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nostr-auth-enabled is the unlock which prevents the content from being in a silo. Once enabled it can flourish in the ecosystem using relays, blossom, and zaps. It’s not the same old web.

2024-06-13 18:54:06

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I loved del.icio.us and have since moved to pinbord.in
You are definitely onto something here thinking about nostr bookmarks as a product vs bookmarks as a client feature.
Collectively you end up with hiqh quality curated content like this:
https://pinboard.in/popular/
With a native social layer, nostr would be awesome for this - and unkillable.

2024-06-02 21:02:09

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Love this. Although I would argue the value of nostr in this case is not a portable social graph, it’s a portable identity attached to a modular portfolio. The people who attend your events and the people who hire you for commercial work don’t have to know each other even exists.

2024-06-02 19:05:31

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Yeah that’s a good point. Early indications are that the Cara developers are trying to support the platform by making it a talent showcase for hiring/jobs. Definitely different from a direct to consumer or patronage model.

2024-06-02 18:28:09

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The quality I am seeing on Cara is really nice so far. There’s an interesting scenario which could unfold where by building a community of “verified” human artists we are able to more easily see the value of an individual artists work vs the averaging of all art using AI. It could elevate the value of human art.

2024-06-02 18:17:16

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Cara is going to be really interesting to follow. Looks like they are building an artist community where one of the core features being promoted is the detection and blocking of AI generated art. The quality on display there is amazing so far 🍿

2024-06-01 15:48:45

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A worthy companion to this is “responsibility is expensive” - it’s not supposed to be easy or cheap, that’s the point. It’s only available to those who put in the work.

2024-05-30 17:22:08

Argentine authorities are working with El Salvador, a pioneering nation in bitcoin adoption, aiming to boost cryptocurrency adoption in Argentina.
https://reason.com/2024/05/30/argentina-teams-up-with-el-salvador-to-boost-crypto-adoption/

2024-05-24 21:06:12

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Might have been me. I just zapped the note with 2100 sats.

2024-05-24 16:57:47

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Message queues aren’t push?

2024-05-21 19:25:42

Just like we learn to trust, there will not be a “trust algorithm”, it will be data driven for each individual.

2024-05-20 23:18:01

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It was the name of a heart attack inducing appetizer that was served at Chili’s going back to the late 80’s

2024-05-20 23:16:25

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https://image.nostr.build/36af661b193fea9a21871b46cbbac5b58471c085578968cd5f877659201055fb.jpg

2024-05-20 23:12:00

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rofl, that’s the best repo name ever. familiar with the naming convention but that’s a winner.

2024-05-20 17:15:35

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😂 dying at the idea of someone casually throwing this up on a screen and being like “hey check out this little highlight reel from my vacation on the coast this summer”

2024-05-19 17:40:40

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👻

2024-05-19 17:11:19

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I’ve seen the blossom spec on GitHub - is there a reference implementation of a managed server?

2024-05-19 16:58:40

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If you wanna rage quit, do it for real and post your nsec in your farewell.

2024-05-18 04:32:43

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Fair, but that’s half the reason I posted this in the first place. Few of us have time to be contract lawyers, so it’s helpful if we watch out for one another. ✌️

2024-05-18 00:33:57

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When I use a paid service one of the things I assume I am getting in return is privacy and security. If that’s not the case then it should be made clear. It’s all about expectations and trust.

2024-05-17 21:56:24

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They absolutely can, everything here is public. There are already people training models on nostr posts. Nobody here has expectations that they have control over the data they publish once it’s in the wild.

2024-05-17 20:55:54

Slack has been scanning your messages to train its AI models and the only way to stop it is to email them.
This is some bullshit.
https://www.engadget.com/yuck-slack-has-been-scanning-your-messages-to-train-its-ai-models-181918245.html

2024-05-12 16:32:22

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There is no such thing as untrusted.

2024-05-12 15:02:52

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Viewed as a global ledger which has run continuously and precisely for 15 years it is modern marvel. A freakin global state machine.

2024-05-11 23:12:01

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Awww man, it’s a tombstone 🤣 that was not intentional

2024-05-11 18:47:16

The universal feed in nostr is an illusion. This note is performative. It doesn’t belong here. Someone put it here. Everything is curated.

2024-05-11 04:50:22

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I was able to send from Primal to 8333.space:3338 using the QR code to fund my cashu wallet earlier today

2024-05-09 19:52:36

Paywalled interview with Jack Dorsey on The End of Social Media.
I would zap $1 to read it, but I'm not willing to sign up for yet another subscription.
https://www.piratewires.com/p/interview-with-jack-dorsey-mike-solana

2024-05-07 18:55:36

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All good points, and totally worth figuring out for the benefit of both buyers and sellers. All the primitives to make this work are available.

