Compromised in the sense that even an uncensored decentralized social media can be "censored" by its user base, aka popular or deluded humans just being human, as opposed to say, investigative independent journalism which takes more work on Level Advance.
Haha, that wins.
Does it take into consideration the incredibly powerful, well-established and strategic US media propaganda that controls us all?
More here:
https://media.ditto.pub/d872b3297220b7b424148ad1a76a508056c2843793b439a4cb762970228e95ab.mp4
That's what I thought was true and wanted to be true, but would now say that isn't true at all.
"Although libertarianism originated as a form of anarchist or left-wing politics,[70][71] the development... resulted in libertarianism's being commonly associated with right-wing politics..." (Wiki)
Which brings me to my theory that the Right and Left are the same two-headed beast but that is a WHOLE OTHER topic.
While I LOVE that Nostr doesn't have an 'algorithmic filter-bubble,' that doesn't address the issue of the user base or potential user base which can cause the entire "uncensored decentralized" premise to collapse.
Hacker News:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35692878
This is what I keep trying to say. I have no problem with trolls and I thrive on different viewpoints... The problem is when an entire site is compromised. Or in the case of the decentralized social medias, claiming to be non-censored while the platform favors certain group/s.
Really? Well, I'm definitely not a Leftist. I spent the last four years publishing exposés by independent journalists on the crimes and scandals of the Biden Harris admin... Now it's Trump's turn. But I'm not sure how that would work on Nostr with my posts offending the majority of the user base, which isn't fun for anyone.
(Hope you don't mind a long reply, not aimed at you at all, just expressing thoughts and interested in what others think.)
But that's just one issue. If I watch a geopolitical analysis on YouTube, for example, chat replies might be liberal, conservative, non-political, religious, atheist, random fringe, extremist, and everything else from people around the world... And that's exactly what I want to see. I can also more easily blend in and not be a troll magnet.
On Nostr, there's a noticeable presence of "America first," Right wing (moderate and otherwise), and even White Supremacists, even if that crowd is sort of swept into the corner. And with relatively narrow interests (Bitcoin, tech, and homesteading.) While like-minded communities are vital, so is a larger wide-ranging ecosystem to avoid a stale echo chamber which can be cruel to those who don't comply (like Bluesky). I also think it's outdated as the world moves toward multi-polarity and a global internet.
I love the whole non-censored premise of Nostr, and the community is kind and helpful through the painful onboarding, but after the honeymoon wears off, the isolated political bent is a fatal flaw for me personally, at least for now.
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What if I'm not a board member of either side and just want to post the news? Somehow that gets me more trolls than friends.
We all make terrible mistakes.
Like every person and object hasn't heard that about themselves before.
Imagine being happy on a social media.
And Telegram. Lol.
That's the exact thing I love about Nostr... that there are people criticizing it.
Have yallz considered that the hate rhetoric is just a reaction to the word police or just the reverse equivalent of liberals and not a genuine response which contributes to genuine human connection?
LOL. Nice to meet you.
My goal is to not dread signing in to a social media. Is that too much to ask? I feel like that's too much to ask.
At this point, I'm using Telegram as a gauge for being both user-friendly and promoting free speech. While not perfect (thankfully), it seems to be working fine there.
I would say Mastodon sacrificed decentralized principles. I went to sign up and was immediately met with an endless list of rules, one of which is no posting "misinformation." Instant turn off. Who decides what's misinformation?