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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by scroll_responsibly to c/sdfpubnix

I noticed that lemmy.world and slrpnk.net host old.lemmy.world and old.slrpnk.net and I was wondering if there was any interest in doing that here. Personally, I think it meshes with the SDF vibe.

Edit: this would be in addition to regular Lemmy

Edit 2: it looks like they added it at old.lemmy.sdf.org. Thank you @SDF@lemmy.sdf.org!

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[-] nickwitha_k 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'd also agree that something new, rather than a reddit clone would be preferable. I think that cloning an unethical, for-profit aggregator would be antithetical to promoting free, open software, knowledge, and creativity.

Additionally, I've never really been a fan of their layout - always seemed pretty clunky.

ETA: What about a plaintext/JSON frontend? That I could absolutely get behind both from the fact that I tend to live in the terminal and that it would likely be straightforward to implement in a manner that is compatible with screen readers and other assistive devices.

EDIT2: It looks like this is terminal friendly. I think I am changing my mind.

[-] scroll_responsibly 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There is an XML API endpoint that could be parsed by a terminal RSS reader like terminews. For more information, the documentation is here. That being said, this would be read only. MLMYM does seem to be somewhat usable by lynx and w3m in the terminal too... this comment was posted using lynx and MLMYM.

Edit: although it looks like it posted in duplicate lol.

[-] nickwitha_k 2 points 1 year ago

Oooh. Ok. I do like that. I like lynx but have been contemplating rolling my own with the Charm Bubbletea libraries.

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