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Some people might remember Hotline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotline_Communications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotline_Communications Independent forums
by doomlaser 6y ago
Some people might remember Hotline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotline_Communications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotline_Communications
Independent forums might be due for a comeback as well, with modern technological amenities
- tectonic 6y agoHotline! What a great piece of software. I learned to code as a teenager in a hotline group dedicated to RealBASIC. Such fond memories of that decentralized platform.
- LegitShady 6y agoYour hosting can be attacked too, so that's another complication.
- superkuh 6y agoI spent all of high school on hotline servers but it was never very decentralized. Not compared to a real federated protocol. It's client-server where servers register themselves with trackers which keep lists of server and return the list to clients when they ask. KDX is the "modern" open source implementation of the Hotline/Caracho concept. I still think usenet is the way to go. It's a robust federated system. Sure most people will use a few servers but there's always the easy open to switch to a new one. I even posted on misc.invest.stocks today using eternal-september.org text only access.
- ketamine__ 6y agoKDX isn't open sourced as far as I know. There were open source hotline servers if I remember correctly.