2024-05-06 05:43:54

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Better ways to visualize relationships, traffic, and storage across your notes, relays, and contacts.

2024-05-03 00:38:16

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Top shelf note 😂.
FYI can’t zap you from Primal.

2024-05-02 18:42:33

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Go for it! Smaller domain specific models are a natural path. The more transparent you are about how you are preparing the data and training the models the better. Help educate people on how this stuff works.
Hi nostr… this message will be encoded in the nostr-LLM one day.

2024-05-02 02:21:20

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Totally agree, that’s what caught my attention. He has identified the problem which many open source developers are struggling with, but the solution feels like a return to the past.

2024-05-02 02:02:53

Bruce Perens recently outlined a "Post-Open" vision that aims to compensate developers fairly for their work and provide a more streamlined licensing and compliance model for companies using open source software.
https://www.thestack.technology/open-source-pioneer-perens-says-time-for-post-open/
https://perens.com/static/DEVELOPMENT_LICENSE.txt?v=2004_04_01
Reading it, the license grants restricted rights to use the software for free up to $5 million in revenue per year, after which companies must pay for additional rights. It also sets conditions like prohibiting export for military/defense purposes, requiring modifications to be publicly released or paid for, and banning training of machine learning models without releasing the resulting model under the same terms.
I've got a ton of respect for Bruce but if you were thinking about adopting something like this you would be better off hiring a lawyer to write something more specific on your behalf.
We've had Free as in beer... Free as in speech.... and now Free as in a large legal team.

2024-04-28 16:37:25

Has anyone been playing around with Air Chat? I'm a huge audio/podcast guy so assumed I would enjoy it, but the short clips and responses don't end up translating into an actual conversation. Finding the context and flow to be disorienting.
Seeing a nostr screenshot was a pleasant suprise though. https://image.nostr.build/91f888ed84f209803f4db08b0ff87be140f964115ea704b7099438b364c3a200.jpg

2024-04-22 19:30:47

You should just assume there are already multiple companies on nostr harvesting npubs and building audience panels to monetize the data.

2024-04-21 14:27:43

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The thing I enjoyed most was the focus on sovereignty through the lens of small communities. @npub1lun…27lj explaining how there is a shared responsibility within a group to own their means of communication.
Sometimes a heavy focus on self-sovereignty can feel isolating.
This episode was a nice reminder how we're all in this together.

2024-04-20 15:19:36

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Use ChatGPT, Claude, or the new Llama 3 (via meta.ai) to help. Ask it questions, ask it for examples, if someone tries to tell you it might hallucinate etc etc ignore them completely. Yes, errors are possible but you just feed errors back to the model and it help you resolve them with a smile.

2024-04-17 23:51:11

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Where can one see the events and users this bot is flagging?

2024-04-17 15:02:49

The pursuit of profit naturally drives centralization, as economic activities tend to consolidate for efficiency and scale.
GM ☕️

2024-04-16 22:00:36

Really like the idea of a pubkey as a personalization vector. @npub1ye5…knpr added pubkey colors to nostrudel profiles and it’s simple but super cool! https://image.nostr.build/e8baed4ce87b9f8b11238865f05020239ffd628fcbc467c33778f6fe62e58075.jpg

2024-04-16 16:25:02

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That’s a really great response. It’s not so much here’s some sats for what you’ve brought into existence, it’s here’s some sats because you bring me joy and I want you to continue.

2024-04-16 02:42:53

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In addition to Strike not working, CashApp and Muun don’t appear to support using lnurl.

2024-04-15 19:00:42

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Glad this is staying a civil but spirited debate because it's an interesting philosophical argument.
On one hand people shouldn't expect privacy in a public space, that is true both online and offline. If however, in physical space I followed you around 24/7 and provided commentary on every comment you made, you would want to punch me in the face.
For a moment let's set aside the technical responses such as: encrypt your messages, or run your own private relay. That kinda defeats the purpose of participating in a public network.
So, is the act of someone programatically categorizing your content a form of harassment? Would providing an opt out mechanism satisfy both parties?

2024-04-15 17:50:01

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When it comes to proof via GitHub, I’d prefer to see a dev who knows how to document, communicate, manage a project (even if it’s 1-2 people). A bunch of code doesn’t tell you much. Good development requires good communication. The only exception is if you are the only user *and* developer.
The other winning indicator is referrals. People won’t recommend someone which might in turn reflect poorly on themselves.

