Nostr will stop growing as soon as more uptight people come here and they see N**** N**** N**** posted every 5 seconds along with faces of death posts and overwhelming support for hitler.
But, back to the human nature comment.
People are meant to be led.
Either provide constitutional guidelines written into the the code that enable growth and democracy or people will write code for power and control.
Your choice but one or the other will happen.
I see our source of disagreement, and respect your opinion, but disagree.
People are already starting to do this, and we’re growing. We can offer a choice to filter as much of that as possible - I have no issue with that as long as it is a clearly marked choice. I don’t doubt people will (and already do) build reporting systems and filters into some apps by default. I will continue to use apps that require my informed consent and educate people I come across on the options they have been denied.
We fundamentally disagree on the truest nature of mankind though. I do not believe people are meant to be led - I believe they are meant to be free. I am not naive though. Freedom takes skill to handle because it comes with responsibilities. And the freedom of others must be defended when violated. I stand behind and support any movement or experiment that seeks to maximize human freedom while respecting the freedom of others.
I believe momentum has been building in this direction societally for over 2000 years, and it is a destination that may well take another 1000 years after I am dead to fully realize. My responsibility is to live in a way that contributes to the further freedom of future generations.
Even if I turn out to be totally wrong in the end (and I won’t be here to know) I feel this also gives me a constructive goal, mindset, and direction in life.
I don’t know if Nostr will ever be truly mainstream or not. But if it compromises on its principles as a collective, then it will lose its greatest value proposition, and be just another platform.
Anarchy is freedom for those that do live by rules to conquer.
Everything has rules.
Drink too much water; die.
Don’t drink enough water; die.
It’s completely irrational to deny human nature.
Either create rules that allow for growth, or watch the Fediverse take over and remain a hellhole of people screaming into the wind like a homeless guy who went insane 20 years ago and is now blessing trees with pesto.
