any centralized org will have that problem. But that’s why these are protocols. Big and popular clients/relays on nostr will have that problem too.
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And the general population needs to understand you get what you pay for, you will never have a free service that is a free speech platform when advertisers are involved. I’m happy to pay for a good social network solution.
i think it's incorrect framing to think big tech is self-regulated. clandestine government interference and forced shadow market compliance through harassment and blackmail isn't self-regulation.
i would argue if big tech had been allowed to self-regulate, the pivotal thinkers in innovation would have been able to correct and adjust to real-time needs and issues because they understood the risks better than anyone. instead, large-scale interference and surveillance agendas from "top down" secrecy strategies forced dangerous artificial intelligence models and smart tech tools into the hands of an unwitting, uneducated general public -
that the most innovative voices of our time believe artificial intelligence and smart tech require new perspectives should tell you all you need to know. jack and elon have both always advocated for open source to remove the gag orders surrounding innovation. and no one listened to them.
the validator pos shadow economy, which is rapidly attempting to crossover into the traditional economy, is desperate to hold onto its hostage-taking profiteering model, because as does secrecy, so too dies the entire pos platform...