I made some research, and hereās what I found:
Seedit is anĀ open-source, peer-to-peer,decentralized Reddit alternative abuilt on IPFSĀ . ā¢ There areĀ no central servers, no admins, and no way to shut down communitiesāmeaning true censorship resistance. ā¢ Unlike federated platform,Ā there are no instances or servers to rely on.
How it works:
ā¢ Plebbit is the backend protocolĀ that powers everything. ā¢ There areĀ different UIsĀ for browsing: ā¢ SeeditĀ (Reddit-style interface) ā¢ PlebchanĀ (4chan-style interface) ā¢ Both UIs share the same communities and contentāyou just pick the experience you prefer.
Some things to note:
ā¢ Your profile picture can only be an NFT, which is kind of a red flag.
ā¢ Thereās a token involved which is also a redflag but using the platform itself isĀ free.
ā¢ No need for DNS or SSLāit runs purely on IPFS.
Links:
ā¢ Seedit official site:Ā seedit.appĀ (seems to load very slowly)
ā¢ Plebbit.works:Ā plebbit.worksĀ (centralized but much faster version)
ā¢ GitHub repo:Ā github.com/plebbit/seedit
What do you guys think? Anyone tried it yet?
Iām not entirely enthusiastic about the fact that the maintaining GitHub account is using an avatar that appears to be a flaming Pepe.
The group of repos also is an alternate 4chan.
I have no clue about the code, havenāt looked, but it has consistent work done and some people use it. In this context, I would feel less good about the code if Pepe was not in the picture
IPFS rant
I wanted IPFS to be successful 5 years ago. I wish it had been successful, but barely anything has changed. Itās a resource hog with a terrible UX. Thereās nothing easy about it and the documentation is straight to āhereās our HTTP APIā. Gee, thanks, what about the people who donāt want to immediately write an application?
Uhā¦ Where do you get that it uses IPFS? I checked the seedit repo and it doesnāt seem to mention it in the dependencies nor readme.
Seems like more plebbit spam.
NFT is a big red flag. Isnāt IPFS practically dead and only runs through one gateway so it very much can is and centralized
I donāt know how dead it is, but itās pretty straightforward to set up your own gateway (public or private). Even if you donāt have a tech background, thereās the āIPFS Desktopā app that stands up the IPFS service locally.
