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Something more BBS-like. (Something like this: http://www.textfiles.com/100/ http://www.textfiles.com/100/) You send a detailed list of what's being offered, a

Something more BBS-like. (Something like this: http://www.textfiles.com/100/ http://www.textfiles.com/100/) You send a detailed list of what's being offered, and expected. I return a request for exactly what I'd like to get ... and nothing else ... along with my list of what I'm willing to send in return. If you don't like my list, deny my request. If you deliberately send me something I didn't checkmark, or change your stated expectations, I'll refuse any more of your traffic.

no_time 3y ago
You basically described soulseek, and to a lesser extent, torrents.
- 8bitsrule 3y ago
  Thanks for pointing out soulseek, hadn't heard of it, will be checking into it. But I meant it in a much more general sense, for most of what happens on the net .... built-in. A LOT of sites want me to enable services that I don't want to deal with. I don't want google-analytics, or apis, or syndication. A LOT of sites want me to subscribe with a long list of personal information. Not happening. A LOT of sites want me to watch advertising; I quit cable-TV long ago. I could just auto-'nope' to all of those right up front and they could just - reply 'nope' and go away. All recorded once and for all, never knock on that door again. uBlockO helps with some of that, but things shouldn't be that complicated, it wastes my time, it wastes a huge amount of bandwidth ... and data center energy needs. Enshittification. Wouldn't have to be all-or-nothing; there could be maybes. By 'BBS-simple' I mean an up-front human-to-human negotiation style. I download something, if the sysop is looking for something and I have it to share, they'll get it, guaranteed, nothing else. Micropayments for their time? Wish we could do that. If I click a link on a specific topic, and with that query I auto-communicate 1) what I don't want (images say, or a subscription pop-up, or an unwanted 3MB list of all their other features, services, plans, site history) and 2) what they're looking for) ... they could just say 'no go', or we could bargain. The machines can keep track.

no_time 3y ago

You basically described soulseek, and to a lesser extent, torrents.

8bitsrule 3y ago
Thanks for pointing out soulseek, hadn't heard of it, will be checking into it. But I meant it in a much more general sense, for most of what happens on the net .... built-in. A LOT of sites want me to enable services that I don't want to deal with. I don't want google-analytics, or apis, or syndication. A LOT of sites want me to subscribe with a long list of personal information. Not happening. A LOT of sites want me to watch advertising; I quit cable-TV long ago. I could just auto-'nope' to all of those right up front and they could just - reply 'nope' and go away. All recorded once and for all, never knock on that door again. uBlockO helps with some of that, but things shouldn't be that complicated, it wastes my time, it wastes a huge amount of bandwidth ... and data center energy needs. Enshittification. Wouldn't have to be all-or-nothing; there could be maybes. By 'BBS-simple' I mean an up-front human-to-human negotiation style. I download something, if the sysop is looking for something and I have it to share, they'll get it, guaranteed, nothing else. Micropayments for their time? Wish we could do that. If I click a link on a specific topic, and with that query I auto-communicate 1) what I don't want (images say, or a subscription pop-up, or an unwanted 3MB list of all their other features, services, plans, site history) and 2) what they're looking for) ... they could just say 'no go', or we could bargain. The machines can keep track.