Pat

yeah. PREVIEW OF HOW WE ARE IMPLEMENTING READ ONLY MODE:

we’ve had a “permission” setup for a while that set your account to read only. it was used to put users in timeout when they weren’t doing anything bad enough for a ban but still needed to chill for a bit.

we’re currently doing an audit to ensure that nothing can slip through this permission. on october 1, we will bulk assign it to all users.

all site functionality that doesn’t involve changing or creating things will remain.

ADDITIONALLY: the data exports include a “find your friends” page which is a unified set of profile contact links for everyone you followed. we want to make that part easy.

It's fully working both as an embed and just links and just requires that JS be enabled and that the maintainer have hosting(github pages work). All it really needs are usage instructions but I never got around to writing those.

Current Repo

So I've updated the Readme and documented it a little bit. I just don't quite have the energy at the moment to flesh it out for some hypothetical user(s).

That being said if anyone does want to start a webring with it I'm more than happy to get this set up for you and happy to do the maintenance and update work for it.

I put my feet up on the desk and leaned back in my chair. In the bottom drawer was a half-full bottle of bourbon left over from the office Christmas party. I should bring it home - unprofessional to have alcohol at work. Just as I was about to put the plan in to action, in walked a conventionally attractive woman. No patch on my wife, though, of course, and the minor fact of her gender immediately became immaterial to me as I focused on the straightforward problem she presented. After we agreed on the scope of work and signed a contract, I put on my normal hat and normal coat (baseball cap and denim jacket) and carried the bottle of bourbon home, where I would occasionally make myself an Old Fashioned on the weekend after 8pm. I would tackle my new client's work during business hours next week, scrupulously documenting time spent and expenses accrued.

It's fully working both as an embed and just links and just requires that JS be enabled and that the maintainer have hosting(github pages work). All it really needs are usage instructions but I never got around to writing those.

Current Repo