# Replit — The Internet of Fun

- Company: Replit (replit.com)
- Announced: 2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00
- Category: not stated
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: no
- Group: routine
- Source: https://replit.com/blog/internet-of-fun
- Record: https://forck.live/items/18177-the-internet-of-fun
- Subject: Replit Agent

Replit recounts two instances of accidental chat applications emerging on its platform: a 12-year-old user built a chatroom in a Python REPL in 2018, and later, Hacker News users turned the blog's HTTP logs into a chatroom by sending GET requests to arbitrary paths. The post highlights how Replit's environment fosters serendipitous, fun computer exploration.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://replit.com/blog/internet-of-fun:

> Because every repl on Replit is a full computer that comes with access to the network, a database, storage, and access to its code, user profiles, and other primitives, it makes it inherently amenable to serendipity and accidental software interactions.

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