If anyone wants more evidence a free open sourced censorship resistant network is needed....
This is an email sent by Gab to its users...
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Government overreach to the extremes. Imagine going to prison for 5 years for calling an obese person fat.
Politicians and bankers must go.
I'm sending that screenshot around to show how important nostr is to our digital lives.... Thing is we can't compete with the addictive algorithm of x....
I think most people will onboard when they are left with no choice.
It will take some bigger accounts to move here, so they can bring their followers with them. It's going to be a while, but I think we can get there.
Live the optimism...
I think we underestimate the power of algorytjms backed by ai to manipulate the opinions of a populace. Hopefully people make the switch before it gets too bad.
I'm certainly doing the best I can from my end!