I am enamored with the idea of SDF, and I think it is an important part of computing history and the present. That being said, I am curious as to whether anyone actually finds it useful—aside from the fact that it hosts the instance!!

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    1 year ago

    SDF was my gateway drug to Unix, USENET, and mail when I was a teen in the early '90s in Dallas via its getty dialup shells. I owe my career partially to SDF as it prepared me to use Linux (SLS) in its early days and gave me access to USENET to seek help from the community.

    I haven’t explored any of the other services yet as I was just looking for an escape from Reddit, but it feels comforting going through SDF again for a pipe to discussion forums.