[HN Gopher] Freenet Renamed to Hyphanet
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       Freenet Renamed to Hyphanet
        
       Author : stargrave
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2023-07-02 14:12 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.hyphanet.org)
        
       | vGPU wrote:
       | > This is another demonstration of a complete disconnect between
       | the board of FPI, and the community around Freenet. After giving
       | up initial plans to name Locutus "Freenet 2" in the face of
       | backlash, you and the rest of the board appear to now want still
       | more of Freenet's brand recognition. The hope seems to be that
       | the Freenet community, having not been consulted, and reasonably
       | assumed to disagree, will undertake the effort to rename
       | themselves the Freenet Classic community.
       | 
       | The community doesn't seem too pleased with this.
        
         | vGPU wrote:
         | https://www.mail-archive.com/devl@freenetproject.org/msg5527...
         | 
         | Trouble does seem to be brewing.
        
       | riffraff wrote:
       | I'm mildly surprised to discover freenet is still in development,
       | I remember when it had just been launched, and that it was
       | somewhat terrible to use compared to same-era p2p software, tho
       | of course it had a much bigger vision then most (all?).
       | 
       | Is anyone running a node these days? What is your experience and
       | reason?
        
         | vGPU wrote:
         | I've checked it out a few times. It suffers from the same issue
         | that tor suffers from: half of the content is stuff that's been
         | booted off the internet (and for good reason), and the other
         | half is the equivalent of "hello world" pages.
         | 
         | I keep hoping that one day we'll have a true "alt-net" like
         | mastodon and Lemmy are starting to form, but for the most part
         | these services (free et/tor/etc) are dead or full of unsavory
         | or illegal material.
        
       | xyzzy3000 wrote:
       | What's the canonical pronunciation of this?
        
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