RIP Mastodon, long live nostr #[0]
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But Mastodon is larger and light years ahead of nostr and they failed to get mass adoption for the past 10 years
Nostr isnāt far off from mastodon, certainly not ālight yearsā. Things work well here for the most part.
Run your own fedi whatever and let me know what you find
I already know what Iāll find based on what Iāve seen. To this day, ppl struggle to keep instances up. Even tech ppl.
Iām talking about features and management and moderation
The only feature Iām missing is emoji reacts. Iām sure the moderation tools will be sorted soon given the new pressure fedi ppl are putting on the platform.
Not everyone understands the fundamental differences between Mastodon & Nostr.
NVK explained it clearly in the screenshot above.
If not clear enough, people should read below, and ask themselves what's more important: some gimmicks and a slick UX, or a censorship-resistant Free Speech network.
FREEDOM MATTERS.
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr#the-problem-with-mastodon-and-similar-programs
Threads are broken as shit so I canāt see anything but I can only assume Verita is subverting again. Going to start ā”ļøing him on sight.
The problem is, as outline in the pic above, that it's still centralised which doesn't make it censorship resistant or accessible to anyone and everyone. Any network that is aiming at truly free speech but then adds moderating tools (outside of spam control and bot banning perhaps) will fail. The moderation on a truly free platform will come down to the individually user by spending time on filtering (and banning) the content or people they want to see or not see. If that makes any sense.
>Failed to get adoption.
Cloudflare, Facebook, Tumblr. Those are three giants that are actively working on ActivityPub compatibility right now. I think the Facebook one was just announced a couple days ago.
Obviously it hasnāt completely failed. New standards take time to catch on.
