In light of the Kiwi Farms situation this is a discussion that we really need to have, and I think the demographic of this community in particular makes it a really good place to talk about this. I'm hoping that this thread can be of use to the admins of this site, and maybe even Kiwi Farms or anyone looking to keep a website up in the face of the kind of concerted troon attacks that Kiwi Farms is experiencing. I wanted to ask our more technically inclined users:
a) Is troon proofing a website possible?
b) If so how do you do it?
My understanding is that you need your own servers, a domain name, DDoS protection, and a way to protect against hackers. But this isn't my area of expertise and I may be missing something. In any case it would be necessary to troon proof every link in the chain. I'm interesting to hear what the community thinks about this.
Gab being a company is already at the mercy of government: government declares Gab illegal and that's the end of Gab, because they don't really exist outside of the company. So from that standpoint they might as well control everything.
Kiwi farms is a couple dudes running a site. They don't have nearly the same level of formal organization as Gab does. So it makes sense for them being more of a loose association to keep their infrastructure loose as well.