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Why this isn't soup.io clone UX-wise.

I'd like to say few things about why Loforo isn't a clone of soup.io.
Loforo seems to be closer to Tumblr than to soup.io actually. 

This will be a rant about User eXperience. 

Soup.io

The very basis of the soup.io phenomenon is the continuity of focus.
You are always in the same space: On a timeline. Either /everyone or /friends or /fof or a particular user.
You scroll the timeline and no action except explicitely clicking on a permalink takes you away. 

  1. Repost is a one-click operation - and was the main driver of the user engagement on soup.io - after you click the button, everything is done in the background.
    It adds the post to your timeline. There is no editing stage. You can always edit posts in your timeline later, if you want. 
  2. React is an in-place operation, adding a reaction within a static popup panel, without going away to a different page. Read More »

Check check, break break.

Our soup.io is no more. 
RSS export didn't work. 
Maybe for the lucky few.

May this place be a new start. 
Between this and other platforms.
We will find the spirit once again.