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?
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.