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Imagine all relays holding all posts from everybody in the entire world. Does that look scalable?

In any case, this is what Peter Todd was saying: if all posts are in all relays the smaller relays will die, people will naturally flock to a small set of the biggest and most reliable relays, then everybody will just publish to these and all posts will be on these, suddenly these relays can block anyone they want.

Diacone Frost 1y ago

It's not a problem until it is. I mean when they realize that they are censored, they can switch. You can't switch on other social media.

the point is the freedom to choose, isn't it?

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fiatjaf 1y ago

You could always switch from Twitter to Gab, or from one Mastodon server to another, nothing new here.

Cyber Seagull 1y ago

This is a really great way of putting it. It describes how nostr is a protocol and not a platform. If relays start to censor, instead of having to start fresh on a whole new platform, you can take your followers and content to new relays, instead of a whole new context.

Much easier to route around.