2024-04-14 22:52:44

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Sure, but if it’s adoption we are looking for we have to be honest about how many people will understand this, let alone go through the process of using it. Which begs the question, are there lots of people out there who care about portable identity in the first place?

2024-04-14 22:28:42

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Not much risk if you never want to use other apps, but the real value is unlocked when you can use the profile on lots of apps. Each new app you use however incrementally increases your risk.
Ideally you could be wild and free out there signing notes without a care in the world, but storing your key in a password manager can’t give you that.

2024-04-14 20:31:58

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Can’t argue with you there, It’s a single point of failure and a genuine concern I personally have about my own profile.

2024-04-14 18:03:32

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This… and I’d pay a fortune for threading that works across clients 😂

2024-04-14 17:28:31

The conversation nobody wants to have is that the only business model which works for free products and services is advertising. (this includes affiliate marketing and other transactional fees)
Closely related, when people have a free alternative vs a paid one, they will choose the free one. No amount of VC funding or grants will change this.

2024-04-14 16:31:14

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That is basically what I did except for I just made the content static instead of using a cloudflare worker.
I just tested using Wallet of Satoshi and it worked!
Using @npub1ex7…vyt9 however it claims the address is invalid. I can see in the logs that it makes the request and gets a 200.
"GET /.well-known/lnurlp/rossbates HTTP/1.1" 200 309 "-" "zap/1.0" https://image.nostr.build/68c31f5a126d73a744ba12297e6c7a26d4d13654af71e26c3c037184fc9fcf50.jpg

2024-04-14 15:57:57

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My guess is that it won’t work cross-domain but I’ll ask around and see if we can’t get some clarity

2024-04-14 15:44:27

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I tried copying the lnurlp payload into my own .well-known path and sending a payment to it. It didn’t work using Strike, the error was invalid lightning address.
https://nostr.id/.well-known/lnurlp/rossbates

2024-04-14 15:04:02

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Hmm, yeah I’ve never dug into this but it seems possible. This is the current address on my account
https://primal.net/.well-known/lnurlp/cornflowereagle1
Wondering if I can host my own and point it to the lnurlp callback url. Does a provider accept redirects from arbitrary outside domains?

2024-04-14 14:56:42

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Interesting, thank you for the explanation. I noticed the topic seemed to disappear quickly.

2024-04-14 05:46:37

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I use [email protected] for my nip-05 validation, but not lightning. Are you looking to get a lightning address for nostr, or are you looking to use the domain for a lightning address alias?

2024-04-14 05:09:30

So….I’m not well versed in Brazilian politics, what types of accounts are being censored on Twitter? Are any of those users moving to nostr?

2024-04-13 20:29:34

The killer app of nostr is a portable and interoperable identity system.
The challenge of getting people to immediately see the value is that it’s not really valuable on your first day. The value of portability increases with usage, when you have more invested.

2024-04-13 20:12:59

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I’m fond of the hybrid philosophical longform shitposting squirrel who authors lines such as:
“It’s easy to forget that we only read the really good poems. Most, throughout history, were dog shit. Sorry if this is the first you are hearing of this."

2024-04-12 15:01:44

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In this scenario what info does the pubkey carry that a url doesn’t? You would still need a dns like resolver.

2024-04-11 16:13:32

High Culture and Hyperstimulus.
"The ineffable gets effed, given enough time."
What happens when AI becomes a stimulus solver?
"The aesthetic community rises in significance compared to the art itself. Pieces will be evaluated, not on the basis of visual, sensory, or even intellectual or ideological signals, but signals of personal identity – ones that can’t be replicated by an AI."
https://cameronharwick.com/writing/high-culture-and-hyperstimulus/

2024-04-08 21:13:18

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https://m.primal.net/HsfT.png

2024-04-03 22:35:48

nostr is signed json. We have not even begun to scratch the surface of different ways to broadcast and subscribe to messages.
Personally I think websockets kinda suck but here we are talking. It’s working.
There are so many other patterns and transport protocols.
Viva la nostr.

2024-03-27 15:21:03

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Opinion on the upcoming nostrdb/damus design where all clients are relays?
Seems there is plenty of room to work around in the transfer/sync layer to balance real time vs eventually consistent based on kind.

