Yes, I think that nostr has potential to be a great place for real free speech. However, I have found that it is heavily biased toward bitcoin being the solution for everything. (bordering on propaganda, and half truths) If you try to disagree you are flamed. I don't consider this free speech.
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Agree. I’ve been trying for the last days to connect with people here to develop a relay just to discuss geopolitics. Through that, it would be possible to test if this interface offers/could offer the conditions for healthy dialogue.
It’s been really hard. Most people want to make it all about bitcoin. I’m totally OK with it being key for the incoming future (especially blockchain tech).
But feels the vibe has to be disruptive regarding information or the current system.
Not sure if this is the right place or maybe I am in the wrong relays.
You bring up an interesting technical point (for me). Should the filtering be done at relay or the client? I am not clear on this. For now blocking people with extreme views seems to handle thing like hate speech, or child porn for example. But I do want to see people who have different views as long as it is not propaganda with no evidence or facts. Its not a fault of nostr, which I think is a good protocol. Maybe the "groups" feature in coracle will help. Still figuring things out, but very interesting stuff.
My initial thought is that it should work both ways (filtering). So if relays you pick/pay are the ones that manage users (posts) then every time they are “themed” you might be able to have an idea of what is posted.
While trying to figure this out the best way, I am still finding it super hard to find relays about a specific topic. Most of my feed is bitcoin and AI images.