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Ask Lemmy: Which websites (or content) we can mirror? (self.decentralization)

submitted 4 days ago by boramalper to c/decentralization

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I'm working on a project called WebMirror that allows visitors to access websites in a decentralised fashion by fetching their content from mirrors (like BitTorrent but) just using a browser (without having to install any additional software including browser extensions).

I've a technology demo for it already (https://webmirror-demo.netlify.app/) but it's mostly interesting from a technical standpoint. I'm trying to find a kind of website and/or content on the Web that would benefit from being mirrored. For example, OpenFreeMap is a great example of that (free map tiles for everyone), but it's just that the dataset is much bigger than my project could support (28.33 million files).

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

First answer that comes to mind is, of course, 'all of them'.

Though that's not got any nuance and probably depends on if you're after preservation, making something more accessible, or just data hoarding for the sake of data hoarding.

Given the current state of things in the world, I'd say any sort of scientific, health-related, or similar type of content would be where I'd immediately assume the greatest need is.

Edit: Anything relating to trans healthcare, in particular. As well as anything even remotely non-straight.