On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 5:35 AM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Kwpolska <kwpol...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 6:25 PM, <ru...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> On Sunday, December 16, 2012 10:09:53 AM UTC-7, Kwpolska wrote: >>>>[...] >>>> PS. please do not use pastebin.com. >>> >>> Why? >> >> http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2595066 should answer this very question. > > That seems to be a problem with a certain class of users that have > adopted Pastebin, not a problem with the site itself. What do you > hope to accomplish by boycotting Pastebin for actual code pastes? > Even if the site were to cease to exist tomorrow, what is to stop the > hackers from simply switching to dpaste or gist like everybody else?
The comment by genbattle in the above link is an important one, I think. The last time I used pastebin was for Pike code - does any competing site have Pike support? http://pastebin.com/UNTj642Y I don't understand the idea behind the boycott. Are people worried about the longevity of linked-to content, in the event that pastebin should, as you say, cease to exist tomorrow? Or is it that some won't click a pastebin link in case it's abusive? This isn't the sort of abuse that can compromise your computer. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
