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Well we made it “idiot proof” didn’t we, and all the idiots came. We need a sort of Dark Web with low crime, and mostly that’s things like HN and people running
by hinkley 2y ago
Well we made it “idiot proof” didn’t we, and all the idiots came. We need a sort of Dark Web with low crime, and mostly that’s things like HN and people running private Slack instances.
- ErikAugust 2y agoI was thinking about a Twitter clone where your account goes through an approval process where you provide a short essay and your Hacker News username. Client has no tracking, and uses no JavaScript.
- marcosdumay 2y agoLemmy has a few like that. But it uses Javascript, heavily. (Or is it wasm? I never looked.)
- hinkley 2y agoI still think someone should make a job application for FE developers that doesn’t work and you have to edit the page source to submit your resume. Put a comment in the source to say you did it on purpose so you don’t scare them off immediately.
- vunderba 2y agoThis is the rough social media equivalent of Mensa - not that that's necessarily a bad thing.
- jmclnx 2y agoIn a way it kind of exists, you have Gopher and Gemini. The main links I know of. gopher://sdf.org gemini://sdf.org and gemini://gem.sdf.org I already moved my personal WEB Site there, and there is interesting content there. Maybe "we" should migrate there and leave the LOL cats to the WEB :)
- hinkley 2y agoI don’t believe the Dead Internet theory, but I can see how people got there.