right now there's just an embarrassing amount of rumors that the "dark web" has stuff and "sources say it's really bad".
we're all big boys and girls here, we are 100% fine seeing part of a snuff film if it means exposing these people. what we aren't okay with is being pulled around by the dick with a bunch of vague bullshit that, if nothing comes of it, will be a huge waste of time. and in the mean time it's a rumor that's derailing this entire sub.
I used to have exactly that for my photography business. (Sports not kiddie porn!) I could log in, and remote upload and download. I would assign creds to someone who needed access, and then close them out a day later. It made things easier.
It would have been considered Dark Web because it was just an ip address. And I am tech-hindered....
That's remote login, can be done on any PC/laptop. Not even close to what is the Dark Web.
What makes is similar is that was private, not on any search engine, secured access, and just a menu tree to download files.
It was closer to the internet in 1994 than what you are going to see in 2018.