Happy Net Box: Social experiment based on 1971 Finger protocol
jackedAJ · x · 2026-08-23
Happy Net Box is an experimental internet social experience based on the arcane Finger protocol from 1971. Users can check text statuses via terminal without a browser by typing finger [email protected]. It aims to provide a minimalist, decentralized, CLI-only retro social method, supporting friend subscriptions via a command-line tool.
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