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does anyone here use the plaintext (text://) protocol? i played around with it this morning. its a fun little thing to do but not much more so i see why no one really uses it
1 year ago · 👍 arkholt
@jo Thanks for the link. · 1 year ago
@arkholt yeah that really confused me too, first time i found it i had no clue how it even worked. it's almost intentionally cryptic · 1 year ago
I feel like I would like to use it, but I looked at the website and the GitHub repo and I have failed to find anything in a human readable language that even explains what it is or what it’s for. Are they intentionally obfuscating it? Is it supposed to be readable by someone? Is it a prank? I really don’t understand. · 1 year ago
@arkaeriit https://textprotocol.org · 1 year ago
Is there more info about it somewhere? · 1 year ago
me too · 1 year ago
@angryboyd i completely agree · 1 year ago
the biggest difficulty with obscure protocols is finding active and engaging pages to keep visiting. compare my ~30 bookmarks in lagrange vs ~1500 in firefox. With that in mind, what could a plaintext protocol possibly offer that isn't already available on gopher, gemini, http or even telnet? outside of specialized applications i just don't see the point. · 1 year ago
I feel like it's a less-friendly gemini, however I don't know much more about it other than 'it is a thing'. · 1 year ago