During SMC 2025, we explored the themes of decentralized social networks and publishing. I was impressed by Bluesky’s growing presence in the U.S. academic space, but Nostr and @YakiHonne are also set to become official communication platforms for SMC 2026.

truly grateful to the Yaki team and all supporters.🫡 View quoted note →

Just finished some hand copying. So calming.

Love @YakiHonne upcoming feature: sharing notes directly with friends. Lots of cool stuff ahead!😉

Thinking about the scalability of decentralized social networks from three perspectives: 1. Identity — balancing user-friendliness and censorship resistance 2. Data storage — balancing unstoppable availability with fast loading speed 3. Better search and discovery Optimistically, the first two — or about two and a half — of these challenges have already been addressed, forming the foundation for solving the third one. The third challenge is the key to enabling true network scalability. The next focus will be on this third challenge. View quoted note →

Tested @YakiHonne ’s new version and was amazed by the offline mode. New version coming soon!

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Really appreciate this, @rabble 🙏 The two happiest things while building @YakiHonne : 1. Meeting so many crews in the Nostr community who share the same values and goals. 2. Being pushed to keep reflecting on what free speech truly means — and feeling the soft beliefs returning. This feels like the beginning of another movement. View quoted note →

Good products are inspired, not just useful.

Time will tell. Appreciate it. View quoted note →

Rereading this book again after Charlie Kirk’s death, the soft beliefs of the younger generation feel impossible to ignore.

Grateful💕 View quoted note →

From an efficiency perspective, combining AI with social media might not really work, since social media isn’t designed as a workflow tool. Instead, leaning into fun and playfulness could be a direction.

A lot has happened recently, more complex than anything I've faced before. Through these challenges, i’ve come to truly understand the path of releasing attachment, beyond just persisting or giving up. When you release attachment, the craving and worrying vanish, your perspective widens, and you can approach things with a long-term mindset. Reflecting on what’s happened, this is a misjudgment of human nature’s weaknesses. But it also answers one of life’s biggest questions: capability vs. values. This answer came at an immense cost. Yet, at my age, having gone through it all while handling everything with kindness and composure—this calm courage stems from the full support of my team and family. Life teaches us to be more pragmatic. But in this process, it’s easy to lose sight of dreams. I’m fortunate to have solidified two key directions: holding onto dreams and walking alongside those who share my values.

Chatted with mom for a while. I said she should be proud of her kids for keeping up with studies no matter what. She smiled and said, “I’m prouder that you’re healthy and happy. Just come back when you’re tired.”

The next generation of media: social media -->>public media

Hong Kong is one of the few places researching Nostr. This meetup attracted scholars to join in, with special support from City University of Hong Kong. View quoted note →

Academic conference and journal management systems (such as PaperCept) may be complex, but their organizational structures and role definitions are very clear. For systems that require a certain degree of closed-source design and confidentiality, adopting Nostr for optimization may offer limited value. In other words, Nostr is not well-suited for academic management systems, but rather for publishing systems.