“right to be forgotten” is so stupid only a government could propose it. what could it even mean? a “right” to give everybody you ever interacted with a lobotomy?
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Don’t give them any more ideas Allen!
So what's the difference between #Nostr and the big tech companies if your data is never deleted? With the second ones only the big tech can use your information, while with the first one everybody can do the same, including your ex. I'm just saying stop taking the government as a reference and focus on improving the true user experience. Otherwise, Nostr's identity will be based only on what the government or big tech do and not in what really matters.
Once you publish something publicly it’s not your data anymore… it’s our data, it’s everyone’s data. For better or worse you only truly control what you don’t post and have limited control to where you post it initially.
It is literally impossible to guarantee your data is truly gone because it may have been already replicated over by hundreds or thousands of independent network participants. Either a direct copy or a screenshot or whatever.
We just don’t have the authority to go on people hard drives and delete specific bits because the Internet is decentralized. This is not an UX problem specific to businesses or that Nostr must solve. People spends thousands paying lawyers to get stuff removed from the Internet, most go with little luck.
If this was something that was truly a problem people wouldn’t be using email today and we know that’s not the case.
I brought the government into the conversation because that’s the only entity that attempts to make the impossible somewhat possible for some by threatening with fines and jail time. They can do this because most social interactions in the past have happened on centralized systems like Facebook or Twitter (now X). And even with them there are no guarantees, you have to trust their word that they deleted your data.
again - “your data” - um … what does that even mean?
Data you produced that no one else has access to. Like the contents of a post you wrote before you hit Post/Send.
I'm disagree, and once again, it's an ethical problem that we must think and discuss. Technologies could represents political matters In themselves and we must think about "for what" and "for whom". And we shouldn't settle with one single perspective of a more complex issue. That's why this debate we have had here is very necessary to build a healthier platform.
Whelp I guess we just need to nuke the Internet every 6 months to protect stupid people and their stupid ideas. See you all on the next iteration.