Post by @fasnix
@barbra@vivaldi.net
"1. Create hosts file (it's just a plain text file)
2. Share it with people you know"
You assume that everybody knows how to create a hosts file.
I don't.
And your "average internet Joe" assumably doesn't as well.
And what about people I don't know, how should they find my (small-)webspace?
Anyone who I can't share that hosts file directly with?
@aral@mastodon.ar.al @jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net @pmevzek@framapiaf.org
@fasnix @aral @jwildeboer @pmevzek
1) post a clickable link to the ipv6 address. It's just html, which is just text.
2) for discoverability, word of mouth is good enough. You're not looking for eyeballs or to go viral - just a way to bypass American control of the internet. Better to have a small community than a bunch of spammers, influencer shitposts, griefers, grifters, etc. Easily banned by ip when they start showing up.
Eventually set up an allow list - other ips banned, so no AI scraping. People would need a referral for access. Because YOU DON'T WANT EVERYONE AND THEIR DOG IN YOUR COMMUNITY!
No nazis, no fascists, no MAGA, no marketers, no ads (advertising eventually ruins everything it touches).
Just 10 to 1000 people with a shared interest of hobby.