My Favorite Thing

Back in 2019, before the world ended, I was trying to learn JavaScript. Serious JavaScript, not just hiding and showing things like I'd always done for microinteractions in websites.

As one of my exercises, I published an app to collect people's favorite things. It was centered around a single sentence saying "My favorite [a] is [b]". There was no purpose other than having fun, it was totally anonymous, and I didn't know what I was doing at all, so as soon as it started breaking apart I had to put it away.

The idea kept living in me, though. I love those kinds of random, playful things that just exist because somebody took the time to enjoy themselves. So, last night, after publishing a blog post that reminded me of it, I set out to recreate it. And I just shipped the first version.

So, what's My Favorite Thing?

The concept is simple: you share your favorite thing, in the form of "My favorite _____ is _____", and it gets added to the list of public entries. When you go to the website, you can see all the things other people have shared.

There are no names, no cookies, nothing to link back to anybody. It's just sharing shallow things for the joy of sharing shallow things. Connecting with random strangers' taste and ideas.

This time, though, I added some minimal moderation. I have to go and approve submissions. Why? because I learned that from the last time.

I hope you share your favorite thing here. :)