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?
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.
Anti Commercial-AI license
When I click the link in the seedit repo, on the webpage it says āfetching ipns from ipfsgateway.xyzā