2024-03-26 19:40:09

Failed experiment transferring sats between eNuts and Fedi. Here’s 250 sats for someone else….
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

2024-03-26 01:56:56

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“when these principles are taken to an extreme and divorced from any consideration of the common good or the social and institutional prerequisites for a stable and just society”
Apply that statement to any political ideology and you are not going to have a good outcome.

2024-03-25 14:49:22

“Languages are protocols and protocols are languages”
Love when @npub1der…xzpc writes techno-philosophical content
#note1sdd…a2hj

2024-03-22 13:23:05

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Have you ever taken a look at OpenUSD and the scene graph? If so curious what you think of it.
https://openusd.org/release/api/usd_page_front.html

2024-03-21 17:28:00

The work @npub1xts…kk5s is doing on nostrdb is remarkable. If every phone is also a relay, using cashu we’ll finally be able to do truly P2P digital payments. #note1stp…wphl

2024-03-09 18:48:17

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Effects are being felt, the unfortunate part is families don’t understand why they’ve maxed out their credit cards purchasing the same amount of food and energy they did 5 years ago.

2024-03-09 18:42:51

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I know right? Sometimes I feel the need to watch stuff like this over and over to make sure I’m not missing anything.

2024-03-09 18:13:53

Powell on national television testifying that there will be bank failures in the coming years.
But have no fear, it will only be the small and medium sized banks.
The Fed is not a conspiracy... he's plainly and publicly describing how they will consolidate power. https://video.nostr.build/15d0719a73070b94eb0fff313915445a7c9a9df3c60806ca0109a3f939eb341e.mp4

2024-03-07 03:02:49

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I think you could be onto something with the concept of personalized banners. I’m thinking of taking it one step further by making them dynamic and programmatically generated.
This art is really cool. What if it rotated weekly?What if the banner integrated others parts of the users profile into the design, displayed stats, somehow translated the tone of the users notes into the vibe of the banner….
While technically this could be scripted pretty easily, it would all depend on creativity and great design. Done right it would be worth charging a small monthly subscription fee and as a bonus it would market itself.

2024-02-29 03:20:31

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Just sent you 100 sats using the nostr integration. It shows up as a DM from a different npub. Kinda confusing but you can send them over any messaging channel.
https://m.primal.net/HgEv.png

2024-02-29 03:13:05

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If you are using an iPhone you need to give eNuts a spin. It’s really well done and using it finally made things click. I believe mints still settle with each other over lightning, and you fund your wallet with lightning. That said an entire cash economy could form on this architecture.

2024-02-27 13:40:40

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Something which might help is if you think about using sats as a way to preserve the value of the work you provide. By adopting this mindset the fiat price doesn't matter, it's always a fair trade.

2024-02-27 00:19:15

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Do you legit have anxiety over the price? Or is it that you now have more responsibility than you ever anticipated?

2024-02-26 03:09:41

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Right on 👍 this is very cool. Any clue if you can take it to another mint? Do they clear with each other?

2024-02-26 03:08:14

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Integration is well done.
https://m.primal.net/HfKe.png

2024-02-26 03:03:57

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You were the first to welcome to me to Nostr so naturally you were the first I sent a test eCash payment from the eNuts app. It’s using a generated privkey so no clue how it’s delivered, did it arrive via DM??

2024-02-20 17:25:42

"Rivalistic desires are all the more overwhelming since they reinforce one another.
The principle of reciprocal escalation and one-upmanship governs this type of conflict. This phenomenon is so common, so well known to us, and so contrary to our concept of ourselves, thus so humiliating, that we prefer to remove it from consciousness and act as if it did not exist.
But all the while we know it does exist. This indifference to the threat of runaway conflict is a luxury that small ancient societies could not afford.”
-Rene Girard

2024-02-18 23:02:55

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Love this. Want this.

2024-02-17 21:27:37

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I didn't know I needed a zillion kinds of bees this afternoon, but it turns out I did. These are very nice photos Alex. 🐝❤️

2024-02-12 22:20:24

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what an inspiring project, congratulations !! can't wait to follow along and hope to visit one day.

2024-02-11 18:40:55

If I had to pinpoint a certain persona that has a tendency to stick with nostr, it's those who recognize there's more to online collaboration than the creation and consumption of content.
Traditional engagement metrics don't apply here because part of the joy of participation comes from activities such as testing new features or even entirely new products.

