Fireside Chat 004
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PIDGE-ADMIN//
open chat @8:27 PM MAY27/2020
AUTRESS//
'oh-tress'. It's a feminization of 'author' that I made up. i always preferred priestess to priest, but it does seem unfair to girls
SHAKE//
ok
AUTRESS//
women
Q.U.Arck//
females
V. STRAUD//
anyway
PIPPSEE//
We're publishing a redaction to the comment that there has been literally zero user involvement
SEVEN//
There was the guestbook fiasco
VLAD//
ah yesss, thousands and thousands of bogus commits
VLAD//
it made us look all official-like and we didn't have to do anything
CALANDRATH//
are you kidding? You had to realize the internet is full of bots. What era d'you think this is, geocities? livejournal?
FINEUS//
They wanted cash too, and for piddly stuff. But it wasn't such a bad platform, all in all. Encouraged longform writing. What can be done in 160 characters?
DICKENS//
140
FINEUS//
?
FURBY//
IT'S ABOUT CONSISTENCY OF MEDIUM
Granny Sepal//
I liked geocities
THE FACE//
too bad
close chat @8:45 PM MAY27/2020
PIDGE-ADMIN//
open chat @8:46 PM MAY27/2020
AUTRESS//
So. Yeah. I thought it was a fun idea to have a internet wall but facebook kinda ruined all that
AUTRESS//
No, I didn't make a 'bot to spoof my number of commits to make it look like more than it was. I've made a lot of other bots
AVAEL//
AUTRESS//
but not that one
close chat @8:51 PM MAY27/2020
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