yeah fair point, and I do think there are a lot more 小粉 than 五毛 these days
The review I've been looking for has finally come in. Thank you nostr:npub1zqsu3ys4fragn2a5e3lgv69r4rwwhts2fserll402uzr3qeddxfsffcqrs for communing with the elders in Zhongnanhai, Communist Aftermath version.
The review I've been looking for has finally come in. Thank you nostr:npub1zqsu3ys4fragn2a5e3lgv69r4rwwhts2fserll402uzr3qeddxfsffcqrs for communing with the elders in Zhongnanhai, Communist Aftermath version.
Will try to be there!
The porn thing is sus lol. or it seemed sus, I think on X or other places, someone would drown out critical hashtags with pornbots. I think now the government understands that the play is to empower a bunch of TikTokers with well-established followings to make videos etc. but who knows who is really doing all these things. Maybe it is just some SEO-junkie lol and my conspiracy hivemind needs to simplify.
Yeah, I had noticed the huge amounts of spam when I manually searched, but actually the method I used seem to only return posts that seemed genuine. Unless the spam has evolved to the point where I failed the Turing test numerous times lol
I wrote a review of Resistance Money on Forbes. Overall, I recommend it for every bookshelf, and I think it fits a new era of deeper Bitcoin books on every topic, from its history to its geography.
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Thanks for sharing Daniel, and for providing the initial spark to how I might get some of this data!
In general, Chinese people are using relays that are not taken down to access Nostr without VPN. The Chinese government does block specific relays (ex: the default relays that Damus used on launch)
My only response to this: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=EX5hcbzZCow
I think there's acknowledgement of that, but users are aware from what I can see that nothing they post is private on Nostr. I don't see people using their real names and there's a tendency to use some desktop clients (phones are registered to real IDs).
Actually a big concern has been getting relay access without VPNs. Technically VPNs are illegal as well and make content choppy.
Having said that, user privacy is a huge concern and a slipup would be dangerous, yes. There is room to do more work educating people on that for sure. That said, it's a lot harder to tie down who you are from a private key - which is why a lot of Chinese people still transact with BTC/USDT despite the risk. Versus X or any other apps tend to need some way to communicate with you ex: email that can tie you down.
Not sure, though I've seen people talk about relays and different apps for different uses including nostr:npub1nz64zngcqm8vj8nhrdkcjpfwn2rcaqysnxec88tqfclp5afrpglsqm0w5y, nostr:npub1wnwwcv0a8wx0m9stck34ajlwhzuua68ts8mw3kjvspn42dcfyjxs4n95l8 and nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955.
I didn't want to get too specific as it does appear the Chinese government understands relays/apps and takes them down.
I wrote about the mainland Chinese who are using Nostr, educating each other how to use it, to talk about their daily lives and other uncensored thoughts.
Hattip to nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s as always for his stories and anecdotes, and nostr:npub13v47pg9dxjq96an8jfev9znhm0k7ntwtlh9y335paj9kyjsjpznqzzl3l8 for helping me carve a path to getting this data.
Is anyone using Nostr Nests consistently? I'd love to explore hosting more content there.
I'm seeing a lot of left vs. right outlets engaged in political warfare cheer on their side and say it has a positive path forward. None more notable than the Guardian, which is trying to paint Labour's likely forthcoming victory as anything more than victory by default on a very unpopular incumbent controller of the money printer.
It's a deep mistake to make. The state has seldom been more unconstrained since COVID, with massive debt and fiscal spending, after a round of warfare by proxy, pandemic restrictions, and some amount of energy capping in the pursuit of a global transition to a different energy mix. Yet every incumbent associated with that is deeply unpopular. Electing people who will make the same sort of decision path is likely going to prove to be unpopular as well. It turns out inflation makes it nearly impossible to govern for a long time - something countries like China have more than ample experience with (ex: Ming Dynasty -> Yuan Dynasty, CCP victory over Nationalists).