So #ElonMusk is finally seriously moving forward with his plan to transform #Twitter into the #X everything app by announcing that every user will have to pay a small monthly fee supposedly to combat bots. We know the goal is to #KYC every user by linking their financial info. It’s going to be interesting to observe to which degree users will be willing to comply. We may see a massive influx of new users to #Nostr.
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I kinda like what he is doing because he promises people that he would defend freedom of speech and that we will get rid of bot accounts.
#ElonMusk is like a politician passing authoritarian orders and embezzling tax payer money under the pretext of saving lives or helping the poor shamelessly gaslighting his constituants.
#Twitter #X
I think it's a good thing that it makes people use more attention to Nostr.
The problem is that bitcoins future is discussed and authorized on twitter.
If Musk abandons his "Public Square" values, Bitcoin is co-opted by those willing to kyc.
I understand your point but #privacy advocates have been bullied by #X / #Twitter for years now. A lot of #crypto folks who don’t adhere to a given narrative have been shadow-banned. The game is rigged and I’m not sure that being present on a rigged platform really makes such a difference. It can do it on the margin but X algos are good at not letting powerful narratives out of the echo chamber. It’s a long road but like for #CBDC, I think the only way to combat those systems is to have a critical mass opting out of them.
If you compare the #Bip300 / #drivechains debate between #X and #Nostr, they look quite different. This is probably a combination of who is on which platform and algo content selection.