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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Wow another year. We're still here and still pushing the boundaries in terms of longevity and persistence. Whilst I'm no where nearly as active and productive as I used to be, I'm happy the platform still provides the service I intended from the start. Many things have changed over the years, the landscape of onions as a whole and the threats we have faced. There has once again been a lot of destabilization since the DoS attacks started against Dread and Dream in 2019 and whilst we've been able to counter that with the likes of end game and Tor's minor patches, as well as the move to v3 onions, I wouldn't say we're in too much of a better position, we can just handle things better. Myself, Paris and Dread as a whole has seriously suffered from this, my own motivation and mental health whilst dealing with a lot of other matters has really depleted. But I just want to thank everyone, especially Paris, our global mods and everyone who continually provides help to other's here, producing useful, informational content and keeping the dream alive really. I do apologize with the direction Dread started to head in, it is no longer providing as much viability for the community and reaching new goals, which I tried so hard to achieve in the past. I want to make it clear that we are working to improve the status of things for everyone, the first step is getting the long awaited Dread update live, which provides a lot of life with a variety of needed and much requested features, huge bug fixes and solves the issues of bad captchas, spam and manipulation. Nothing will ever be perfect as we do work within a multitude of restrictions of course, but raising the bar is a good start. The update is in the final stages of testing and bug fixing, just 2 days ago I pushed my final overll changes before we do a full bug sweep again and I will be publishing improved moderation tools for Dread staff. I do expect this to go live within the next week, if not much sooner, but everything should be solid and we can finally move onto making sweet love to Recon, as it deserves and has needed for a while now. With Recon coming up to the standards I intended before launch, I would also like to announce that we will be launching 2 new platforms in the coming months. More details on these will be made available closer to the time. Anyway, thank you one and all for the continued support and for anyone waiting patiently to be able to search posts again or simply to create an account, you won't be waiting much longer at all. Happy 4th Birthday Dread, I hope to see you all for the 5th Birthday post, where things will hopefully be on a much brighter note. I'll get back to work now, stay safe all. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEYTOs4fS4fFHb8/6l6GEFEPmm6SIFAmIL8roACgkQ6GEFEPmm 6SKEIRAApuZ/0VHxeHSLdvydwCmwc35MO1xx+GFVDfo/9LF83fwWgDGlWXBQhZff 1au3lipw8OVhtqc0qaNQuLxjHyHiZmwsJ0M4Jl84NC2rWVypXpEbV0t251hdYJ8j M+iFS3sa7Lijr+31EAxwmQbuxPsfCTo3iq4w3zlZ54kFPxxoOWqhnWpDZj8B6+/H w47Fic62dnrFPhnYcoiSroPBYmX/63Vcqoo3J7F0N+uB67Pn/64rMQ1iT9dDioen ojEh35laRlLy4lZ5IvZq4gb/R2l0VGfhEEo0f82H88yDl8y3p5/Wq/E4hirklUQJ VOFDQ9tYojvyNQxhLx9uRmbHWQ4f2hp8x9eqBJDEMVI7c+EIFHk0T8aAeE9gL2A/ cfNj9UXiIKopWIW40n8Rg5racBD8lAF8MATrd41DL1anC6Xo/aEb7W50j77vOR+D tA2Z5W/KntpA80FApJrxj/Zm+2/RtrlYtfvhO5YR2thV2wcqnPNZC5lF6FVptLiI K2D9ultdbi4ltQvQ1CTrylMLoXN0b2DhpDzp3MGlGdYCB65/PWi9KpSnIMwIh7Fo 0XS/iO32JaBVUZ9vGjYH1Ot903cQk+Kv6UD2b3P//959x31spOWnwV1PgZ2GKyHJ ZDnYlWgt2GQWHXgXTsafsfqDnQt4hWP6Q5FQIMQ7G4eyQiutDwY= =35PT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
If Dread were to be taken down tomorrow well there is always (crickets) to go to as a backup. With Dread being so reliable some people seem to take it for granted yet when the occasional offline status does occur it puts a big void in many people's day.
Thank you!!!
> If Dread were to be taken down tomorrow well there is always (crickets) to go to as a backup.
The only reason hugbunter made dread is because he was smart enough to realize a couple things, all the idiots talking about trafficking drugs on the clearnet and the lack of an outlet to do the same on the darknet. Dread is essentially a reddit clone with more competent admin with security and coding experience. Honestly though if Dread went don't there would be another clone up within weeks. The exact same cycle that happens with markets going down happens with forums. People migrate.How many drug forums have there been over the past 20 years? The only think that makes dread unique is it runs on an onion, it allows sourcing, and it has the most annoying captchas in the history of capchas. Besides running and Tor and sourcing what exactly is unique about a message board? That fact it is public? There are numerous private discussion boards on Tor serving the exact same function. Dread is nice but but it only because what it was due the the reddit ban and it is why even 4 years later it still has a fraction of the users.
You are a cool ass dude man. I know they way I come off sometimes can sound abrasive but I was more just pointing towards the cyclical nature or these things. I was serious about the captcha part though. I can't keep a loaded gun on the desk if I am trying to login to this site lol
Would it ever be possible to add other text features, such as emojis or maybe other features that could add a little more spice and entertainment to discussions? Like options to add polls directly from each text box. Sorta like the options Twitter has when you create a tweet. Or instead of clicking the formatting options tab, and searching for the correct code to apply, would it just be possible to add options that would allow you to just select a specific line of text and directly color the text, change the size and font of the text, or underline, bold, etc.
Again, probably a lame ass question in your eyes, however; I'm just curious if something like this would be worth the trouble, or even a good idea?
I think in a way it almost would encourage people to be more active to have more easily accessible options like those I listed.
Personally, I think the option to add a poll to below the text box would be a great idea and beneficial for vendors and buyers.
/u/HugBunter
Polls are in the new update. But only for posts. We can't add in options for text formatting without Javascript. It's impossible with the current css and html spec.
Perhaps it is now more than just a forum site, it represents the memories of many people, and many people have contributed to the progress of Dread.