A social network(?) based on .plan files -- back in the day, this was how you let people know your status; you'd use the finger [0] command to get them for a user.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_protocol#Finger_user_in...

I think this was the original meaning of fingering.

The 2001 surprise indie drama hit “Freddy Got Fingered” tells the story of Frederick Gauswurth, an MIT professor whose melancholy plan updates about aging gather a surprising audience among computer science students.

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