Question: If a legacy social media platform like Twitter or Facebook decided to pivot and spin up #Nostr relays, would anyone trust them enough to use their relays?
Discussion
Not me….
No.
What trust would you need?
They can’t own my data. It’s already out there.
They can’t KYC me.
I can choose to read only or if there was a write function those events go to other relays already.
Spamming and other shit will be a “one strike and disconnect forever” deal.
They also can’t forge my event without my nsec.
With that said, not sure any event data written by Facebook nuts would compel me to connect.
Well this was answered as “me”.
As person above me mentioned. Lots of people would just use the platform and not even know what a NawStuh is.
They could interact with other users but I’m sure Facebook would “green bubble” non Facebook posts (I.e how apple make non iMessage texts look like shit).
No.
You would be able to verify without trust no?
It wouldn’t be my first preference. Does the NOSTR protocol require trusting the relays though?
Interesting points. I would assume their clients would need relay connectivity (I.e. not allow users to add other relays). They may also whitelist users so they can ban users from their relays. I would think what they would offer to keep users onboard would be media storage and easy upload capabilities. 🤔
There is a fediverse relay bridge now
Is there an advantage to this over using #Nostr natively?
After you add the relay, All the mastodon posts will appear and your posts go to mastodon
Do you think interoperability has a future or will one network eventually win out? I’m curious.
No . Mastodon was around for over ten years and serves a niche user base just like nostr always will. Mastodon has a bette riser experience and is way ahead in features and normies still don’t like it and return to center realized media. Every time I point this reality out I am blocked and called a troll. Most people don’t like free speech and want safe and centralized social network ls