If I make something public, can't be mad if someone uses that information 🤷♂️. Beauty of nostr is that I have full control over what I make public 😎
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Isn’t that the case with every single platform out there?
No, idts. Name the platform and they are farming additional data from you without your knowledge (location, DMs, etc). On most platforms I might think something is private, but it's actually being sold to advertisers. That's only possible on Nostr with closed source clients that do shady things.
Everything you do here is on relays.. closed or open source means nothing
It means literally everything. I know the notes that I'm signing, making public, and posting to relays. That's the entire point. On closed platforms you have zero control over that process.
We’re not in disagreement …
All good. Just want to make sure passerbys understand there is a massive data sovereignty difference between close sourced, centralized platforms and Nostr. It's night and day.
People selling your public data farmed off nostr relays is not the same as what takes place on something like Gmail, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok.
You're in the driver seat on Nostr. On the others you're more like a doped up passenger in the backseat.
Not really, you should ran a server so you can see how many stuff you’re giving them. Soon Bill Gates, Elon and Jack gonna run the biggest nostr server and bum you lost it again.
I do run a relay. I'm only giving them the data that I want to be public. It's night and day different. I don't think you understand how much an app like TikTok or Facebook spy on you...
Yeah I understand that’s why I don’t install them on my mobile. #nostr still has many flaws that can be abused by many abusers, like spammers. Watchers can see all you query or see. I can query your PM metadata. Just to list some of the weakness.
I just don't agree with the classifications of "flaws" and/or "abuse". Both are misleading and inaccurate.
They insinuate something was promised and not delivered or that something is broken.
When your client publishes unencrypted data to a relay, that information is public. People will consume, query, and datamine public information you publish to the internet. That's no more a flaw than "if you scream something out your window, your neighbors might listen". It's just the reality of the activity your engaging in.
On Nostr, I decide what I want to scream out my window. The decision isn't made for me by some mega-corp.