Mebio.us - Revision history

L1948L at 02:34, 20 January 2026

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	Launched in May 2015 as a clone of [[mebious.co.uk]], '''mebio.us''' is a site with a similar focus to the original, though it was created in response to the closure of [[mebious.mobi]].		Launched in May 2015 as a clone of [[mebious.co.uk]], '''mebio.us''' is a site with a similar focus to the original, though it was created in response to the closure of [[mebious.mobi]].

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	==External Links==		==External Links==
	* [https://mebio.us mebio.us] - defunct		* [https://mebio.us mebio.us] - defunct
	* [https://github.com/mebio-us/mebio.us Site source code, MIT licensed.]		* [https://github.com/mebio-us/mebio.us Site source code, MIT licensed.] - deleted
	* [https://github.com/rein/mebious Barebones source code, without some "useless" additions made for .us]		* [https://github.com/rein/mebious Barebones source code, without some "useless" additions made for .us] - deleted
	* [https://twitter.com/mebio_us Twitter account, posts notices if the site is unavailable, as well as other content.] - deleted		* [https://twitter.com/mebio_us Twitter account, posts notices if the site is unavailable, as well as other content.] - deleted

	[[Category:Fanworks]]		[[Category:Fanworks]]

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	==External Links==		==External Links==
	* [https://mebio.us mebio.us]		* [https://mebio.us mebio.us] - defunct
	* [https://github.com/mebio-us/mebio.us Site source code, MIT licensed.]		* [https://github.com/mebio-us/mebio.us Site source code, MIT licensed.]
	* [https://github.com/rein/mebious Barebones source code, without some "useless" additions made for .us]		* [https://github.com/rein/mebious Barebones source code, without some "useless" additions made for .us]
	* [https://twitter.com/mebio_us Twitter account, posts notices if the site is unavailable, as well as other content.]		* [https://twitter.com/mebio_us Twitter account, posts notices if the site is unavailable, as well as other content.] - deleted

	[[Category:Fanworks]]		[[Category:Fanworks]]

Prince at 19:19, 9 November 2021

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	* [https://github.com/rein/mebious Barebones source code, without some "useless" additions made for .us]		* [https://github.com/rein/mebious Barebones source code, without some "useless" additions made for .us]
	* [https://twitter.com/mebio_us Twitter account, posts notices if the site is unavailable, as well as other content.]		* [https://twitter.com/mebio_us Twitter account, posts notices if the site is unavailable, as well as other content.]

			[[Category:Fanworks]]

Ian at 23:17, 9 February 2016

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	* 512 character limit as opposed to the original site.		* 512 character limit as opposed to the original site.
	* Image support is planned, along with the possibility of audio. There is, however, no ETA on when these features will be complete.		* Image support is planned, along with the possibility of audio. There is, however, no ETA on when these features will be complete.
			* Actively monitors for and censors abusive/illegal content.

	==Anonymity==		==Anonymity==

Lain throwaway at 22:47, 2 February 2016

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	* All traffic is encrypted via SSL to prevent eavesdropping.		* All traffic is encrypted via SSL to prevent eavesdropping.
	* The code is completely open source and it's encouraged that users create their own instances of it to create a decentralized community.		* The code is completely open source and it's encouraged that users create their own instances of it to create a decentralized community.
	* ~~Posts are completely anonymous and can never be matched~~ to ~~an IP address~~.		* The site has an ongoing effort to protect the anonymity of its users.
	* It has a REST API which allows anonymous reading, and with an API key, posting to the site.		* It has a REST API which allows anonymous reading, and with an API key, posting to the site.

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	* Image support is planned, along with the possibility of audio. There is, however, no ETA on when these features will be complete.		* Image support is planned, along with the possibility of audio. There is, however, no ETA on when these features will be complete.

	==~~True~~ Anonymity==		==Anonymity==
	~~To achieve its stated "true~~ anonymity", the site takes the following precautions:		In the interest of preserving anonymity, the site takes the following precautions:
	* All webserver logs disabled completely.		* All webserver logs disabled completely.
	* User IPs are hashed immediately as SHA512 and the plaintext representation of the IP address is discarded. The hashed IP is stored only for banning purposes. ~~Thus, there~~ is ~~no way~~ to ~~link~~ a ~~post on~~ the site ~~to a real world identity~~.		* User IPs are hashed immediately as SHA512 and the plaintext representation of the IP address is discarded. The hashed IP is stored only for banning purposes. This is vulnerable to comparing the hash against a set of all hashed IPv4 addresses, if an alternative to this system is not found, the site will disable banning in the interest of user anonymity, thus no IP logs in any form at all will be kept.

	==External Links==		==External Links==

Lain throwaway at 20:42, 2 February 2016

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	To achieve its stated "true anonymity", the site takes the following precautions:		To achieve its stated "true anonymity", the site takes the following precautions:
	* All webserver logs disabled completely.		* All webserver logs disabled completely.
	* User IPs are hashed immediately as ~~SHA1~~ and the plaintext representation of the IP address is discarded. The hashed IP is stored only for banning purposes. Thus, there is no way to link a post on the site to a real world identity.		* User IPs are hashed immediately as SHA512 and the plaintext representation of the IP address is discarded. The hashed IP is stored only for banning purposes. Thus, there is no way to link a post on the site to a real world identity.

	==External Links==		==External Links==

Lain throwaway: Created page with "Launched in May 2015 as a clone of mebious.co.uk, '''mebio.us''' is a site with a similar focus to the original, though it was created in response to the closure of [[mebious..."

2016-02-01T17:18:23Z

Created page with "Launched in May 2015 as a clone of mebious.co.uk, '''mebio.us''' is a site with a similar focus to the original, though it was created in response to the closure of [[mebious..."

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Launched in May 2015 as a clone of [[mebious.co.uk]], '''mebio.us''' is a site with a similar focus to the original, though it was created in response to the closure of [[mebious.mobi]].

It has several unique features, such as:
* All traffic is encrypted via SSL to prevent eavesdropping.
* The code is completely open source and it's encouraged that users create their own instances of it to create a decentralized community.
* Posts are completely anonymous and can never be matched to an IP address.
* It has a REST API which allows anonymous reading, and with an API key, posting to the site.

==Other Features==
* 512 character limit as opposed to the original site.
* Image support is planned, along with the possibility of audio. There is, however, no ETA on when these features will be complete.

==True Anonymity==
To achieve its stated "true anonymity", the site takes the following precautions:
* All webserver logs disabled completely.
* User IPs are hashed immediately as SHA1 and the plaintext representation of the IP address is discarded. The hashed IP is stored only for banning purposes. Thus, there is no way to link a post on the site to a real world identity.

==External Links==
* [https://mebio.us mebio.us]
* [https://github.com/mebio-us/mebio.us Site source code, MIT licensed.]
* [https://github.com/rein/mebious Barebones source code, without some "useless" additions made for .us]
* [https://twitter.com/mebio_us Twitter account, posts notices if the site is unavailable, as well as other content.]