Valuable learning and sharing. No one should control people's lives, but because gov'ts are accustomed to it, a centralized social media promoting openness became a significant challenge.
With 70% of Twitter users outside the US, confronting gov'ts globally was rather insane. But Twitter persisted, sending emails like, 'Your gov't requested the removal of this post, but we're keeping it up.' It meant a lot to the people.
However this wasn't a sustainable business model. As a company, Jack had to abide by certain rules within the country. Additionally, the US political parties found loopholes to control Twitter, bypassing Jack.
I think nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m openly discussing this, despite continuous attacks on himself, and advocating for open protocols like Nostr, and enabling people to shape their lives with limited gov't control, is truly impactful.
Twitter was important. It was the public square. To most parts of the world, when gov'ts make dumb policies (which they do often do), people voiced out.
Now, with people dispersed across various social media platforms, their collective voice has weakened, and many gov'ts have become increasingly unreasonable.
At the same time, existing social media have heavy engagement-driven algos that influences people's lives and changes they way people think, behave and react towards each other.
Nostr is a necessity and a privilege, and it will have a significant global impact. But its a big battle, and a long battle.
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