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Charging $1 a year to Tweet and Retweet may not seem like a lot, however optics matter. It sets the stage to charge more in the future, it makes the service no longer free, and most importantly, it makes Twitter no longer the public square where anyone is able to freely talk - a point in which Elon likes to state, but continues to erode.

While on the NOSTR we happily Zap developers more than $1 worth of sats quite often and some could agree that it's a similar task to paying a measily 4000 sats, it's not. It's not a requirement. It's not forced. The NOSTR is completely free and open. The openness is the difference. The NOSTR is the public square.

https://fortune.com/2023/10/17/twitter-x-charging-new-users-1-dollar-year-to-tweet/

Mysth 2y ago

Twitter hasn't been a public town square since Elon took over and de facto shadow-banned all non-KYC'ed users, aka blue checks.

The "For You" algo is broken beyond repairs, and all discussions to have our own "custom" algos vanished.

The $1 "test run" to limit bots is laughable in an era where VPNs can be accessed for free. On top of that, many scams come from blue-checked accounts, and 90% of my ads are blue-checked scams.

Lastly, money is dished out to "influencers" based on engagement, but there is no auditable record to see how much, when and why money was sent to whom. Thus it's possible these payouts are used to mute/amplify/buy-out certain people.

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Derek Ross 2y ago

All facts.

Autumn Sun ☀️🌘☯️ 2y ago

Twitter has been broken for years, but in various ways pre- and post-Melon.

The irony of the whole debacle is while actual product development and innovation on Twitter / "X" is at an all time high, it's Melon's repeated, unilateral and impulsive meddling that's creating a lot of uncertainty around the future of the platform.

ShiShi21m 2y ago

Custom Algos are a pipedream,

Derek Ross 2y ago

I don't think they are a pipedream for Nostr. Developers continually discuss having an algorithm store and/or creating your own for your experience on Nostr.

ShiShi21m 2y ago

I just don't understand the benefit outside of just managing your follow list & then have selective filtering.

Mysth 2y ago

Just being able to set easily basic shit like:

“Show me the 10 most zapped notes of my follows+2, since 48 hours.

“Show me the 50 most liked post from my followers over the past month.”

Would be infinitely better than any blackboxed algorithm.

( -_-) 2y ago

It hasn't been a public square since all the censorship during covid