2024-02-11 17:21:07

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You are designing an incentive system. Presumably your incentive system is designed to grow nostr, which is great.
You are however at the same step in the process where companies spend billions trying to get people hooked using psychological tricks and black magic fuckery.
Distracting people is a great way to get them hooked and grow the user base. This is not however always in the best interest of the user.
What you're doing is wonderful and worth digging into, this is not a criticism. You're asking questions about what makes this place compelling, why do some stick around and others do not?
There is an existing set users on nostr who have choosen to stick around without an onboarding system designed to make it stickier. Who are they and why is that?
I'm still not entirely certain what this place is. I suspect I like it because it's smaller - so perhaps I am the wrong person to be asking about what we should do to make it bigger.

2024-02-08 20:13:40

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Great advice. If you are going to post something, think it through first.
It's interesting b/c one of the discussion points around permanent content is how people can make mistakes, and how people can change their minds.
But... if a statement you make is truly important, and you change your mind or you have a new insight, isn't it valuable to demonstrate to others how we're all changing, all the time?
For some additional context, I've got teenagers. I'm petrified of them posting something online which they could regret later. Which brings me back to the start of this note. If you are going to post something, think it through first.
And to those who will respond with "self-censorship is a form of censorship."" I'm simply recommending people be thoughtful, I agree free speech is sacred, you are free to say absolutely anything you want. You just have to own it. Responsibility and accountability is on the speaker.

2024-02-07 21:41:15

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condense your statement down to 2 sentences.

2024-02-06 16:13:43

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Privacy defined as the preservation of one's limited attention was way ahead of its time.

2024-02-04 17:55:30

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👍 that and potentially think about using kind 30000 for everything regardless of if it's curated or generated. Creates a more reusable construct for list of npubs that can be used in any context.

2024-02-04 17:29:15

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I agree with you. nip-51 has good intentions, but it suffers from pre-mature optimization. You've got lists and their definitions. Then you have sets, which looks pretty much like lists as well. A lot of things going on here.
My interpretation is that kind 30000 is the closest thing to "here's a list of npubs, give it a name and do with it as you please"
I've tried using listr.lol, and it also makes a noble attempt at handling *all* of these types which can be overwhelming.
Twitter did it well. Super simple, create a list and add people to it and that’s it.
In terms of keeping them updated. Don’t underestimate the power of a few people maintaining lists of specific people and topics. I maintained my own lists simply because it made my everyday browsing experience easier. Bitcoiners, Philosophy, local news/sports, Musicians etc….

2024-02-04 16:28:36

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Lists were one of the most underrated ways of avoiding algos and ads on Twitter.
Great not just for onboarding, also for organizing content.
They don’t have to be centralized. Make sure you check out nip 51 and listr.lol

2024-02-01 15:31:05

What if the root cause of the meaning crisis is not related to spirituality but is entirely linked to inflation?
When the effort we invest in our work consistently fails to keep pace with the escalating costs of living, it inevitably leads to a pervasive sense of quiet despair.
Printing 3 trillion dollars harms everyone; the insidious outcome is that people mistakenly believe the problem lies within themselves and become withdrawn.
What if the solution was not as complicated as those in power need for you to believe?

2024-01-31 23:14:50

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You’re going to delete the passport photos I had to submit for KYC right? 🤪😂

2024-01-31 23:12:43

Congrats to @npub1xts…kk5s and the whole @npub18m7…q955 team on all the amazing progress and to the launch of Purple! https://image.nostr.build/6d5a137a6433b1c0186faa139cc7527dfad967f18de418d8b96e736025b2c5a7.jpg

2024-01-28 15:09:00

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If lots of people join nostr the algorithms will appear. The system simply can’t scale without them.

2024-01-28 15:03:09

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Right, but my point is that the incentives and behaviors change when the survival of the system is on the line.
You personally might feel like you are in control of your experience, but there would be people spending $20k/month to run relays which manage your notes, and all of the notes you are not seeing.
Musk said fuck the advertisers, people will pay for free speech. He was wrong, and things have only gotten worse on the platform. The advertising is awful, the algorithms more agressive.
People want mass adoption of nostr, but mass adoption is expensive. The only proven business model is to steal attention and data from the users.
This is the existential question. Do the people who love nostr truly want mass adoption? When they say that, do they understand the tradeoffs?

2024-01-28 14:11:55

If someone like Joe Rogan joined nostr it would be seen as a monumental win, however the behavior of users would immediately start to shift from creating to consuming.
While you are not obligated to follow celebrities, their presence and content has a ripple effect, causing the whole platform to become performative. The result is most users just take a back seat and become passive consumers.
Twitter would not have survived without the arrival of the celebrities, yet we saw how that turned out in the long run.

2024-01-27 19:23:44

Poll: Which is more important in the creation of a perfect money, privacy or transparency?
You can only pick one.