There should be a service which does throwaway accounts for ssh or ssh-via-web access with some extremely limited functionality, like talk, to keep the multiuser UNIX dream alive.
Maybe even spin up VMs on demand based on new hostname (if not seen before). First to claim = own. Some rate limiting function.
Shell accounts largely went away due to ease of use, but also local user exploits and abuse, but enh. If you virtualized the network (so you could reroute through a new IP on abuse, or let users own the IP) and restricted functionality it wouldn't be as bad.
Maybe even spin up VMs on demand based on new hostname (if not seen before). First to claim = own. Some rate limiting function.
Shell accounts largely went away due to ease of use, but also local user exploits and abuse, but enh. If you virtualized the network (so you could reroute through a new IP on abuse, or let users own the IP) and restricted functionality it wouldn't be as bad.
No practical purpose, just fun.