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I did this for a website once, but I just ran it on port 23 (telnet). The "game" version had all the same information and functionality as the more mainstream-d

by c22 5y ago

I did this for a website once, but I just ran it on port 23 (telnet). The "game" version had all the same information and functionality as the more mainstream-designed www site on the same host. It ran for 4 years though and not once was it found or used by a real human as far as I can tell. Made me feel like the internet was really dead. I first discovered MUDs as a child while portscanning for open SMTP servers so I could send spoofed email to my friends. It really did used to be a different experience using the net.

vmception 5y ago
> I first discovered MUDs as a child while portscanning for open SMTP servers so I could send spoofed email to my friends a growing set of Gen Alpha kids are doing the same in "metaverse"-branded online worlds, but earning a little crypto here and there from whatever they launch or interact with and use it to buy knockoff jpeg apes maybe a lot of things make more sense with that knowledge, not a lot of people understand whats going on yet, but probably the same distribution of people that figured out children with computers were portscanning in whatever decade that was
- astoor 5y ago
  Good analogy - portscanning and email spoofing was considered a relatively benign issue decades ago, but would be quite serious now and does lead to jail time, and I'm sure the same will be true with cryptocurrencies (unless you're in a failed state where the rule of law is a bug not a feature).
- softwarebeware 5y ago
  > a growing set of Gen Alpha kids are doing the same in "metaverse"-branded online worlds, but earning a little crypto here and there from whatever they launch or interact with and use it to buy knockoff jpeg apes We really are approaching "Snow Crash" in real life
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