Compare FreeNet to the current WWW architecture. As information on a Web server becomes more popular, it becomes more difficult for users to access. The Slashdot effect is caused by the centralization of information. When information is centrally located, this location becomes a single point of failure for the distribution of that information. The irony of the Slashdot effect is that it is caused by users making thousands of copies of the relevant information.
Users ought to be able to share that information with each other, decentralizing it.
I have given the structure of this cooperative some thought, and I want to give an overview of how I think the system should work. First comes a technical overview, which details the relatively simple integration work that needs to be done. Second, I will give a more abstract view of how I think the social structure of such a cooperative ought to be formed. The browser submits a FreeNet request to the local FreeNet node. This is similar to the way many proxy servers work today.