Bluesky’s separation of moderation from hosting does reduce the chance of that pretty substantially. Unlike mastodon, where everyone is constantly screaming for servers to block each other, users can opt to do so without the operator taking that decision. Sure, the operator could as well, but the fact that they don’t have to (even if they think the content is objectionable) is pretty important imo.

But the only thing that sets nostr apart here is that clients connect to multiple servers. That’s….a very simple feature to add to any social protocol? They could just add that and be done with it and then we’d have nothing. Not sure they will, but…

All it takes is one person to stand up and build a new app with a different server and that goes away. It’s very centralized in practice today yea, but that can change fast…..or not. Depends on whether someone pushes it.

I don’t really understand this kind of criticism (and not to pick on Will here, it seems to be from ~everyone).

Bluesky took a different approach - first build a product people want whose technology supports decentralization, and add the features the geeks want later. It’s easy to shit on their lack of decentralization, but Bluesky has made clear and consistent progress on that front since day one, and I assume they will continue to do so.

The result has been a product that’s growing (those user stats are pretty realistic, doubly so when you look at the number of accounts actually posting real content) way more than nostr with tons of anti-centralization features that nostr is missing (anyone can create a feed algorithm, and there are many, decentralized content tagging is a really cool innovation - different “adult content” tagging services, opt-in different moderation services, etc).

The federated model of Mastodon led to a trainwreck of fiefdoms run by weirdly obsessive and controlling mods, but Bluesky took that and addressed the issues by splitting moderation from hosting.

Sure, Bluesky’s hosting model means you don’t get the relay-redundancy that sets nostr’s censorship resistance apart, but that’s not all that hard to add in the future (with the sync assumption they make making it easier to make efficient, too).

Building the kinds of stuff Bluesky has on nostr is gonna take a huge investment, we can’t leave folks like Will stuck building critical nostr apps by himself. nostr:note1vpteqdxxlgkjndhghhlu4n47aj2sra5vgmdr465y4yfzwcshglvqrqann4

I don’t really understand this kind of criticism (and not to pick on Will here, it seems to be from ~everyone).

Bluesky took a different approach - first build a product people want whose technology supports decentralization, and add the features the geeks want later. It’s easy to shit on their lack of decentralization, but Bluesky has made clear and consistent progress on that front since day one, and I assume they will continue to do so.

The result has been a product that’s growing (those user stats are pretty realistic, doubly so when you look at the number of accounts actually posting real content) way more than nostr with tons of anti-centralization features that nostr is missing (anyone can create a feed algorithm, and there are many, decentralized content tagging is a really cool innovation - different “adult content” tagging services, opt-in different moderation services, etc).

The federated model of Mastodon led to a trainwreck of fiefdoms run by weirdly obsessive and controlling mods, but Bluesky took that and addressed the issues by splitting moderation from hosting.

Sure, Bluesky’s hosting model means you don’t get the relay-redundancy that sets nostr’s censorship resistance apart, but that’s not all that hard to add in the future (with the sync assumption they make making it easier to make efficient, too).

Building the kinds of stuff Bluesky has on nostr is gonna take a huge investment, we can’t leave folks like Will stuck building critical nostr apps by himself. nostr:note1vpteqdxxlgkjndhghhlu4n47aj2sra5vgmdr465y4yfzwcshglvqrqann4

Stole this. No idea who made it. 🤣

RFK Jr. has spent 40 years eroding scientific trust, public health, & spreading conspiracy theories he’s profited from.

Him being HHS Secretary is dangerous.

For us, our health, the planet, science innovation, other countries.

This will cause immense harm.

That is NOT hyperbole.

GM #nostr!

I'm new here and will be looking to share some art I make. I like drawing #DigitalArt with my XP pen tablet, usually on #ClipStudio paint. I also #paint and #crochet.

If you like what you see, I gladly receive ZAPs ;)

Excited to see how this goes. Maybe I can figure out the marketplace since Etsy is crickets.

Propaganda works.

Look how effective it is on our allies is Europe.

There is already a winner of the elections. What is your best expectation about this new Trump government? #asknostr

This is all I see even if I copy the url

Are you sure your not doing something different?

Sweet! How do I get the block and mute events to show up in my feed on Amethyst? Guessing there's a setting I'm overlooking.

I know Amethyst has the thing were if a certain number of accounts you follow block an account the account is hidden for you. The thing I'm talking about is if I block someone, it gets posted to my timeline that I blocked x. Does Amethyst do that as well? Don't think I've ever seen a post like that.

Regarding this conversation I stopped seed oils completely almost 3 years ago and feel no different about it. I am curious of people that say cutting seed oils improves how they feel. That's not the reason you cut them, but rather to avoid further damaging your body and hopefully avoiding a bunch of disease.

ask not what nostr can do for you, ask what you can do for nostr

Fucking based 👀 would love to see a version packaged on start9 or umbrel