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While not anything blockchain-based, I had a similar thought of just doing social media through a single text file that you can add to/remove from whenever, and re-post the whole thing[0]. Literally HTTP POST it.

Edit, amend, add, delete, schedule, etc., all from a single text file. I haven't worked on it in a few weeks but I intend to get back to it soon.

[0] https://post.mw



sigh I'm now old enough to watch yet another wave of "reinventing 2005 web dev again"

Did you know HTML and CSS are basically text files with some special organization that allow you to make really snazzy colors and marquees and stuff?

It's just a text file you can POST, too!

Super simple, use the same tools you use now.

Well, you'll need a browser to make it look pretty, but that's not the point right?


I'm pretty sure, OP is aware of that. Someone found a passion project for themselves. Nothing to be snarky about, right? People do stuff for the sake of doing stuff all the time.


Including snarkposting for the sake of snark


Somewhat of a precedent exists: classic UNIX mbox files.

I guess it would be fine if indexed separately. Edits to data past a certain age are fairly rare.


Another old UNIX prior art is finger.


Any example public user sites?


https://post.mw/rob

Haven't been posting as much as I want to yet, I'm working on the editor from https://markwhen.com to hopefully port it over to https://post.mw as well


Cool stuff




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