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Emore on Jan 23, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Humans.txt, like robots.txt, but for humans.

How many people does it take to put up a website promoting a txt-file addition to webroot? 5, apparently. Next up they'll take millions in VC, integrate with Facebook and write blog posts on it all. </sarcasm>

Somehow a balance should be kept between technology involved and ego show-off:

Static webpage: barely qualifies for even any credit.

Contains sign-up form: a minimal "About" page.

Asks for personal info: names and credible external links.

Charges you money: add photos of yourselves and references.

Etcetera.

reitzensteinm on Jan 23, 2011 | [–]

That was my first thought, but apparently it's seven!

http://humanstxt.org/humans.txt

No wonder they're looking for a standard way to structure author information - they're generating so much of it that it'll soon become unweildy.

alnayyir on Jan 23, 2011 | [–]

Winter must be very slow in Spain.

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