I'm always wary of using SSH services which aren't running on systems I control. If I'm not mistaken, an SSH service is able to see all of the pubkeys you have in your ~/.ssh/, so there goes your privacy.
tilde.town: A social network over SSH
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#42pretty neat, i signed up. reminds me of the days hanging out on sdf.lonestar.org.
There's also hashbang.sh, for those curious
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#43I'm always wary of using SSH services which aren't running on systems I control. If I'm not mistaken, an SSH service is able to see all of the pubkeys you have in your ~/.ssh/, so there goes your privacy.
But they were public keys, it's completely fine if the entire world sees them
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
From personal experience in running similar things, they aren't a good method of discerning quality of people.
I'm curious, what are the "good" methods for discerning/filtering quality of people? How are "good" and "bad" quality of people categorized? (binary? spectrum/distribution?) How can you estimate/measure the quality of the filter/method with precision? I assume no filter is perfect and mistakenly filter out "good" quality people too, so if this method isn't good that suggest there's a metric and a more efficient metho…
Observation is probably the best method. I rarely have found form options to be effective. A good chunk of 'good' people tend to get filtered out from my observation.
Generally the approach that has worked for me having a tier system. People who meet your criteria get greater access etc over time.
> How are "good" and "bad" quality of people categorized?
Generally, "good" is anyone that helps your community prosper. "Bad" are typically people who cause unwanted conflicts, create a toxic environment etc.
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#45I find that amazing that the BBS acronym doesn't show up although it would seem an obvious comparison.
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#46I'm always wary of using SSH services which aren't running on systems I control. If I'm not mistaken, an SSH service is able to see all of the pubkeys you have in your ~/.ssh/, so there goes your privacy.
Something along the lines of:
Host a.example
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_a
IdentitiesOnly yesRe: tilde.town: A social network over SSH
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Send me an email and I get you an account on tilde.fun. It's pretty defunct right now but I'd like to have some actual users ;) No need for any personal info besides your email address.
Why do you need an email address? Reddit & HN don't.
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#48I thought "Wow, cool - I gonna sign up". And then I saw their sign up form. 10 fields is a bit too much.
Even such low barriers as a small form do wonders for the quality of people on the other side, you won't be missed. (if you genuinely can't be bothered)
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#49I run tilde.fun. It's currently defunct but I'm migrating the site to a new server today. We have an SSH signup form with no need for any personal details but an email address, written in Python, in the making ( https://code.tilde.fun/tilde/ssh-reg ) I'd really like to automate account creation and have someone look over it before I actually deploy it. Write me an email (address in my profile) if you're interested in…
> address in my profile Note that the HN profile e-mail field is not public. That field is for password reset stuff or something. If you want people to see your e-mail you will need to write what it is in the profile description.
Re: tilde.town: A social network over SSH
#50I thought "Wow, cool - I gonna sign up". And then I saw their sign up form. 10 fields is a bit too much.
Send me an email and I get you an account on tilde.fun. It's pretty defunct right now but I'd like to have some actual users ;) No need for any personal info besides your email address.