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> What if we had some sort of SubWeb (have I just invented that word? I really like the sound of it!!!) which you have to use the command line to access? :) Th
by UVB-76 13y ago
> What if we had some sort of SubWeb (have I just invented that word? I really like the sound of it!!!) which you have to use the command line to access? :)
There are still a load of great communities below the 'surface' of the web.
Private torrent trackers are a good example. The good ones are invite-only, limit the number of members, or at the very least require a degree of technical knowledge to gain access.
Access is treated as a privilege, and members act accordingly.
- Gormo 13y agoThere are quite a lot of old-school BBSes configured for telnet access.[1] There's even a telnet/SSH client called SyncTerm [2] that emulates old terminal modes with authentic fonts. There's also a site called Telehack that's an attempt to simulate what the internet would have been like for the typical user about 25 years ago - pre-web.[3] There's a lot of stuff like this out there that satisfies itches for nostalgia, creativity, and an open frontier all at once. [1] http://www.telnetbbsguide.com/ http://www.telnetbbsguide.com/ [2] http://syncterm.bbsdev.net/ http://syncterm.bbsdev.net/ [3] http://www.telehack.com/ http://www.telehack.com/ (or, for a more authentic experience, telnet in with SyncTerm)