Not sure where to jump in so I'll do it at the top. I think you raise a lot of good points, I try to direct my zaps to mostly people writing code with a little bit for the best memes (because I think we need to seed our ideas culturally to keep making progress). That said its not a whole lot, its hard for me to justify just randomly zapping around, at every post I read.

I think we need something like, finished consumer products and services being delivered via nostr to actually drive the economy here. I don't think merch does it, I'm not buying a fucking sticker, and you'll have to seriously impress me to buy art because I have limited wall space and its mostly filled with tightly selected stuff (theme, color palette, medium), and I don't think most people even care about stuff. I can't even justify paying for a podcast or someone's take on where we are going, macro, politics etc. because I genuinely think they are all toolbags that think they are the wrench.

I'd pay someone in sats for high quality food like free range eggs and bacon, I'd pay someone in sats to render cleaning or lawn care services, I'd even zap peter McCormick if he'd just post some clips from his football team. I'll say, we need some very creative people to make soverignity and freedom cool, like system of a down and rage against the machine back in the early 2000's cool, I just havent seen it yet.

I think to make up for the shortcomings in the near term, we need to make relay operation cheaper, and I think that looks like scaling solutions, and to sound like a broken record we need to integrate keet.io to take the burden off relays. We need to turn nostr into a handshake and use other protocols to bypass relays after the handshake is made. Lower cost relays -> higher profit margins -> stabilized economy that isn't having the lifeblood sucked out of it by AWS.

This is genius. I’m just a survivor advocate so I can only take the conversation so far on my end. The tech based solutions will have to come from those who understand what’s possible. I can’t offer that.

What I can say is that on a personal level I care deeply about freedom. I don’t want to see #nostr or #bitcoin get a bad reputation as a result of poor planning.

If abusers use zaps on Nostr to distribute and purchase illegal content, that’s what the public will remember. That’s what they will be told goes on here by governments and the corporate press.

The corporate press won’t probably write about a survivor sharing their story and being allowed to speak without the fear of censorship at the hands of the powerful or the most beautiful parts about Nostr.

Negative press could be used as a reason to explain why this type of freedom “shouldn’t be encouraged or allowed.” Those seeking power and control have an interest in maintaining their power. If the public uses corporate tech platforms, the governments still have some control over the voices of the people. Some countries have more censorship options than others.

I’ve played the movie forward because I care. I’d expect the most aggressive attacks from the governments and corporate press imaginable (just like with Ross but worse) and they will use the very real crimes against children as an excuse.

Get ahead of all of it. Do whatever is possible to brace for impact.

Protect your freedom like adults, not because it’s fun, this conversation sucks actually, but because you care more about freedom than fun. When you realize what is at stake you move differently. 💜 nostr:note1f3jhpn0f0lls3gapum64jk22ta703gys92pvpsxh7ls0da6ad9hsxe36tt

I know Southwest is due to this dumb combination. . And other routine overbooking airlines (spirit, frontier) suffer similar fates

1. Pick a seat boarding

2. Planes that cant fit carryons, necessitating late checked luggage at the gate by C group on every flight

3. Only one gate attendant (labor cutbacks) and that one person had to wheel all the wheelchair people down the ramp.

Late flights compound through day. Pilot hours restricted. I absolutely would not fly in evening if avoidable.

This is one option that was discussed early on.

I think that all options should be explored NOW.

I can’t say that fast enough or loud enough. It’s annoying and a bummer I get it. I want to have a party where I celebrate and posts cats and memes too but there will be no one around to celebrate with besides bad actors if the most pressing issues aren’t addressed. Illegal content should be first to address on the list always. Outside of the box thinking and aggressive solutions will be required.

Let’s put it this way, if I’m here and if I’m talking about it…. There are thousands if not more trying to figure out how to best exploit this system for nefarious purposes.

I’m not in tech or I’d be building my damn self right now. 😂

Nostr is an opportunity to show how it can be done correctly. I can personally walk at anytime. I have no skin in the game and will lose nothing by walking.

That’s fine but I feel a deep sense of responsibility to protect the space not for myself but for those who need to speak freely globally currently and in the future.

Tossing my hands up and saying “can’t do anything about it.” would be lazy. I think that anyone who does that is larping that they want freedom because they are unwilling to do anything to protect it.

I’m grateful that you folks are interested in the conversation. That gives me hope. 💜

Anarchy doesn’t have any longevity unless there is a culture of personal responsibility and cultural norms.

I can mute a few users but if it was at a massive scale like 100k mutes a day, it would be unusable for most.

If the solution is to tell public figures that Nostr is usable but only if you are anon, so be it. That could be one solution.

Nostr allows for the freedom. I’m interested in the conversations surrounding how to protect the freedom now that I have it for myself and others.

If there are no police and content moderation teams (which I’m pretty ok with that’s why I’m here) then I’m willing to take personal responsibility to finding solutions even if it requires being slightly uncomfortable while finding them. It’s kind of fun thinking outside of the corporate tech box!

I’d personally like to see this work. It would be nice to show that social media can work without a boot on the throat. 😂

IMHO banning accounts should be a matter of users, not apps.

Risks… what if someone tries to publish CP or some other horrible content?

For this reason I’m thinking it would be read-only for subscribers which would protect us from bad actors.

And I agree… relay centralization is a big risk. And it seems no one is supporting relay operators which has me concerned for the future of the ecosystem.

Wow this is a really cool site/resource. I’ll add this to whynostr.com

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Maybe instead of asking ‘what brought you to #nostr?’ We should start asking, ‘what would make you stay, contribute more, encourage others to join #nostr?’ I will start this #welcome

this is probably the closest we’ve got as a chance to take mining mainstream