Well just started by sending your donation back. Don't accept sats from people who's kink is calling others out

So I have a totally different perspective on this. I do not believe that moderated communities on nostr are 'censorship'. On the contrary, I think that independently-governed spaces are (and will increasingly become) one of the most important tools we have in the fight *against* censorship.

I will explain how I came to that conclusion, but first let me try to steelman what I think you're saying.

Reddit has obviously been crippled by censorship. Like, it's is basically a psyop at this point. So I 100% agree with you that if nostr communities are implemented in the same way that reddit communities are implemented, nostr will, sooner or later, slide down the path of becoming censorious and irrelevant just like reddit.

So why do I think sub-communities on nostr will *not* lead to censorship?

It comes down to nostr's architecture. The fact is, all data on nostr is public and uncensorable by default because notes are signed and distributed redundantly across multiple relays. Therefore, on it's not possible for the mod of a nostr community to delete your post or ban you without everyone knowing. Unlike reddit, mod actions on nostr are 100% transparent, and mods are therefore accountable for the actions they take. Satellite's interface displays a *public modqueue* for every nostr community. Mods are replaceable because communities are forkable.

I'm sure you'd agree that it's necessary to delete spam, right? If there isn't some mechanism in place to delete spam, every feed in every community would be 100% ads. Right now we're all relying on relays to fight the spam battle, but that won't work forever. This leads me back to my point about why I think communities on nostr are actually a way to prevent censorship.

Censorship prevents communication. One way of preventing communication is by silencing people. Denying people the ability to speak. Signal *blocking*.

What's less obvious is that another way to censor people is by signal *jamming*. They way you do that is by increasing the noise. Imagine trying to be heard in a room of a thousand people all shouting at the top of their lungs.

It comes down to signal/noise ratio. Whether you reduce the signal or increase the noise, the result is the same.

Nostr already does a relatively good job defending against signal blocking, but we're still vulnerable to signal jamming in the form of unmitigated spam and potentially even AI-powered psyops. My viewpoint is that communities (transparently curated and moderated by humans) are how we scale nostr while making it *more* censorship-resistant.

I'm the developer of Satellite (I just pushed and update with these nostr communities yesterday). I want to avoid this being something that divides nostr. If you disagree with my reasoning I want to understand why. nostr:note1vgtuq6rpyy2ycru23gtj7qhaj2p7mlml29sd7zkyte2lphrfa4csz5favv

I want to cover every square inch (cm) of my walls in art.

This is my current shower routine, at the beginning of the year I finally threw out all plastic products from my showering process. I’ve decided to remove plastic from my personal life more and more, if not absolute necessary. And it’s getting better!

I believe that sustainable living can be achieved, 1. by more possibilities 2. by changing simple things/habits in lifestyle over time.

Living more in balance with nature is not always easy. But there are ways to figure out and it will, as many things, get easier over time.💚

Now I want to try out how to make my own soap…🧼 and getting more in touch with what my hair really needs.🌿

#grownostr #greenlife

Other's tried this approach before. Not thrilled about it. Better to have an in-app donate option I think

Weird idea: make the Amethyst version is the PlayStore a paid app. This should "force" most people to install Obtainium and update via APK because its free and Android users hate paying for apps. Both the play store and Obtainium would be the exact same app shipped by the same person at the same time.

If you like Google's lock in, you are free to pay and help fund the project. If not, the alternative is just clicks away.

What do you all think? Will this help people decentralize themselves? Or are most folks not ready to de-google themselves?

Weird idea: make the Amethyst version is the PlayStore a paid app. This should "force" most people to install Obtainium and update via APK because its free and Android users hate paying for apps. Both the play store and Obtainium would be the exact same app shipped by the same person at the same time.

If you like Google's lock in, you are free to pay and help fund the project. If not, the alternative is just clicks away.

What do you all think? Will this help people decentralize themselves? Or are most folks not ready to de-google themselves?

Orange pilled my Brother in law you know what to do #Plebchain introduce him to #Nostr via Zaps

slywrist56@walletofsatoshi.com

Isn't RFK east of the Atlantic?

Negotiations with Putin successful?

Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has confirmed that his forces have halted their advance toward Moscow.

“We’re turning around our convoys and going in the opposite direction," he said in a voice message published by his Concord firm.

My 12 yr. old asked me how does Wallet of Satoshi work? She’s still very new on her #bitcoin  journey and I’m so excited that she’s showing more interest. She just downloaded her first wallet. Can y’all help me teach her and zap her a few Sats? 🙏🏻⚡️

Let us have a moment of silence for our Damus using Nostriches that updated and lost the ability to Zap notes today. 🫂😭

(They can still Zap profiles on Damus and of course via other clients.)

I followed the developments sporadically throughout the years.

Wagner is also very interesting to look at.

And the Ukraine conflict too.

It's the biggest conflagration in Europe since ww2, I live in Europe. It's kinda strongly related to my life and future 🤷🏻