Ihor Radchenko <[email protected]> writes: > In particular, someone pointed that *old*.reddit.com pages can actually > be viewed without JS. They still try to load non-free JS, but do not > become dysfunctional (you can still read posts and comments in full, > even from M-x eww). > > RMS told me that as long as pages can be viewed and otherwise used for > their intended purpose without non-free JS, it is OK to links to such > pages.
I also noted that we may be directing people to *post* on reddit by linking to it from "Get Help with Org-Mode" Upon further discussion with RMS, we concluded that it is still OK to post a link to reddit in that section. However, we should explicitly urge people not to and instead use other forums. I am attaching tentative patch. It is not final, as it may depend on what will be the outcome of Rens's effort to auto-replace links.
>From 939fe3e661dd7db2c004f3ca324cfa277ad94ff4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 Message-ID: <939fe3e661dd7db2c004f3ca324cfa277ad94ff4.1765053104.git.yanta...@posteo.net> From: Ihor Radchenko <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2025 21:31:19 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] index.org (Get Help with Org-Mode): Warn about non-free JS on reddit/stackoverflow --- index.org | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/index.org b/index.org index 9c14fa3e..1f61819e 100644 --- a/index.org +++ b/index.org @@ -89,6 +89,15 @@ ** Get Help with Org-Mode - [[https://emacslife.com/calendar/][Emacs event calendar]] : Join virtual and in-person Emacs events - [[file:orgmeetup.org][=[[bbb:OrgMeetup]]=]] : talk (online) with Org mode developers and users +Be warned that it is impossible to post on Reddit and Stackoverflow +from the Free World[fn::See +https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html], so we do not +encourage people to ever do that. But it is possible, in the Free +World, to view the discussions already posted on Stackoverflow using a +browser with disabled JS. For Reddit, =old.reddit.com= interface also +works without JS. Or you can use alternative privacy-respecting +Reddit/Stackoverflow UIs listed on https://libredirect.github.io/. + ** Use Org-Mode Effectively :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: use-effectively -- 2.50.1
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