; that type of content gets more attention because people care and while they might feel powerless to help, watching and being knowledgable about their strife is better than nothing at all. maybe? I dont know.

I love the UI, truly amazing!

Please add a “buy the devs a coffee/sandwich/dinner” tip jar in the app?

Tip jars harm no-one and don’t compromise standards, but let us appreciative folk drop a tangible thank you (or tangibly contribute to your efforts) :)

The idea is pretty neat. Seems easier and cheaper to simply make it into a subreddit like r/happydaze. Crowdsource the writing and posting from users on Reddit. As people crosspost and find links from around the internet, with a built in user base and an advanced commenting system. With no server cost and no subscriptions needed.

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Thank you!

That's nice to know, thanks!

Thank you for the kind words, and Im glad you like it!

I think nuclear energy is the future, especially the varieties of reactors with no weapon-izable by-products. I believe thorium salt reactors and the miniaturization of reactors combined with advancements in artificial intelligence could lead to an incredibly green future with an abundance of clean power. Thanks for the question. Regarding most controversial topics I think I would try to avoid them but some things like nuclear energy imo are common sense.

https://happydaze.io/hydrogen-powered-passenger-train/

Come on now, Germany. Cuxhaven is not even that rural. Pretty sure you could put up some wires along that route

You are welcome, and I know right! That would totally be a game changer; my dad has diabetes and I know he struggles with managing his condition. Pills would make it 100x easier.

glad to help!

I appreciate the kind words 🙏

Thank you 👍🏾

Glad to help!

My pleasure!

Many similar options fall into the pitfall of posting stories like "child saves sister after her face is eaten off by a dog!" Or similar, where it's technically a happy ending but also a total downer.

This site seems actually 100% positive and uplifting, meant to make you feel like the world is a good place. I appreciate that, OP. <3

You are so right. I struggle with those types of "good news" stories as well. There was one I saw that stuck in my mind where the mom couldn't afford to buy her kids presents and their neighbors found out and went and bought them gifts. Like I understand the neighbors did a great thing but overall the story doesn't make me feel good.

Great tip! You are totally right I am trying to diversify my articles to include a variety of different types of good news and cool stories. I will def make it more clear for people to send me ideas and news related stuff so I can make better content. For now if anyone is interested you can send me an email at happydazecontact@gmail.com