Nostr (“Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays”) – An Introduction
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Nostr (“Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays”) – An Introduction
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Re: Nostr (“Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays”) – An Introduction
#2Super elegant vision. Would love this to gain traction.
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#3Saying "I don't want censorship" is equivalent to saying "I'm fine with people using my tool for coffee meetups, genocide planning, bridge club, and drug deals." It's an attempted handwashing of moral responsibility under the cover of software purity.
At this point, it's pretty well documented that social media _as a tool_ has increased young female mental illness; the question is only "how much" [1]. To try to wave away responsibility for this by saying "but I'm just making a tool!" is beyond irresponsible at this point; it's morally reprehensible.
[1]: https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/social-media-mental-ill...
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#4Saying "I don't want censorship" is equivalent to saying "I'm fine with people using my tool for coffee meetups, genocide planning, bridge club, and drug deals." It's an attempted handwashing of moral responsibility under the cover of software purity. At this point, it's pretty well documented that social media _as a tool_ has increased young female mental illness; the question is only "how much" [1]. To try to wave…
Social media as a tool strikes me as the same kind of argument as “REAL socialism hasn’t been tried yet”
It doesn’t feel at all to me that there are any social media platforms that function at all like tools but rather data vampires attempting to addict at any cost” and so Haidt’s mention of increased suicide rate is unfortunately not at all a surprise.
Sorry if this sounds harsh but calling platforms in the zeitgeist at this moment in time as tools is simply naive.
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#5Saying "I don't want censorship" is equivalent to saying "I'm fine with people using my tool for coffee meetups, genocide planning, bridge club, and drug deals." It's an attempted handwashing of moral responsibility under the cover of software purity. At this point, it's pretty well documented that social media _as a tool_ has increased young female mental illness; the question is only "how much" [1]. To try to wave…
> media _as a tool_ has increased young female mental illness
Why should this be solved by discouraging censorship-resistant tools?
Re: Nostr (“Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays”) – An Introduction
#6Saying "I don't want censorship" is equivalent to saying "I'm fine with people using my tool for coffee meetups, genocide planning, bridge club, and drug deals." It's an attempted handwashing of moral responsibility under the cover of software purity. At this point, it's pretty well documented that social media _as a tool_ has increased young female mental illness; the question is only "how much" [1]. To try to wave…
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Re: Nostr (“Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays”) – An Introduction
#7What is the best Nostr web client?
Re: Nostr (“Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays”) – An Introduction
#8Saying "I don't want censorship" is equivalent to saying "I'm fine with people using my tool for coffee meetups, genocide planning, bridge club, and drug deals." It's an attempted handwashing of moral responsibility under the cover of software purity. At this point, it's pretty well documented that social media _as a tool_ has increased young female mental illness; the question is only "how much" [1]. To try to wave…
Arguably, the erosion of mental health could be laid at the feet of greedy corporations using algos to push hate, and division for eyeballs to advertisers.
Isn't Nostr algo free? Isn't it just a messaging service?
Re: Nostr (“Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays”) – An Introduction
#9How is this different than Secure Scuttlebutt? I remember following that for a while. Dominic Tarr invented that.
Also Dat / Hypercore from Matthias Mullie, powering Beaker Browser
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#10As a crypto-skeptic (lol), I really like Nostr. Unfortunately, I don't think it will catch on until someone takes the time to shave off the sharp technical edges and figure out spam + identity verification. The current Nostr network is full of cult-like bitcoin cryptobros, racist Twitter/Fediverse refugees, and spam. Lots, and lots of spam. But the technology is cool af and could be made into something more.