The dumbest publishing platform on the web. May 15, 2018 2:49 PM Subscribe txt.fyi

https://txt.fyi/+/4df71f52/ posted by belarius at 2:59 PM on May 15 [7 favorites +] [!]

I like it.

I miss web-pages of plain HTML. posted by jb at 3:00 PM on May 15 [+] [!]

in 2 months: "txt.fyi proud to announce MarkDown support! Expect Word import soon" in 6 months: "in order to help defray costs, we''ve added discreet text ads" in 9 months: "exciting news! we''ve been acquired by CoinyMcCoinCoin, the premier crypto-currency for dead drops! but don''t worry, we''ve been promised all your txt files will live on forever" in 12 months: "CoinyMcCoinCoin has been acquired by Oath, Inc. All dead drop txts will be moved over to the new, ultra-secure Oath, Inc Network Cloud (OINK) where they will be fully accessible forever" in 18 months: "after last week''s breach of OINK, we regret to announce that txt.fyi is shutting down. An txt.fyi export tool will be provided soon" (Narrator: It isn''t) posted by gwint at 3:01 PM on May 15 [19 favorites +] [!]

I tried to post the Treaty of Westphalia, but it broke it. posted by Happy Dave at 3:02 PM on May 15 [+] [!]

So there''s no way to browse, it''s just like an imagehost for text? posted by little onion at 3:04 PM on May 15 [+] [!]

The only practical way for anyone to find out about a posting is if the author links to it elsewhere.

Yes. posted by little onion at 3:04 PM on May 15 [+] [!]

From the About: The only practical way for anyone to find out about a posting is if the author links to it elsewhere. posted by cjorgensen at 3:05 PM on May 15 [+] [!]

I could have sworn I learned about txt.fyi here on the blue a couple months ago? posted by not_the_water at 3:05 PM on May 15 [+] [!]

So it''s sort of a stripped-down Pastebin? posted by inconstant at 3:12 PM on May 15 [+] [!]

Also, gwint -- they already support MarkDown, you''re too late! posted by inconstant at 3:13 PM on May 15 [+] [!]

Man, I am lost. Does anyone have a guide they can link? posted by Samizdata at 3:15 PM on May 15 [+] [!]

7df1ba86 posted by stinkfoot at 3:16 PM on May 15 [+] [!]

a bad ditty for a bad website: a2a3ce91 posted by Laotic at 3:20 PM on May 15 [+] [!]

Rob Beschizza is a Boingboing guy. There certainly isn''t anything more to this than the cuteness you see before you. Quadcopters, raspberry pis, and free expression. posted by turkeybrain at 3:25 PM on May 15 [+] [!]

I tried to post the Treaty of Westphalia, but it broke it.

That won''t be an issue when this platform is moved over to the OINK cloud posted by NoMich at 3:28 PM on May 15 [+] [!]

...well, why did I click that "live" link. That sumbitch. posted by azpenguin at 3:34 PM on May 15 [+] [!]

https://txt.fyi/+/d643cf34/ posted by mazola at 3:39 PM on May 15 [+] [!]

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