Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Introducing RootBadger =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=94?= Usenet-style social discussion for the modern web Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 07:57:29 -0700 Organization: A place where nothing fits quite right Lines: 14 Message-ID: <20260709075729.0000333d@gmail.com> References: <1102b55$3h691$1@paganini.bofh.team> <87v7bu3mjm.fsf@lispclub.com> <877boargjy.fsf@rpi3> <11037cu$2f6k$1@nntp.sonologic.net> <1104e44$2n9tg$1@dont-email.me> <87fr2y2gmx.fsf@lispclub.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:57:32 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="447591"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/0xv+H05GQ7cvQaTZUI9MLMioB8S75vOw="; posting-host="a3370ca00e90e03b9dedcbf9738e6cbd" Cancel-Lock: sha1:7MIHyYoH3FYK5xFxxidMVXCUHv4= sha256:M7pUJJbJ1vJTBZCowHA94hv7cqXZv892DAIKqbxfvNg= sha1:VdjibFOoKhRrBSN53dAgxZMBPJg= sha256:CkxvfzG17VbUn3B9rSgEWEX1GBBHItA17DH2tPRuJqY= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:235160 On Wed, 8 Jul 2026 19:35:56 -0700 Pluted Pup wrote: > Overlooked is open access for reading. All the commercial "social" > media restrict readership to members only, and I consider that to > be a fatal error. There is no way for a "free speech" site to keep > outsiders from reading it, that makes it a closed site. There's a case, I think, for a members-only *section* - for e.g. topics people wanna chit-chat about, but may not feel comfortable having show up in a Web search - but yeah, this. Any site/service that requires me to sign up just to see what the place is like is one that I am highly disinclined to sign up for.