Nah, I completely disagree. Nostr is a protocol which means there can and should be countless interoperable apps that serve different purposes.
Exactly. That’s why we have only one type of messenger app. (I can finally delete FB Messenger, Telegram, Signal, Line, Viber, and WhatsApp)
Guess it won’t be long before there is only a single choice of Android phone and one Windows notebook on the market. Human nature just naturally eliminating competition.
Look forward to seeing that. 🤙🏼
Pretty cynical. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Advocate for relay diversification and build that recommendation service. Somebody should build a relay discovery and info website that has the attributes of each. #positivity
Is it intentional? I don’t know of a single client that disallows configuration of a user’s preferred relays. There is no centralized catalog of available relays (paid or unpaid) but there is also nothing stopping anybody from creating that. It’s been all of 10 weeks since the first clients gained widespread use.
Using alpha/beta versions isn’t for everybody.
Ability to configure a network of trust is really great. I think options for a user to set who they want to engage with would go a long way. Users could choose clients/apps that they knew supported those features.
So, it’s a
Choice of public or private, but always with sender revealed?
Making it sustainable. One time payment for unlimited duration of service isn’t a sustainable model.
We’re developing a version of this in a client. I’m thinking about it as two decisions to make.
1: Public Zap or Private Zap
2: Reveal Sender or Anonymous
Separate would be a old standard lightning tip.
Does that sound right?
Maybe. Some of my colleagues in Belgrade will probably attend.
Giving user control and configuration options always seems like the right way to go.
Interesting. I never tried to use lightning until recently.
No. I have been back since last September.
Yea, I have a condo in Sukhumvit Phrom Phong area.
Oh wow. I didn’t realize it was that regulated there.
The ActivityPub guy jumping onboard the moving Nostr train.
December 31, 2022 👀
“It’s fragmentation and division, from a person who is incapable of (or doesn’t want to) work within an existing ecosystem.” … “So what’s my position on Nostr? No thanks.”
February 26, 2023 👀
“It seems like only a matter of time until it overtakes the Fediverse, and I’d rather be a part of it than get left behind.”
“So the first thing I’ve decided to do is build a bridge.”
https://developer.tbd.website/projects/web5/
They claim both decentralized identify and decentralized personal datastore as their goal.
Getzion.com is an example of DID used with decentralized datastore model. There is nothing specific about DID that requires it to be implemented with centralized platforms.
It is a bit confusing to show all three. Also confusing that most clients show only the nip05domain instead of user@nip05domain.com.
However, not everybody has a nip05. The purpose of nip05 (and any badge representing nip05) gets watered down when anybody can get a public nip05 from a client app or service. It’s only really useful to show that somebody is affiliated with a domain that is not a public service.
A brief rant about people confusing an protocol with a corporate social media platform.
Blaming a protocol for a user’s speech is like blaming the dictionary for an article or book you don’t like. Nostr is a simple protocol. Developers and users may have a certain idealized purpose in mind, but it isn’t a magical solution for the bad behavior on other social media platforms in and of itself.
Developers and operators of clients/relays that make use the protocol will shape what is possible. User behavior sets the tone of the community and that has nothing to do with the protocol.
Free and open communication on public Nostr relays means that a person can expect just about anything. Just like a person can get on a soapbox in Central Park or Pier 39 and rant about whatever. That’s censorship-resistance.
It doesn’t mean everyone has to be forced to listen or engage with content they find objectionable. That’s where open write/open read, private write/open read, and private write / private read will come in. Along with private relays will come moderation. It is inevitable if people want to enjoy themselves without being subjected to trolls and spam.
The difference with Nostr is that you can, for the most part, keep your social graph and post your content on another relay. You can also setup your own relay if everyone is truly not allowing your speech. That’s it. That’s what censorship-resistant means (to me anyway). You can write a note, but you can’t force a relay operator to publish it, and you can’t force other users to read or engage with it.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
A brief rant about people confusing an protocol with a corporate social media platform.
Blaming a protocol for a user’s speech is like blaming the dictionary for an article or book you don’t like. Nostr is a simple protocol. Developers and users may have a certain idealized purpose in mind, but it isn’t a magical solution for the bad behavior on other social media platforms in and of itself.
Developers and operators of clients/relays that make use the protocol will shape what is possible. User behavior sets the tone of the community and that has nothing to do with the protocol.
Free and open communication on public Nostr relays means that a person can expect just about anything. Just like a person can get on a soapbox in Central Park or Pier 39 and rant about whatever. That’s censorship-resistance.
It doesn’t mean everyone has to be forced to listen or engage with content they find objectionable. That’s where open write/open read, private write/open read, and private write / private read will come in. Along with private relays will come moderation. It is inevitable if people want to enjoy themselves without being subjected to trolls and spam.
The difference with Nostr is that you can, for the most part, keep your social graph and post your content on another relay. You can also setup your own relay if everyone is truly not allowing your speech. That’s it. That’s what censorship-resistant means (to me anyway). You can write a note, but you can’t force a relay operator to publish it, and you can’t force other users to read or engage with it.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