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I don’t either.

It’s not really that odd. People gain followers from being on a list, they then promote the platform/client.

It’s a mutual agreed upon arrangement where both parties gain.

Free market. It is what is and people won’t care or don’t seem to care.

Which is fine, but we can still point it out.
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tanel 1y ago

yeah, but why not be open about it?

nostriches appreciate transparency a ton, and i think there should be an opt-in/opt-out solution for that

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Sikto 1y ago

Because we can just use another client and they can do whatever they want. They aren’t going after us, they are going after the mainstream users who will just use their default settings and feeds.

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tanel 1y ago

yeah, but that's dumb

it's not good resource management dev time wise to have 10s upon 10s twitter-like clients, when nostr could be so much more than that.

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corndalorian 1y ago

Because there is profit to be made, and these large accounts are more interested in securing their positions of influence on nostr now while it's early than they are with giving other voices a spotlight because it will mean bigger profit for them later on.

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tanel 1y ago

ugh

makes sense

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corndalorian 1y ago

On the one hand I think how it makes sense from a purely business standpoint. On the other hand I think how it is hypocritical to some of the ideals preached.

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tanel 1y ago

yep, keep it ambiguous on purpose, so you can portray values of one side, while you're actually cashing in on them