How can I preserve my privacy

Scuttlebutt does not require to use your real name. You can use whatever you like. Connecting to other peers to exchange gossip messages will reveal your IP and might be used to de-anonymize you.

Luckily scuttlebutt has built in support for TOR. You need to be running the TOR daemon for scuttlebutt to relay messages through the onion network. If you want secure scuttlebutt to ONLY connect to other TOR nodes, you need to pass a –tor-only flag when running sbot.

You can find a list pubs available over TOR at the wiki. Please note that you might need to contact the person running it for an invite.

Please note this is not an easy way to game the system or spam it. Scuttlebutt already has a great system for blocking users.

Please note that even when using TOR the (normal rules)[https://www.whonix.org/wiki/DoNot] for staying anonymous still applies though.