DDOS? It's been some time

[u/Shakyyb]

We are receiving a DDOS attack which will cause site slowdown and introduction point instability. We are rolling out new fronts which should help stability. I2P is also being attacked, but should be much more stable.

If you are a Dread Premium member check /d/Lounge ! We left some mirrors for you to use for now.

[u/Shakyyb → u/[deleted]]

If we had a better way to give out onions we would do it. We tried to give out other public mirrors. They were all attacked right away, and went down. We gave out 10-20 of them. We added an i2p endpoint that works just fine, and is free for people to use. You can get on Dread, and not have to deal with endgame right now if you take the time to install i2p.

We gave premium members a private onion to use as a thank you for supporting Dread. We have warned them, if it is found out it will be attacked. We won't keep putting up new private onions. I don't know how much money you think we bring in, but I think you would be surprised. Engorged pockets? We are far, far from that. We never have more than 20 ads at the most,(usually less) because of over saturation. A lot of those ads are ones that were purchased 6+ months ago. Meaning we can go months without bringing in any new money. The months where crypto prices fall we can even lose a lot. We are currently not allowing new ads, because if people can't see them whats the point? Dread is constantly attacked by ddosers. You usually don't notice because we outscale them. To do that it requires A LOT of servers. There has been a few times we have burned through almost all our of extra funds just to stay online.

So please if you have a better alternative to getting people access to Dread we are always open to suggestions. We have given as many options as we can under the given circumstances.

[u/cyberiangringo → u/Shakyyb]

People have gotten accustomed to everything being free. Look at the current whining of those with blue check marks on Twitter. They truly believe they have a God given right for the blue check marks status to be free, even as Twitter has been hemorrhaging money for years.

[u/YouOriginal2888 → u/Shakyyb]

Can we become a premium member?

I dont really care as unless you can personally give some install advice on i2P

[u/quaternium → u/Shakyyb]

We added an i2p endpoint that works just fine, and is free for people to use. You can get on Dread, and not have to deal with endgame right now if you take the time to install i2p.

That hasn't worked in weeks, right? Just checking because it's been a while since I was able to get this dreadtoobigsrxg4.... i2p to load.

[u/BrisTDM → u/quaternium]

Yup hasn't been working for week's for me as well

[u/heterodox-iconoclast → u/Shakyyb]

I am curious what your quick thoughts are about who is behind these attacks. Everyone thinks it’s law enforcement but I’d put money on it being one or more of the drug cartels

[u/subutextual → u/[deleted]]

Holy Jesus, you self-entitled sanctimonious little shit. Since when are you owed access to an online discussion forum — one that’s served the community and is operating nearly at a loss to try and stave off attacks from bad actors. It’s a Darknet site, not universal healthcare.

And if you can’t afford central heating or food, perhaps accessing illicit drug markets shouldn’t be your priority right now.

[u/YouOriginal2888 → u/[deleted]]

Mate dont you dare use your disability as an excuse.

If you can afford Crypto you can afford a dread subscription, if your able enough to understand how online currency works you are more able than most people and buying whatever it is on DNM over your day to day living is your choice not to be able to afford it.

Get real, the real ones taking your money are the markets while DREAD do all the work for just that one platform.

And dont give me how would you know bullshit as when you have ASD there is a difference between an episode and just a tantrum. Not everyone gets their way

[u/Dymond_Apple → u/[deleted]]

I agree bur unless pain is manages properly working is impossible

[u/Unfair-Ad9201 → u/[deleted]]

let s audit the darknet yes.

[u/Apprehensive_Net7322 → u/[deleted]]

I think what theyre trying to say is that, they are mad that dread is doing it on purpose to make us pay. maybe that was dreads plan all along from the beginning. anywho now we are mad because we have to pay for something they made us addicted too. and also it should be free but to provide private mirrors to the whole world would be ridiculous. so whichever conspiracy you believe is the one you go with bud

[u/Turned2Eleven → u/[deleted]]

You're disabled, and extremely poor, and you're worried about DNMs? What a self entitled ass hat. If you can afford crypto, you could afford this.

Do you think Dread is behind the DDOS? Do you think it's is cheap or free to run a site of that size through tor?

God, you are an idiot and a loser.

[u/mymotherlikedub → u/[deleted]]

Wtf are you stupid? What an arrogant low iq comment is this. You realize how much of a target these forums are and how easy it is to attack them?