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p2p/mesh-based imageboard Anonymous 04/26/25 (Sat) 19:08:33 No.14781

I want to create a custom imageboard server software that will use https://github.com/markqvist/LXMF and https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum

Benefits:

- multiple network mediums could be used, from direct twisted-wire network to bluetooth to RF modems.

- all traffic is encrypted

- initiator anonymity

The way I see it, imageboard server will store and process posts/threads with custom tags - internally they will specify the board. All servers will just gather posts from users and serve them with filtering based on those tags - effectively, those servers will share the same content, grouped into boards depending on the board tag. This will prevent the fragmentation to multiple imageboards. Effectively, servers will get/send content group-wise, not site-wise.

What I'm thinking about is this:

1. Should I make a custom client software? This will allow me to use highly optimized protocol for delivering content, plus all clients will benefit from LXMF/Reticulum.

2. How many users will use custom client software for using the imageboard?

3. Will server operators migrate to such network? Theoretically, they will use less bandwidth and will be a part of a big meta-imageboard with shared users.

4. How the moderation should work? The way I see it, users should get from server(s) optional ban/filterlists made by users. Post IDs that will be in the list won't be fetched and/or media will be ignored. This system works on trust - no authority will have the ultimate power to ban/remove posts. Individual users will be able to create their own filter lists, others will be free to choose users that they trust.

What I want to create is meta-imageboard network that will unite users of various existing imageboards. Imageboard, that will use different network mediums and will be invulnerable to censorship.

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Anonymous 04/26/25 (Sat) 21:38:11 No.14782

>custom client software?

Yes. It will minimize the work people have to do themselves.

>How many people?

Probably the less technical and people who don't want to do configurations themselves.

>Will server operators migrate to such network?

Depends on the server operators. No mainstream server operators will. If you are good about promoting it and some event happens to make this idea popular then you can get some smaller server operators to migrate.

>How moderation should work?

There were image boards built on a decentralized network called Zeronet back when 8chan was initially taken down. Anyone could post and posts couldn't be taken down. As a solution User ids could be blocked and users would do moderation by posting blocklists or just doing it themselves. As you stated the users are the moderators.

Pedos are dumb so a little social engineering and handing data to law enforcement works if you can't get rid of them.

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