Or, Hornier will have to suck it and learn a thing or three...
Anyone else worried that Meta is going to take over everything?
Most people want an easy-to-use site where they can expect reasonable content moderation by default (perhaps with an opt-out). And Nostr, for all its truly important innovations in privacy and decentralization and freedom of speech, is *not* easy to use and does *not* give people reasonable content moderation by default.
I know nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 had a plan for allowing relays to set their own content moderation standards. However, as currently implemented, this gives users very little agency. Most comparison sites don't give you an easy way to see relay content policies; I've seen little evidence that content is *ever* moderated; and most clients encourage users to connect to 8-9 relays anyway, so your feed is still likely to get flooded with unmoderated sludge.
For example, suppose relay 1 is cool with criticism of religion, but relay 2 isn't. Where am I supposed to see that, as a user? There are no community guidelines available to read.
Nostr is already a little more hardcore thanks to the public and private keys. Now, I think public-key cryptography is the future of authentication whether we like it or not. So I'm cool with Nostr taking a stand on it. However, we have to keep track of how many barriers normies face signing up.
We need to get the normies on board if we want to beat Threads.
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Hornier? WTF auto-correct LOL... Normies!
Okay, so now I feel like I should add that I have just reflashed stock Android from CalyxOS and this is a new #Amethyst install too. My point is, should we really expect/want the uneducated masses to infest #nostr if they can't be bothered to put in a little effort? I made the effort to learn my way around #nostr. Got my own nip05 carried via GitHub setup and all the shebaz. If I can, so can they.
Look, buddy, if all you want to talk about is tech and cryptocurrency, you're probably happy right now.
I, personally, would like there to be some lawyers, teachers, professors, politicians, writers, economists, world travellers, chefs, comedians, parents, athletes, accountants, chemists, physicists, salespeople, marketers, truckers, and boomers on here.
I feel like we're missing a lot of folks....
I've spent time reading your 'site' (nice ideas. No posts since 2020?) and your posts here. Seems like you care, which is nice.
I get where you' going with your list. I hope they all join too.
I really do wonder at this 'beating Meta/Threads' business though. Who gives a * about Zuck does? Point 'em out please? (You really don't have to.) And I do have issue with the whole 'hand-holding' thing to make it easy for people. You're all for education and there's so much material out there on how-to #nostr already.
As for tech and crypto being my two interests, well I've no idea why somebody that doesn't know me would presume to sell me short on interests. Tell you what, skim through the people that I follow. Maybe it'll help you branch out a little 💜
Actually, you can because I've just sat down with a cuppa and posted this while forgetting that I'm posting from my 'testing' phone, again! 🤣
I'll make a point of looking you up from my main when I have a moment 💜
Hey, I've been meaning to get back to blogging! 😅 But then I started teaching full time, re-coded the website from scratch last summer, only migrated 2 of my posts, started trying to lose weight, began applying to grad school...
I'm gonna get back to it!