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As a user, that sort of moderation isn't my purview. I curate my feed by following the content I want to see and mute the content I explicitly don't. Follower count is irrelevant, everyone is responsible for their own feed.

If something is illegal or spammy, I believe that's up to the relays to handle and filter. If you feel relays are censoring your content, then switch relays or start your own. Same to users who feel a relay is broadcasting content you don't want to see.

In this way, all users, good or bad, have agency over their own voice. Say what you want, but if no one wants to hear you and everyone mutes you, you can still shout into the void to your heart's content.

This isn't a perfect system. But imo it's better than Elon or some other central figure sitting up high dictating what I can or cannot see or hear. With great power comes great responsibility. If one can't handle that responsibility, then they can go cuck themselves on X. Put the responsibility and rights on someone else.

It's all well and good if people want to live under an increasingly large boot and then play pretend online like a freedom video game for escapism. As long as they're honest with themselves about it. But if you want to live in a free world, it requires the responsibility of maintaining one. It's exhausting, yes! Yes it is. Freedom is work, that's why so many don't even want it.

I've spend many years in the "liberty space" freedom, libertarian, anarchist etc. Day one stuff is yay freedom, yay for sharing ideas openly and open commerce. Many stay in day one forever, in their head because day one doesnt manifest into reality. Day two is maintain freedom and maintain societal order. It's hard, it's complicated, it's contentious. Day two and beyond is building the world you want. A free world for you and your loved ones. #freedom #nostr

Blocking is censoring. It is denying a person their voice. Muting simply hides them from your feed but does not limit the other person's voice.

Think of it this way - mute is like you putting in earplugs. Blocking is like you muzzling someone.

Ride on mower required here 😂

I’ve never mowed a lawn and I very weirdly want to.

Block isn't real, since it can always be circumvented. It's a lazy way to remove people from your audience. As in real life, you can't control the actions of others, you can only control your own actions. The affordances we have for protecting ourselves in the digital world are limited by the nature of communication and cryptography.

Regardless of the details I think all of this is about keeping and gaining even more control of the global debate & narrative…

Some high level, hidden deal was struck even before the sale, now they’re trying their methods of moving fast & breaking things, but that does NOT work well any longer because of the percentage who know what it is all about!

So buidling on Nostr, Bitcoin & Lightning is likely the best opportunity since at least around 2005 :-)

Quick question, I have heard every argument imaginable for why the #block feature is needed on #X and other providers…

Can someone give me an honest answer of why they believe they aren’t needed?

I don’t know what I’m missing but I’d like to understand both sides #nostr

All of it

WEF, IRS, 4th Reich, SDG, CEI, SEL

Human Trafficking

Fiat currency

Fractional Reserve Banking

Fiat health

LaHaina DEW

Gnostic religions like Marxism, Trans Ideology

Fraudulent relationships

Impatience

Yeah, all of it

I am not sinless but hay caramba am I sick of the lack of integrity, virtue, truth, beauty and love

#mercy

"Come quickly, Lord Jesus"

Ok #plebs

I'm human

and I gotta say

I am freakin' PISSED at all this crap going on

anyone else or am I alone here?

'causs stuff is is just friggin' BONKERS rn

and I am NOT pleased

#plebchain

I’m not trying to be funny in the slightest…. I love this type of content. ♥️ nostr:note10d0ednrr3srgjdhjg5ynyhldj0v5288mr8ym78r7d0ewn40v3sss26lxtj