# Txt.fyi

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'*txt.fyi* is a [minimalist](/source/Minimalist) [online publishing platform](/source/Electronic_publishing) and [pastebin](/source/Pastebin) website developed by [Rob Beschizza](/source/Rob_Beschizza), co-editor of the tech culture website [Boing Boing](/source/Boing_Boing).[2][3] Created to avoid the "baroque and falsified quantifiers of social capital"[4] associated with social networks and other platforms, txt.fyi prioritizes "legible, no-nonsense static hypertext",[5] forbids search engines from indexing its content, and has no advertising, [Web analytics](/source/Web_analytics) or user tracking. Authors may use [plain text](/source/Plain_text) or [Markdown](/source/Markdown) to compose posts.The website was closed in 2022 and re-launched in 2024.[6]

[Wired Magazine](/source/Wired_Magazine) described it as an example of "antiviral design," challenging the "social media ecosystem's invasive approach to user privacy," while [The Verge](/source/The_Verge) reported that it created an incentive to write "without worrying about having an audience or a conversation or a persistent online persona."[7] [Observer](/source/Observer.com) chose it as one of "three places to write anonymously online" and praised its simplicity while criticizing its lack of features.[8]

## See also

- [Snippet (programming)](/source/Snippet_(programming))
- [IndieWeb](/source/IndieWeb)

## References

1. ["txt.fyi WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools"](http://whois.domaintools.com/txt.fyi). *[WHOIS](/source/WHOIS)*. Retrieved 2018-03-03.

1. ["This Stripped-Down Blogging Tool Exemplifies Antisocial Media"](https://www.wired.com/story/this-stripped-down-blogging-tool-exemplifies-antisocial-media/)

1. ["Txt.fyi is the dumbest publishing platform on the web"](https://www.cultofmac.com/524605/txtfyi-is-the-dumbest-publishing-platform-on-the-web/)

1. ["Brutalist Websites interview"](http://brutalistwebsites.com/txt.fyi/)

1. ["txt.fyi "About" page"](https://txt.fyi/about/). Retrieved 2018-03-22.

1. ["txt.fyi"](https://txt.fyi/). *[Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20221123145445/https://txt.fyi/) 2022-11-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2023-05-31.

1. ["Txt.fyi is the 'dumbest publishing platform on the web,' and it's brilliant"](https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/23/14712352/txt-fyi-minimalist-anonymous-blogging)

1. ["Three Places to Write Anonymously Online"](http://observer.com/2017/06/txt-fyi-telegraph-pastebin/)

## External links

- [Official website](https://txt.fyi)
- [Introducing “antisocial media” for those sick of viral content](https://tcagenda.com/2018/introducing-antisocial-media-sick-viral-content/) - Article in Twin Cities Agenda

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