The test nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 used is by it self the proof that nostr is not not-decentralized.

It’s like saying fishing is not decentralized nor censorship-resistant. Look, I fished in a small pond and in the sea and I was able to catch more fish when I was in the open sea.

And if I would to get de-platformed from the sea, it’s clearly fishing is not decentralized.

Well, the idea here is that, yes you might get censored of accessing the sea, but you can still fish in the pond, you can grow the pond to a new sea, and nothing can stop the fish from swimming from the sea into the pond.

In contrast with traditional social media, if you are denied access from the main platform, you can’t take your tools with you to a new platform, they own the tool, and we only renting. So you would have to rent new tools from another platform, and all the people who like your work have to rent new tools as well, and it’s a huge debacle.

Just my two sats.

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Imagine you have a million followers on Twitter and Twitter decides to deplatform you. You can now open your own social network site, host your own server, or use some other smaller platform that hasn't banned you, and your followers can migrate to that and follow you there. This situation fits your analogy perfectly.

Has this solved the problem? If yes, then why would we need Nostr in the first place?

Not everything in life is black and white. Issues in life fall in a gradient, were it some point it’s not worth solving.

Trump did exactly that. Deplatformed from Twitter, went and created Truth Social. I don’t think anyone could be deplatformed with that logic and that amount of resources.

How convenient/realistic is that option though? for both parties, the account and its followers.

I used to follow Trump on Twitter, mow I don’t have Truth Social.

Imagine that scenario happening on nostr. Worst case, Trump spins a new relay, I would just add wss://maga.trump.2024 to my relays and as if nothing happened.

So create new social platform for $1,000,000 + team cost or spin up a mega relay for $1000 a month.

I think there is clear value here offered by nostr, it’s not black and white centralized vs decentralized. It’s more decentralized.

You missed the entire point. Only about 10% of people will follow him on wss://maga.trump.2024, the others won't even realize he is missing, this has literally just happened.