Board:   [DoveNet] Internet Discussion
Subject: Dark Forest OS and online
From:    Ogg
Date:    Sun Jan 18, 2026 16:00

Subject: Dark Forest OS and online communities?
@VIA: CAPCITY2
Hello pF!

** On Saturday 17.01.26 - 11:06, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to All:

 pF> I ran into this, Dark Forest OS (dfos.com)

 pF> It's a little light on details, but there's more details floating around
 pF> on the web. It sounds like an interesting way to connect like-minded
 pF> groups to create private internets. If this is a way to create vpn-
 pF> connected web communities, I'm all in.

The initial dfos page doesn't really say much what it is.



 pF> There's quite a bit of information at strickler.com and some books on the

strickler.com results in some kind of domains/email place.


 pF> topic of online creative communities. The common threads are that the
 pF> ongoing enshittification of the public internets will continue and the
 pF> solution is for like-minded people to create their own communities.

 pF> Sound familiar? :)

 pF> They're taking names for a rollout some time in 2026.

Who's behind it?  Can you trust them it's not some sort of honeypot?

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