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hightax posts (10 results)

On the Sustainability of Small Forums

by hightax in general on sep 13, 2024

quoting Eternity:

You mentioned being the type to bite their tongue, hold back their thoughts and feelings if it meant avoiding trouble / getting banned / causing drama.

It would have been so much easier to have ...

On the Sustainability of Small Forums

by hightax in general on sep 13, 2024

quoting Eternity:

On the Personal Web, as in Life, every single person is a world onto themselves. What you ask is an impossibility. And a potentially concerning one at that, but I don't mean to dig at you nor pry.

...

Do you have any interest in opening the source of the site?

by hightax in technical feedback on sep 12, 2024

I know how it feels when people ask you to open the source of your project. They don't always realize how much they're asking or what you trade. In my opinion you don't really get anything out of the source being open unless people really are going to ...

Do we want a gimmick?

by hightax in general on sep 12, 2024

I know this is an old thread but I might have some ideas here...

quoting orchids:

the sheer amount of subforums here - i feel like if someone visits the site, they might be overwhelmed.

I don't know if you remember ...

you're worthy

by hightax in general on sep 12, 2024

nothing matters, so you can do whatever you want, and it won't make any difference. success and failure are the same. everyone dies. it's beautiful. :) :):) :):) :):) :):) :):) :):) :):) :):) :):) :):) :):) :):) :):) :):) :):) :):) :):) :):) :):) :):) ...

the way is the light

by hightax in welcomes on sep 12, 2024

How did you find the site?

Something Awful

what kinds of topics interest you?

I could tell you but then you would be able to profile me and I would be uncomfortable so maybe let's talk about you.

*do you have a site or profile you want to promote ...

JavaScript-powered webrings

by hightax in general on sep 12, 2024

<quoting=orchids postID=1525 threadID=208> i tried to join some webrings that were powered by JS, but i ended up deciding against it because a lot of the time, they were poorly written scripts, and would error out if it couldn't find the element on the ...

wow thank you for allowing me to post here, lowtax would never let me post

by hightax in general on sep 12, 2024

It's funny. I spent my teenager years in relative silence on Something Awful. I would chime in only if I had some information that people didn't have, which was rare. Mostly it was the fact that I was a teenager, and I knew if I told my mom I needed another ...

On the Sustainability of Small Forums

by hightax in general on sep 12, 2024

quoting Eternity:

Welcome to basement community, homie. Pls, frame my response in the kindest possible way

It's cool. I know I came on here somewhat attacking ideas that are probably important to you. I don't really ...

On the Sustainability of Small Forums

by hightax in general on sep 11, 2024

My biggest problem with small forums is that you can follow the same users all over the Internet, where they all use the same small web services and are part of the same small web communities. Of course you could always do that, but in the large web, you ...