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It seems the #1 issue with people joining nostr resolves around censorship, but not in the way you'd think. A handful of Redditors said they wouldn't join nostr because nostr has or could have hate speech, pedos, etc. and you couldn't ban or moderate those users.

I get it. 99.999% of humanity doesn't approve of that content and doesn't want to be near that type of content.

I don't know if I have a good enough answer for them though. I told them that with free speech, that means all speech is allowed, which includes the good speech and the bad speech.

If assholes want to have their corner of nostr and hang out with other assholes, then so be it. The other 99.999% of humanity will hang out everywhere else with positivity and good vibes, zapping each other non-stop.

Few 2y ago

My answer would be to avoid following individuals who promote hate or engage in inappropriate behavior. Ultimately, there is no algorithm in Nostr that can force unwanted content upon you.

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PsychoVagabondX 2y ago

So you have no issue with pedophiles being able to share content on the network and tip each other for it? For me that's not the type of thing I'd be willing to support and is the main reason I won't be on this platform in the long-term.

hh 2y ago

All your comment proves is that you haven't understood what the Nostr is. It's a PROTOCOL, not a platform. You might as well opt out of TCP/IP or electricity.

mark tyler 2y ago

nostr:npub16rnwgfqa06nrr0u34p6zufpyy46vjxns8xgjjxftuxuvuzz0ckxq3znp07 this really is the crux I think. Would love to hear your thoughts. If you’re ok with using email, printed photos, iPhone/android, concrete roads, cars, dollars, I like the electricity example… these are all tools used extensively by the people we detest for purposes we detest. We don’t even think about using any of them daily because we all either haven’t considered what they enable (likely, cuz hey, they are the status quo), or have actually decided that the benefit is worth the cost.

It’s easy to only think about new things critically.