r/onions

What Happened to r/darknet_questions?

For anyone wondering, Reddit recently banned r/darknet_questions for an alleged Rule 7 violation involving illegal content or prohibited transactions.

We received no advance warning or specific examples identifying what caused the ban. Our community was focused on darknet education, harm reduction, privacy, OPSEC, Tor safety, and scam prevention. We routinely removed marketplace requests, fraud-related content, scam promotions, prohibited transactions, and other violations.

We had also been dealing with scammers who disliked our warnings and scam-prevention content. Shortly before the ban, Reddit repeatedly removed suspicious submissions before our moderators could even view them. Those posts were never approved or endorsed by our team. Retaliatory reporting or malicious submissions are possible, but we currently have no proof that either caused the ban.

An appeal has been submitted requesting a manual review of the subreddit’s approved content, moderation history, and suspicious activity. We are not creating a replacement community or asking anyone to contact Reddit on our behalf. This post is simply to let former members know what happened.

We will share an update if Reddit responds to the appeal.

Went in to buy a CD player. Was REQUIRED to give them a phone number and a real name. (Not John Doe) to buy a slim external CD drive..

I guess that means homeless are no longer afforded the luxury of being able to buy niche electronic parts from the only major chain still alive :/ More importantly, now no one will be allotted the blessing of privacy. Think the only place you can go now, other than local repair shops (if you know your community) , now requires you to put in as they said" a real phone number" and I just gave a fake one, but even the STORE manager had to come up, because I said, "put the name as John Doe" and had to put her employee password in to bypass it. It's very sad to see one of the last, true bastions, of the early 2000's free market. Finally being taken over by trackers. I'm sorry.

Hey guys, I’ve just set up my first site on the Tor network using plain HTML/CSS. Done the basics: set up standard titles, proper header tags, and optimized the text content. I’ve also manually submitted the .onion address to a few search engines like Ahmia.

What else can I do specifically for Darknet SEO to improve visibility and indexing without paying for forum/search engine promotions? 

Are there specific darknet search engine quirks, uptime metrics, indexing tricks, or directory structures that work best in Tor? Would love to hear your experiences and tips! Thanks in advance.

Doing a research project on a local murderer from back in the 90’s, however he had it wiped from the clearnet & I believe he had the case sealed. I can find a few newspapers here and there but nothing of significance. Does anyone know if there are onion links for finding archives or something that would help in this situation?