Hi, I'm new to FreeNet. A few questions not found in the FAQs.
1) How 'big' is FreeNet, as in how much data and files are available and how 'useful' is FreeNet as it is now? I've had a look around and there seems to be a fair amount of sites on the main indexes although after a few days of exploration it seems most 'interesting' sites would be exhausted unless I am missing something? I suppose there are many unannounced sites not open to the public. I also presume FreeNet is used for some 'closed' networks amongst trusted peers only that is not accessible to the public FreeNet. 2) How can I find 'friends'? I don't know anyone else running FreeNet. 3) As FreeNet is 'alpha', is it recommended only to developers or it is a useful information and communication medium yet with a significant size of nodes? 4) There are no boards or discussion threads available when I start Frost - how do I find active discussion boards and when I post do I remain anonymous or am I assigned some sort of FreeMail address to use? There is not much documentation on Frost. 5) And a natural question heard many times, is there much seriously morally objectionable content plaguing FreeNet? I support the philosophy of FreeNet but I hope it won't degenerate in to just another haven for mentally deranged perverts. 6) What other index pages / search engines are there or is what is in the main index pages pretty much what's there to explore in FreeNet? 7) When I installed FreeNet I was advised to use an email address as my node name, why? Won't this compromise the security and anonymity of my node? 8) As FreeNet will undoubtedly attract nasty people, am I running a major security risk on my computer (Linux based) by running FreeNet, leaving it open to hacking? Any assistance appreciated :-) Thanks in advance..
