For each market, they maintain a links list, search function and image banners on subdread sidebars and user profiles. Dread offers advertising for darknet markets, based on a market standards page. Similar to Reddit, they also disallow spam posts, vote manipulation, fear mongering content or doxxing. The Dread admins also outline clear rules such as no discussion of child pornography, terrorism, weapons, poisons or assassination services. Dread content can be edited with simple BBCode style formatting for posts, comments and messages. Receiving bad feedback will cause an accounts score to decrease. When they receive good feedback on their Dread activity their score increases. Dread also uses a score system for accounts. Posts that accumulate a higher amount of upvotes show up higher on their respective subdread. Every post can be upvoted or downvoted by a Dread account. For example, /d/all compiles a list of all the top posts across Dread, similar to how /r/all works on Reddit. The site touts itself as a free-speech platform that offers an alternative to the “unjustified censoring provided by clearnet sites such as Reddit.” The site itself is modeled after Reddit with “subdreads” that start with ‘/d/’ instead of ‘/r/’. Why Use Dread?ĭread acts as a place for anyone to post, discuss, comment and otherwise participate in a social network anonymously and without fear of censorship. It hosts communities related to darknet markets, network security, cryptocurrencies, drug use and harm reduction and other darknet sites. This allows users to post and interact without being otherwise censored on other platforms. This is due to having a similar interface to Reddit while also placing an emphasis on privacy and usability. Since then, the site amassed a huge presence within the darknet community. On February 15th, 2018, a developer named /u/HugBunter launched Dread.