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[–] [email protected] 218 points 2 years ago (5 children)

One of the things that contributed to the downfall of USENET was when people worked out how to post binary files, encoded as multi-part blocks of ASCII text. It still has piracy problems but you can just ignore that stuff.

Ignore all the software pirates over there. Yes, sir, the ones sitting at the free bar full of top shelf liquor with strippers on each side. Yup, better not go over there.

[–] [email protected] 107 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

In fact we'll provide you with a handy list of all of the places you should absolutely avoid. Indexed by interest and type even!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would hate for people to see this index of places with potentially illegal content. The temptation is just too high. I'll gladly guard it from innocent users with you. My eyes and heart are ready to protect the realm.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Oh world, that itching in my fingers! Some FOSS client for android that you can recommend?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Oh no, we wouldn't want that to happen.

Want to make sure you don't accidentally download that new Mario movie? Definitely don't visit these files in order. Should you, accidentally, encounter something that looks like the Mario movie, simply check if it matches this sha256 sum. If it doesn't, you're still in the clear.

Stay safe out there, you upright citizen!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

First and second rules exist for a reason.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

These two rules caused Usenet to be abandoned by people who were once passionate about being part of the community, and instead taken over by spammers and bots.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Which first and second rules? Here on lemmy?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (100 children)

it's ~~interesting~~ bullshit if the article author actually things that binaries were the problem. What ended the usenet was google groups providing a gateway to the usenet for people who had no idea what the usenet was. Lots of dumb users posting low quality content, and eventually bots spamming all relevant groups. Binaries had been around forever, in dedicated newsgroups, and they most certainly did not contribute to the downfall of usenet, if anything, the opposite.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Dude. You killed the Piped bot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

LOL I noticed just now - but it appears by @glassware explanation that it wasn't actually my link, but a patch that would have affected every link posted to which piped reacts

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It's at 91 replies to itself. It was at 25 when I posted that 2 hours ago. I wonder how long it will be allowed to continue?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It had already (been) stopped 3 hours ago.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

good riddance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Looks like they commited a change to Piped bot two hours ago which accidentally removed the functionality to actually change the link. Whoops!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Do you have a name / user id of a piped bot developer? Because while we're at it, I think that bot should also avoid responding to itself - which would also prevent such a scenario completely.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Absolutely. I tried getting back into Usenet a few years ago and it was like Yahoo Answers.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Wait is there blackjack too?