Iām loving the weather right now! Gets cold at night tho. š©
#Welcome to the new folks joining #nostr today! Itās a good vibe over here. I hope that you enjoy it.
Carl yesterday living his best life. #catstr #carlstr 
Charging $1 a year to Tweet and Retweet may not seem like a lot, however optics matter. It sets the stage to charge more in the future, it makes the service no longer free, and most importantly, it makes Twitter no longer the public square where anyone is able to freely talk - a point in which Elon likes to state, but continues to erode.
While on the NOSTR we happily Zap developers more than $1 worth of sats quite often and some could agree that it's a similar task to paying a measily 4000 sats, it's not. It's not a requirement. It's not forced. The NOSTR is completely free and open. The openness is the difference. The NOSTR is the public square.
https://fortune.com/2023/10/17/twitter-x-charging-new-users-1-dollar-year-to-tweet/
It will help with bots and CSAM (a high percentage of the CSAM bots and various types of CSE distributed on X are from those areas) without requiring an ID (for now) CSE Bots typically sell/distribute the CSE links with 5k-15k abuse images/videos.
Itās for new accounts so this targets those issues specifically. When they remove accounts new accounts will face a bit of friction returning. They will probably change their tactics as a result of the credit card and the $1.
There was an issue going on last month with bots tweeting CSAM links 100 times per minute under a hashtag used for a word that most folks use everyday. This has happened previously, not just under Elons leadership. (Iām not at liberty to discuss that specific situation any further in public)
Iād rather have them do the credit card over ID but required ID is coming either way, globally.
On the flip side, I donāt like it from a broader human rights perspective. Everyone doesnāt have a credit card and I believe those individuals still deserve an opportunity to speak and I donāt trust X to keep that credit card information safe. Grateful that Nostr exists!
If nostr gets to the size of X or anywhere near it there will be similar problems, unfortunately.
Instead of looking at the situation and thinking about X, Iām looking at it like, āIf CSE bot farms leave X because it becomes too costly or dangerous where will they go? Will they come to Nostr? Is Nostr prepared for the problem?ā
I donāt think that the CSE bots will come to Nostr right now because there arenāt enough active usersā¦ yet. No shade. I hope that Iām right about that one. I might not be tho.
#gm to the beautiful people on the nostr 
Think about checking Instagram and if you donāt have an account the freelancers would have an email in the bio.
Depending on the size of the group and the style desired a MAC could accommodate for $50 per face and often times those artists freelance as well. Excited to see the looks! š
Sunset tonight. š„ 
Heās living his best life. Itās a gorgeous day so Iām happy that heās stomping around. š
One of the last fields standing. Beautiful day outside today! 
I feel personally attacked šš©
Look who I found out roaming, Carl #carlstr 
Iām not even sure how I got hooked on my pronunciation but itās a fun word to say either way š
Thatās what I always wanted for Twitter btw. Sadly I didnāt realize that what I wanted wasnāt possible there. Iām grateful to have found where itās possible.
People talk trash on Nostr because they think that itās a ābitcoin meme circle jerk.ā
But when I see Nostr I donāt see it like that. I see the potential for some of the worlds most vulnerable getting an opportunity to speak, truly speak.
Yāall just holding down the fort with the bitcoin memes until they get here. Thatās all lol. Keep building! nostr:note17rdjkh0larqqfwyu5uwv4xcpc2k09g8lhlngan252j7apq3l84sszgnsxv
I say it, ānahsterā
The ostrich doesnāt work the other ways of saying it. Just saying. š š»