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Danilo, from the Gerentate

INCREDIBLE story from @eieio, the person who made the One Million Checkboxes website, about teens hiding data in its shared state

eieio.games/essays/the-secret-

28 comments
Jessamyn

@danilo Awww, so happy I read that, thank you.

Danilo, from the Gerentate

@jessamyn it's really got it all, glad it landed for you too!

Jeff Miller (orange hatband)

@danilo wow! Whimsy checkbox game becomes the catgirls' plaything.

Matthew Lyon

@danilo Nolen gave a talk on this at xoxo, it was truly wonderful

Danilo, from the Gerentate

@mattly the whole point of why we do this in one story!

Shannon Clark

@mattly @danilo I was at XOXO but bummed I missed that talk (FOMO at XOXO is inevitable)

MissConstrue

@danilo @eieio This is, honest to god, the best thing Iโ€™ve read all week. What a wonderful story!

ideogram

@danilo
That is staggering. What an amazing story. ๐Ÿ’–๐ŸŒˆ
@eieio

Androcat

@danilo @eieio Magnificent!

The kids, it turns out, are alright!

Marwe

@danilo @eieio looks like someone accidentally set up a #pixelflut game :)

See some recordings of pixelflut at @pixelflut

pixelweaver

@danilo @eieio very moving thanks for sharing that! ๐Ÿ˜Š

The Hand That Feeds

@danilo @eieio well, they were certainly thinking outside the box.

This whole thing is extremely cool.

Daniel Quinn

@danilo @eieio this was fascinating and inspiring. Thanks for sharing!

Gaston Rampersad

@danilo @eieio at the end, Nolen said he found the entire experience quite moving. As was I, the reader. Thanks for making this weird and quirky site/game that was short lived but will be well remembered.

Manon

@danilo @eieio
Oh I love it! I stumbled across OMCB but didnโ€™t know what became of it.

LisPi
@danilo @dalias @eieio Interesting. I'd never heard of that site.
Alex

@danilo @eieio That's fantastic, and also, I very much appreciate the "Oh, this is what they're doing with the million bits of data I've given them, that's exceedingly cool, carry on." attitude upon discovery of what was happening. This is good hacking.

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