+ Welcome to Plebchan's Frequently Asked Questions page. Please remember that Plebchan does not have
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+ Basics
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+ What is Plebchan?
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+ How do I access the boards?
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+ What should I know before I post?
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+ How do I post anonymously?
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+ Can I register a username?
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+ How do I post an image?
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+ Can I upload an image?
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+ Must I post an image?
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+ Can I reply with an image?
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Basics
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+ What is Plebchan?
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+ Plebchan is a serverless, adminless, decentralized 4chan alternative where any pleb can create and own unlimited boards. All data comes from the Plebbit
+ protocol, it's all text including links from which media is embedded, shared peer-to-peer. Users do not need to register an account before participating
+ in the community.
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How do I access the boards?
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+ Anyone can access any board at a any time by simply knowing its address. Paste it in the search box, located in the homepage or at the top of the board
+ pages. Hit enter, and you will connect peer-to-peer to the board owner. Each board is completely independent and moderates itself, the board admin has
+ full ownership of their board.
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What should I know before I post?
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+ Whatever community you decide to post to, please remember to read the rules and guidelines of that board. Each board is independent and has its own
+ rules and guidelines. If you are unsure about the rules, you should try to ask the board owner or the community.
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How do I post anonymously?
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+ To post as "Anonymous", simply do not fill in the [Name] field when submitting content. Plebchan uses the Plebbit protocol to function, which does not
+ leak IP addresses of people who post. This means that when you post on Plebchan, no board admin can know your IP address, nor can the app itself.
+ However, the Plebbit protocol is not fully anonymous, it uses IPFS, which means your IP address is part of a public P2P swarm, similarly to BitTorrent.
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Can I register a username?
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+ You already have one, it's automatically generated by the app and you can find it in the settings. It's the address of your generated account file, and
+ you can change it to something readable (e.g., "myname.eth") by purchasing a crypto domain like ENS (Ethereum Name Service) and resolving your account
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+ By default, Anon Mode is enabled in the settings, which automatically generates and enables a new username per thread you visit. These anon mode
+ usernames stem from the currently active account file, which you can backup.
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How do I post an image?
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+ You need a link to the image, ideally using an image hosting service, like Imgur. Paste the link to the image in the [Link] field when submitting
+ content. Plebchan will attempt to load the media from the link and show its type next to the [Link] field. If the link type is "webpage", the link is
+ not an image, and you should try another link.
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+ You can also post videos, audios and gifs by pasting their direct links. Plebchan also supports the following websites to embed media without a direct
+ link: YouTube, Twitter/X, Reddit, Twitch, TikTok, Instagram, Odysee, Bitchute, Streamable, Spotify and Soundcloud.
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Can I upload an image?
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+ No, because Plebchan is a client for the Plebbit protocol, which is text-only (including links, from which media is embedded by clients). However,
+ Plebbit uses IPFS, so in theory Plebchan could upload media to IPFS, and then post the direct IPFS link for the media. This is not enabled on Plebchan
+ because loading media from IPFS is extremely slow, at the moment (because most people have slow internet).
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Must I post an image?
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+ It depends on the board. Each board has its own rules, and a board owner might decide to only allow posts with images in their community. Plebchan
+ automatically filters out text-only threads in the catalog view, and you can disable this in the [Filters] menu.
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Can I reply with an image?
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+ Yes. To reply to a thread with an image of your own, fill in the post box as you normally would, making sure to specify a direct image link (e.g.,
+ ending in .png or .jpeg) in the "Link" field. Plebchan will attempt to load the image, and if it worked it will show the Link type as "image", next to
+ the field, before posting. If the Link type is "webpage", the link is not an image, and you should try another link.
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