Though I think it's cool that you're running this, I am not looking forward to what this brings. Uncensored + Tor leads to bad things when mixed with something meant for the non-darkweb like Steem.
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Though I think it's cool that you're running this, I am not looking forward to what this brings. Uncensored + Tor leads to bad things when mixed with something meant for the non-darkweb like Steem.
It's just another client for steem. Steem is supposed to be uncensorable.
If anything it's a huge plus because people can participate and voice without the censorship tools on steemit being an issue. Conversely if you really want censorship on the blockchain, you can contribute code to filter what you don't like to steem proper.
There is a certain potential friction that might prevent people from posting child porn to Steem, which is reduced by having a Tor website.
This is such an overused and ignorant criticism of Tor. The alternative is unarguably so much worse. So you're totally fine with censorship then..?
Pragmatically speaking, on Steemit, yes. Steem can have whatever, but Steemit will mirror whatever is on Steem unless it needs to be removed from the front-end. If Steemit can't adequately moderate illegal posts (and at the moment, they really can't handle much I'd say), it won't be good for Steemit or the value of Steem.
@pfunk It won't let me reply to you so I'm just replying to myself. Fair enough though. I was assuming you meant general use of Tor was wrong, not Tor users' effect on Steem's public image. I think we mostly agree, but I don't think illegal activity will necessarily be bad for Steem. Wikileaks for Steem would be huge, for example.