Subnostr

I mentioned this in passing a couple of times, so I'd like to make it explicit:

I will use Nostr as long as:

1. no "moderation" happens at any level other than the client giving options and filters to the user so they can self-moderate their TL

2. no algorithm is implemented at any level to "enhance the user's experience", i.e., user analytics

It's these two simple rules, really.

When any of them is broken in a way that leaves me without recourse (for instance, if there are no more easily available censorship-free relays and non-spying clients), I will simply stop using Nostr.

Nostr is not a living necessity. It's completely superfluous and anyone can just drop it and live a happy, problem-free life. Better keep that in mind, devs.

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Jeff 2y ago

Couldn’t agree more

hh 2y ago

I believe Nostr has an uninmaginable potential as a protocol, really. It'd be such as waste if people insisted on applying the same rotten models to it.

Paulo Sacramento 2y ago

Oh, are you aware that relays can block users/npubs at any time, right?

hh 2y ago

Yes, and I also know that there even are whole relay blocks, like the almost universally blocked mostr bridge, which I find extremely problematic (just as I find the content that reached me fthrough that bridge mostly vile, but that was my problem to solve, not the relay's).

But so far, there is recourse, right? Say one of my relays blocks user XYZ. I can still access their content through others.

Paulo Sacramento 2y ago

Exactly. People can even run their own relays.

hh 2y ago

That's not a solution though.

When as a user I lose access to uncensored relays, I will just stop using Nostr altogether.