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If we can’t make a social media ecosystem where people feel safe enough to share then they’ll go somewhere else. It’s like a dark ally in a city without anyone doing public safety. You can walk down these back alleys but it’s risky. If you’re strong and have guns you’re fine. Or if you’ve got a security guard. Or if you have a lot of social capital protecting you, most people won’t mess with you.

But on nostr we see folks who don’t have that power or protection be attacked with death threats for posting a selfie or doxxed for publishing an accurate content report. This kind of harassment silences speech. We need tools that let folks feel safe enough to share and build communities. Otherwise they’ll opt for the evil mall cop an corporate social media platforms because at least there is some safety in that authoritarianism.

Read the experiences if women on Nostr

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τέχνη 1y ago

Nostr is like putting things on a telephone pole on a busy street corner. You would never do this if you wanted to be “safe”.

How nostr works is not conducive to safety. Users are second class and Relays are first class.

We should look to other protocols for safe and private communication where users have control of their data. Something like Urbit or maybe the next iteration of SSB https://www.manyver.se/blog/2024-03-05

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Discussion

rabble 1y ago

I respect Andre a lot and build an ssb app. I think he’s made some trade offs which make ppppp much harder to implement than is needed.

τέχνη 1y ago

That may be, but I like that he will know first hand because he’s building an app first and learning from that experience.

I think he just has the correct requirements for the use cases!

To have a similar experience on Nostr, you’d need private posts. Definitely possible by sharing read keys around and rotating those but also more of a hassle.