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humblepardon
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all nostr clients use algorithms

most just choose the algorithm of sorting messages in timestamp order

this is the most neutral algorithm, it’s attractive ideologically

it’s a stark contrast to the corporate-controlled engagement algorithms we’re accustomed to on the rest of the web. It feels like a breath of fresh air. it makes nostr feel peaceful

but it also makes it hard to find areas of activity and energy which might match my interests. what happened while I was gone? what do I not know about yet, but might I find interesting?

if an algorithm is designed to attempt to bait me into anger/rage for the purposes of serving me an ad, then this is an algorithm I would like the power to opt out of. It’s designed to serve me an ad, not to inform me

I want to choose algorithms that serve my interest to learn from people I trust (e.g. show me the notes from people I don’t follow, but who are most zapped by people I have zapped; surface notes that are replies to notes I may have seen and zapped but which are gaining a lot of zaps/replies themselves)

we can create algorithms that serve the needs of users and not the needs of corporations. They can be transparent (how do they work?) and pluggable (add/remove which algorithms you see fit). This is a different approach with different incentives from any existing algorithms in social media. “Show me the incentives I’ll show you the outcome.” We’ve never seen the outcome with this set of incentives.

I want a nostr that’s more alive and points me towards hubs of energy/activity, but is structured in service of me

Chronological timeline also favors spammy posters unfortunately. It's natural because it mimics communication in the real world, but isn't the most useful.

I've tested this and it works (you'll be credited with esats). You have to wait 10 confirmations though because of how Fedimint works.

Harbor according to the podcast. I can't seem to find it though (source code may not be published yet).

I still can't believe how colossally stupid renaming Twitter to X was

Fedimint + lightning is awesome

Soon we'll know what companies to avoid this year

Money laundering is a made up crime that exists solely to justify spying on people

Nice article today from James Lavish asking if Social Security is a scam. Short answer: it is.

https://jameslavish.substack.com/p/is-social-security-doomed

To some extent yes, but do you by any chance use an exchange with an on-chain withdrawal feature? What if that was made illegal?

Recommended listen about financial surveillance: https://overcast.fm/+OeR2gbHGU

Zapped, but can you elaborate a bit on why you think it's a step backwards?

Do Ethereum ETFs mean Blackrock can effectively take over the network by acquiring the most stake?

Yeah, that I'm not sure about. They have adaptive block sizes to handle more transactions, but then there's blockchain bloat. It may be theoretically possible to build a type of lightning network on XMR.

Sure, but those are pretty much the same arguments used against BTC early on, and even today to some extent.

Vast majority of vendors don't accept bitcoin, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't work towards using it as a payment mechanism.

FWIW the more I see governments trying to ban Monero, the more I want to use it.