So many people here saying "you probably don't need tor" as it is tor is only for whistleblowers. It feels really different to be 100% anonymous online, you should try it sometimes.
this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2024
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Are you using TOR to post this right now?
I don't know what it is you want to distribute, but if it is newsworthy or political in nature, I think most media outlets (like "legit" ones like WaPo, NYT, etc.) have ways of contacting them through Tor for situations where the person with the information might have legitimate fears for their safety (e.g. whistleblowers).
But that's really only for a certain type of "post."
Raddle is Tor friendly
Clearnet: https://raddle.me/
Onion: http://c32zjeghcp5tj3kb72pltz56piei66drc63vkhn5yixiyk4cmerrjtid.onion/ (not sure how well this is maintained since few people use it, but it's the link from their wiki)
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/somerset/glastonbury-tor
https://missilethreat.csis.org/defsys/tor/
There are several tor posts???? ;)
you see, the problem is: if you can do that, any spambot or troll farm can do it too...
Some years ago I was actually able to post to reddit through Tor. Has that really changed?
https://telegra.ph allows you to post text (and pictures) without having to create an account ..and is accessible from the Tor browser ;)
I've written a post that I'd like to distribute as anonymously as possible while still reaching a large audience
Sounds like spam.
Lemmy docs specifically have a way of setting up access as a hidden service on the TOR network, I'm not sure if any servers actually use it though.
Which forums are you talking about ? Discourse based forums ? Reddit ? Lemmy ? Reddit will shadowban Tor and VPN users immediately. Lemmy with some exceptions should be fine is my experience. Note however that Tor circuits can change. For example, a few days in a row I had search engine results thinking I'd come from a certain country and on some sites I was offered to solve reCAPTHAs or blocked for reading things. Then since a few days search engine results think that I come from another country, and I don't have to solve reCAPTCHAs for a site where I had to before. I'm trying to say that it appears that some sites block all Tor but some sites only block some of Tor. You can manually change the country you appear to come from with Tor browser though this is not recommended. Using a VPN is an alternative to HYA.
You could use a VPN to obscure your IP address. Then with the VPN enabled, create an email account using a privacy-focused provider like Proton and use that email address to create a Lemmy / Mastodon account. Then post.
Perhaps you can get more technical advice in one of the privacy communities.
Do most lemmy servers not allow Tor users?
Unless you're trying to mask your identity from your ISP, instance or government, I don't really see how tor is useful here, given that you're presumably posting on the clearweb anyway.
It's hard to give specific useful advice, because you're so vague about what you're trying to post, and who you want anonymity from. If it's just other users on lemmy, don't bother using tor, just create a burner account and access it normally via the web.
Unsurprisingly, instances aren't super keen on letting users access their platform via tor since it's an effective method of ban evasion, and thus people will mostly be using it to post awful things they didn't want in the first place.