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submitted 1 week ago by ptt@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

If I ever have enough money, I’m thinking of setting up my own small server and migrating Lemmy to I2P. A Lemmy instance with the same features, but running on a completely free and anonymous network. Everything will be allowed except for moderation regarding serious topics and spam. It’s a nice thought, even just imagining it.

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[-] solrize@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago

Hard to pierce pseudonymity doesn't interest me that much, because it's bad enough having all your posts connected together.

I want something like 4chan (but heavily moderated), where all posts are just marked "Anonymous" and if you make 3 different comments, it's not publicly shown that they came from the same person. It's ok to retain the info privately for a short period, for moderation purposes. It could be ok to assign a persistent pseudonym for each thread, so if you comment 3 times in the same thread, those comments are connected to each other, but not to other comments in other threads.

This is a good article about the attractions of completely anonymous posting, though it's from the pre-supertoxic internet era: https://wakaba.c3.cx/shii/shiichan

[-] linuxguy@piefed.ca 11 points 1 week ago

How would it federate? Both in and out.

[-] Eric@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

My guess would be a clearnet 'bridge' lemmy for federation purposes.

[-] monovergent@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

I would be too lazy to, unless I eventually encounter my 'gateway drug' to i2p.

[-] Bazell@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

So, will it be a separate social network or a part of the Fediverse that will be able to communicate with the others?

[-] ptt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

Outproxy (I2P → Clearnet)

and

Inproxy (Clearnet → I2P)

This can be done via these methods. Alternatively, a dual-stack instance might be a much more practical approach.

An instance operates both on the clearnet (lemmy.example.org) and on I2P (as an .i2p eepsite). This instance acts as a bridge: lemmy.i2p ←→ bridge instance ←→ clearnet fediverse Federation is established indirectly through this bridge.

[-] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

I don't see how it could federate unless the other lemmy instances are on I2P also. This seems more like an isolated/standalone idea for an instance

[-] Eric@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago

My main concern would be usability. i2p usually has lag in the hundreds of milliseconds, which would make something full-featured like lemmy kind of a pain I think. I'd imagine it would be so slow

[-] ptt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

I'm sure that won't happen.

[-] Eric@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

How can you be so sure? There is a reddit clone on i2p already and it's very slow

[-] ptt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Users will, of course, have to accept that I2P is slow. Still, by using i2pd, optimizing the number of tunnels, and opting for a minimalist web interface, I can create a Lemmy instance that’s quite useful for the I2P community. I’ll make sure it’s a PWA. I can implement aggressive caching.

[-] amaryllisfever@lemmychan.org 3 points 1 week ago

My concern would be federation. I don't think the fediverse is set up so you can run the same service on the clearnet and dark net.

[-] AstroLightz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Probably not. I2P is a pain to set up, for little benefit other than a decentralized network. The latency is not worth it currently.

When it becomes click and install, and the latency is improved, then maybe.

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

Everything will be allowed except for moderation regarding serious topics and spam.

So you're making a Nazi bar

[-] OccasionallyFeralya@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah it would have to have some serious moderation to prevent it from turning that way

[-] ptt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

By adding rules like “Only the X community can share posts from I2P to the Clearnet,” I can be sure I’m not disturbing the rest of the Fediverse community.

[-] treadful@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Are people actually using I2P?

[-] ptt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago
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