Curious if anyone else is in this boat: I’m more cautious about saying things on Nostr than on Twitter — because deletion is much more straightforward on Twitter.
I feel this way even though I know that deleting on Twitter doesn’t actually remove it (the internet never forgets), and even though I know there’s a much smaller audience on Nostr.
I’m more cautious on posting the real things I’m wrestling with in bitcoin here - particular cultural, social layer, and politics—bc I know this creates friction and is what many left twitter for to find an oasis here in nostr. More casual, fun space if you will
I’m a mix of both. More cautious with certain things here because of the lack of deletion, but also freer to be more “myself” because of the small community and lack of people I know locally.
always say what you want.
do not hold anything back.
it does not matter if anyone does not like it.
it is called freedom.
I’m more concerned that my future self will not like it!
The permanence of posts here causes me to distill my thoughts and consider the type of energy I am putting down far more than on Twitter, which has a culture of shitposting and spicy reply guys.
I was just discussing it the other day. the way I see it: freedom brings responsability that brings cautiousness. as the italians used to say: the only valid censorship is self-censorship. in a ruleless anarchocitadel, social contract is consensus. and as luther king once said, “a man of conscience can never be a consensus leader”. why would he even want to be a leader? he’s free. thus: cautious. primitive christians knew it well.
Very much. I’ve learned many times that “the failure mode of clever is asshole” and made a habit of just deleting much of Twitter history just by default, because I don’t need something there that someone can later take out of context
