Hashpunk on Nostr: When a new user (or company, #politician, #activist group) finds out they can’t ...

When a new user (or company, #politician, #activist group) finds out they can’t permanently delete their own #nostr posts what’s the incentive to continue? Yes you can’t be censored but what about when it involves evidence that could be used in court? If anyone can setup a relay who’s stopping the #NSA from logging all posts similar to what they do with #tor exit relays? In a world where you can be jailed for a “tweet” people hesitate to contribute to a platform that doesn’t give them the confidence to know that if they delete something it’s not going to pop up on a relay somewhere else down the line should public narrative change. Which it does often. You end up in one of two camps. They both have drawbacks. A: you speak freely but can’t link it to your identity so nobody #IRL around you can recognize you and recommend you for similar projects, people, communities, etc. (see #satoshi ) or B: you link your profile to your identity and only say “safe” topics and mute your #freedom so you can operate in #commerce and you avoid what the #canadian tuckers went through with having their #bank accounts shut down. The good news is that if there’s a community of people who’s aware of this and trying to solve this problem it’s hard to find a better place than nostr. Once the deletion problem is solved the floodgates of adoption will open. I would love to be wrong about this. Please #changemymind