On Wed, 30 Mar 2016 23:40:03 -0000 cigar562hfsp952f...@icebubble.org wrote: > The Plan 9 Way > ============== > > So, if social networking were to be re-designed from scratch, all over > again, "the Plan 9 way", how would it be done? > > Obviously, the network would present itself as a file system. :D I > should be able to browse and post content using shell commands at the > command line. Or, I could use the Acme plug-in to automate the process, > just like using Acme Mail. I'd be able to batch-up incoming or outgoing > changes using tar(1) or hg, so I could work disconnected from the 'Net, > too. But... here's the tricky part...
cd /n/facebook ls friends ... cd requests ls johndoe janedoe ... cat johnedoe/about ls johnedoe/posts ... echo confirm > request/johnedoe/outgoing-request/me echo hello > friends/johnedoe/message cd /n/facebook/me/newsfeed ls 1 2 ... cat 1/html # display raw html page ... right-click 1/html # view html page # create a page with all your friends' latest posts. htmlize friends/*/posts/latest | html-view # look at the latest 10 messages from friends ls -rt friends/*/messages/me | sed 10q | htmlize | html-view :-)
