Maybe I'm jaded. I've been around long enough to have been my own top 8 on MySpace. I had a Facebook back when Mark was using it so he could get laid and when Twitter was just to share short messages with friends. So I've heard the story of the scrappy young team of developers that are going to change the world with their new ideas. And then the investors come in, and the new users, and the money, and somehow this thing morphs into another behemoth that controls far too much. Meet the new boss, same as the old. So, I'm a bit hesitant to trust a new platform that promises to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it; revolutionizing music listening forever and moving into podcasting to bring innovation and a new generation of listeners to the medium.
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You're jaded. The thing is around here is lack of control. Messages can be written anywhere, even at a piece of paper and they would still be valid. Imagine in 1000 years from now to celebrate finding another trove of authenticated texts by someone of relevance.
It is a way to finally break free from the shackles of centralization. From the whims of CEOs and governments that define digital borders. This is an act showing a finger to anyone who things human talent should be locked up.
Stay around, the show is just about to start.
So, you were around when decentralized protocols like email and http came about. Now you can unjade yourself.
How so?
Because protocols are not platforms.
Oh yeah, we’re in complete agreement. Protocols over platforms. I’m not jaded about the protocols, quite optimistic actually. I’m jaded about platforms that use the protocols becoming something different once they’re successful. And I’m not even talking about nostr, I don’t know enough about nostr yet to have much of an opinion, I’m still playing around with the code so I can understand it better.
Yeah, there have been some clients with suspicious activity/motives. Some devs are catering to bling over usability, and I assume it's financially motivated.
The good news is that there are always alternatives to give (at least some) competition. Any platform's/client's mistake is another platform's/client's opportunity.
Now if we can work practical privacy into the protocol, we'll be in excellent shape.