Txt.fyi
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Type of site | Web application |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | November 2022[1] |
| Created by | Rob Beschizza |
| URL | txt |
| Launched | February 3, 2017[2] |
| Current status | Defunct |
txt.fyi was a minimalist online publishing platform and pastebin website developed by Rob Beschizza, co-editor of the tech culture website Boing Boing.[3][4] Created to avoid the "baroque and falsified quantifiers of social capital"[5] associated with social networks and other platforms, txt.fyi prioritizes "legible, no-nonsense static hypertext",[6] forbids search engines from indexing its content, and has no advertising, Web analytics or user tracking. Authors may use plain text or Markdown to compose posts. The website was shut down in November 2022.[1]
Wired Magazine described it as an example of "antiviral design," challenging the "social media ecosystem's invasive approach to user privacy," while The Verge reported that it created an incentive to write "without worrying about having an audience or a conversation or a persistent online persona."[7] Observer chose it as one of "three places to write anonymously online" and praised its simplicity while criticizing its lack of features.[8]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b "txt.fyi". Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 2022-11-23. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
- ^ "txt.fyi WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". WHOIS. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ "This Stripped-Down Blogging Tool Exemplifies Antisocial Media".
- ^ "Txt.fyi is the dumbest publishing platform on the web".
- ^ "Brutalist Websites interview".
- ^ "txt.fyi "About" page". Retrieved 2018-03-22.
- ^ "Txt.fyi is the 'dumbest publishing platform on the web,' and it's brilliant".
- ^ "Three Places to Write Anonymously Online".
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Introducing “antisocial media” for those sick of viral content - Article in Twin Cities Agenda