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I love #Nostr, but let’s not fool ourselves that intermediaries will completely go away. They will hopefully be better intermediaries that provide greater value to both parties, but unless everyone runs their own lightning node, relay, and other parts of the stack, there will still need to be trust in some third-parties.

Not saying this is a bad thing, and I know that a Nostr client like Damus is sooooooo much different and better than Twitter, I’m just pointing it out as something to think about

Zach 2y ago

Agree with all of this. It has potential to be a massive improvement - it already is in many ways. But trust in third parties to some extent seems inevitable.

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Zach 2y ago

And I think this is fine. Social media probably doesn't have to be purely decentralized to fix a lot of the big problems with it. Controlling your own data and speech and being to take it with you wherever you go on the internet is a massive improvement.

The ability to vote with your feet is also vital. Don't like an algorithm in this client? Switch. Don't like the blocklists on this relay? Switch.

The concern about shared blocklists between major relays is real. But I have to believe that a *demand* for relays that don't participate in the censorship will drive their development. #plebchain #nostr #[0]