I didn't newly start this in 2026; I just haven't stopped the existing system :). Fifteen years ago there weren't all these issues though. Attempts at taking it down whenever anything bad was spotted started probably somewhere around 2019-2020, and user reports are picking up as well since about a year. People suddenly care a lot more that when they guessed a url and found malware (something no legitimate user would stumble upon), it gets removed promptly. So far the number of reports is very very manageable, but it's interesting to observe the collective consciousness change over time from "don't run executables that you don't know are safe" to "untrustworthy files shouldn't exist online in the first place"

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eastbound 11 hours ago | parent [-]

The risk of pedophile images is way to high to let anyone upload files to your website. It's one thing probably even the evilest country would agree to jail you for, without investigation.

Sorry mate, the era of forums is over.

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Aachen 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Maybe, let's see. I have the same amount of faith in humanity and the legal system as I did in the forum era. No CSAM reports so far. Very little porn in general, maybe one video per year or so? In my particular case it's also not very useful because the uploads are all self-destructing. After a few hours you'd have to upload it again, but from a new IP address because I'd block any (C)SAM uploaders and report all evidence I have to police in the appropriate country. Seems like a silly way to burn through a set of working proxies if someone wanted to try to keep abuse material available on that site

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globalnode 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Theres no way you can say having an internet presence is over for the little guy and yet at the same time imply its ok if you have enough money/power. I think at that stage it ceases to be useful and we need an internet 2.0. maybe something hobbyists can run over radio or something.

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rustcleaner 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is why developing darknet and obfuscating P2P network tech that make it impossible to properly assign legal liability to a node is so important. States are by far the worst monsters humans have invented and they do the stupidest things imagineable.

A State might be composed of humans but it is a machine, a generally unthinking machine, which projects force on and breaks individuals.

	▲	denkmoon 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah iPhones and running clean water suuuuuck