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nostr is primarily about Notes (kind 1). that’s the primary use-case. the proposal is to de-emphasize those text notes in the base spec and instead lump kind 1 into the pool of a zillion other kinds.

I don’t like that because in my opinion it obscures the main value prop on the implied basis that devs can’t RTFM.
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Got it. I don’t see kind1 as the main value prop though. I see it as the communication layer for something far greater. Data resilience via relays is the main value proposition in my eyes.

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ben 1y ago

agreed, the decentralized relay architecture is clearly the core of it but it’s only useful with some consensus around the events we’re sending. and currently there are a zillion different event types and growing. it’s that complexity and sprawl that concerns me. de-emphasizing kind 1 pushes further into that opaque future.

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atyh 1y ago

did you know that a recent study showed the average undergraduate IQ has dropped from 120 to 101 in the last 20 years?

It made zoomers and the universities so mad they fought to suppress it. But the truth is out.

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I worked in private tertiary education. It’s a big big business. By lowering the standards, you bring in more clients. With extra businesses like pathway studies and academic support to milk them dry.