So much cool stuf. It's 170 million Americans. From all walks of life, skills, and trades. Lots of Creators because TikTok was one of the first I think to actually pay people who got a lot of views. TikTok basically employs them without any security.

I've never used Tik Tok either and I like to think the ban also does not affect me, but maybe Mandana's right. I would like to learn more about her experience as an Iranian refugee. It sounds super interesting.

Satoshi cited wei-dai in the white paper and he wrote a paragraph I've spent a ton of time pondering since I read it.

"I am fascinated by Tim May’s crypto-anarchy. Unlike the communities traditionally associated with the word “anarchy”, in a crypto-anarchy the government is not temporarily destroyed but permanently forbidden and permanently unnecessary. It’s a community where the threat of violence is impotent because violence is impossible, and violence is impossible because its participants cannot be linked to their true names or physical locations."

I like this ideal, but decided to link this npub to my true name anyway because of the TikTok ban. Nyms lack the Ethos required to convince people why nostr is important. I want an open society on the Internet and although nostr is not perfect, I believe nostr is our best shot at creating an open society on the Internet, regardless of political winds.

Following nostr:npub17vscfmnmshfdw68llhduxtr4h0kkmyhzm4phzs40t3gqsmguz7lsak66ne or nostr:npub1627md0lshr7hsa9z6ud8xpln2xvrszjcqv0uu5d8cjvz4f2vscnsat3aec is more than enough. We will keep everyone posted through those.