Feature Suggestion: User-Defined Headers

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From: Tom Mix <tommix@mixmin.net>

Subject: Feature Suggestion: User-Defined Headers

Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:18

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From: Tom Mix <tommix@mixmin.net>

Newsgroups: rb.comp.rootbadger, rb.alt.lameyslair

Subject: Feature Suggestion: User-Defined Headers

Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:18:30 -0400

Message-ID: <92ace6f7-56b4-4f18-8f0e-eff7e1d44b93@rootbadger.com>

Organization: Order of the Eternal Bait

X-Info: Fucktards need not apply.

User-Agent: RootBadger Web

Lines: 16

X-System: RootBadger/1.0 (privacy-protected)

X-bait-quality: Extra Stinky

X-nonsense-quotient: Overflow

X-thread-necromancy: Active

X-sockpuppet-count: Infinite

X-meme-residue: Heavy

I'd like to suggest allowing users to create their own custom posting headers, similar to the old Usenet X- headers.

For example:

X-Coffee: Black X-Mood: Grumpy X-Currently-Reading: Dune X-Listening-To: Johnny Cash X-Favorite-OS: Whatever gets the job done

They'd simply appear with the normal posting headers for anyone who has headers enabled, while users who hide posting headers wouldn't see them.

It would be a fun way to add a little personality to posts while keeping with the classic Usenet feel. Since they're just informational, clients that don't care about them can simply ignore them.

Maybe at most, 5 extra headers max.

--
Tom Mix
"Leave the trail better than you found it."

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