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Sharing a snippet of text is much easier than sharing a file. Telling a normal person to click that link (or, go to decoder.com and paste this text into there,
by the_pwner224 7y ago
Sharing a snippet of text is much easier than sharing a file.
Telling a normal person to click that link (or, go to decoder.com and paste this text into there, for a more distributed version) is much easier than getting them to view the HTML.
- ziftface 7y agoBut why not just share the raw text then? In a situation where you would need to distribute web pages without a host, presumably to share vital information, couldn't you just share the raw text via the same medium you use to send the link? I still think this is really interesting though.
- _lflx 7y agoBecause you can distribute web forms that post data to locations for aggregation of standardized data. Useful for organizing strikes and other civil disobedience. Think about the tools a modern political campaign uses, it would be somewhat similar.
- JetSpiegel 7y agoIf you need to have a host receiving that data, why not serve the page from that host?
- tzakrajs 7y agoGood point, I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote that. Perhaps the data from the form could get turned into an email or sms draft instead of an HTTP action.
- chiefalchemist 7y agoThx. Makes sense. But aren't there any other encoding standards? Perhaps also with encryption? I'm not knocking this url idea. Simply what-if'ing other possibilities.