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author:
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- plast
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title: 'Using Secure Scuttle Butt \| Replacing Facebook for anarchists'
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- [What is secure scuttlebutt?](#what-is-secure-scuttlebutt)
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- [How do I use it?](#how-do-i-use-it)
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I fucking hate facebook. I\'m really not the kind of person that was
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ever into it, but its clear that alot of anarchists have a utility for
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it. There are alot of benefits that can be found in a social
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network(organizing events and meetups, shitposting etc) so having one
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that respects the freedom and privacy of the user is pretty cool. This
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is where secure scuttlebutt comes in.
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What is secure scuttlebutt?
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===========================
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Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB) is actually some complicated decentralized
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network. Anyone who is a techie can check out the details, but this is a
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guide for the non-nerds. It basically acts like facebook(you can like,
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post content and make little groups) but instead of being controlled by
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one shitty company, its spread amongst a bunch of different servers. It
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also has some neat features like being able to use it with people on the
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same wifi network as you and some offline usage. Since it is
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decentralized, its harder to kill than a normal social networking site
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that would be hosted on one server.
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How do I use it?
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================
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Its really easy to start! You can access SSB through a program called
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patchwork, you can install here:
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<https://ahdinosaur.github.io/patchwork-downloader/> You won\'t be able
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to see anything(unless you have the luck of having a ssb user on your
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local wifi network) since you arent connected to any server. Thats an
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easy fix though! Just press the \"join pub\" button and paste in an
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invite code from any of the pub servers. There\'s a list here:
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<https://github.com/ssbc/ssb-server/wiki/Pub-Servers> Here\'s an invite
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code you could use right now to get started!
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`ssb-pub.picodevelopment.nl:8008:@UFDjYpDN89OTdow4sqZP5eEGGcy+1eN/HNc5DMdMI0M=.ed25519~ibtGafFt7myC9yEyJ6Oq7gWuS2+2ue9XI3iyE9QXSwI=`
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After that, you\'re in! You can do anything you want. I made a tag for
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the post-civ peeps on here called \#desertgang that ill be putting some
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stuff in. Happy scuttling!
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If you have any questions just post in the comments or dm me if you\'re
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shy.
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