I don't think this is all bad, as the plan is re-launching the content under a new domain "when it's ready". I'm okay with being under the radar until then. And hey--it keeps one from worrying too much about keeping old forum.rebol.info links working.
--nevertheless-- it is a little bit unsettling in the sense that there are plenty of inbound links. Zero Google indexing is surprising. I think the quality of content is better than many other places (personally).
Not necessarily a particular action item--not trying to get found yet. But definitely a call to arms, and praise for @johnk making the valiant preservation effort!
Is it hard to get it to update again? There's no need for the github.io URL to change just because the domain name had to, I guess...for continuity in web scraping.
The idea of being able to talk to an AI that has read and digested the entire forum is seeming appealing to me. I found ChatGPT to be surprisingly aware of Ren-C-isms (definitional returns and such), and I wonder if this scrape might be why?
Although the last scrape was 28-Jul-2025 (so I guess the cron job is down...)
Having two copies is not necessary. In fact, I'd prefer just wiping out the existing scrape and any git history, overwriting it with a new one.
I don't know what consequences we face in terms of content ingestion, by shifting the URLs and repositories around. Should a fresh scrape go up at https://johnk-.github.io/forum.rebol.info/index.html since that has continuity from Feb 2022?
Content creators definitely need some kind of AI control panel.
