Over a week on Wisp, basically haven't touched Amethyst. I don't know what happened. I was so loyal. ... I do know what happened. @utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻 is building the client he wants, and it turns out I also wanted it. Now there's this Ditto which seems equally as snappy on first glance. Oh my wandering digitized eyes.

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I'm so happy anytime I try to click on a link to X just to get context for someone's note, the platform blocks my VPN from acessing even a view only window. Saved me the troubles. Praise be KYC walled gardens protecting me from their shit.

I was never looking to replace anything with Nostr. Nor did I have expectations that it would. I don't need my client to mimic something else or provide the same experience all in one. I was always tepid at best or just socially inclined to join some other controlled and monitored walled garden because the people I know are there. I barely used any of them. Having to sign up for a new social media just for content displayed differently, algorithmically curated feeds, email sign ups, verifications, spam emails from all that shit. Maybe that's why I almost immediately felt more excitement from the interoperability, varied takes on clients and experiments from this protocol more enjoyable. Even sometimes BECAUSE OF the clunk. The killer app is user empowerment. At least I can tell a lot of the devs here are actually excited about what they're working on. Even if it wasn't built specifically for a use case I have. Plus, I don't need much to write a shitpost. Like much of nostr, I just need a private key.

Nostr may not be on any mainstream radars as an alternative to many of these services because it lacks some vacuous sucking sound of corporate greed, containment and allure of reach to the user. It however doesn't need that. It also doesn't fit into one category of "social app". No curated experience. No feigned freedoms granted by a solitary liable entity. Don't like the client? Don't use it. Pick one that suits you. Use a multitude of them. Build/prompt your own if you're inclined. Open protocols are vastly more powerful than trending false narratives, censured speech, curated content, and propagandized ad revenue. I never had to migrate from somewhere else, so maybe that made it easier, but people are sleeping on these things. Nostr will be here when they need it.

Is it spring yet?

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I'm not certain what proof of work for posting notes really does for me, but it's interesting. If anything it seems to give me a few seconds to find my usual fat thumb non proof read errors or just second guess my spergs and bail before it hits difficulty and publishes. Which itself is pretty useful.

Been fiddling around on Wisp this morning. Quite enjoying it so far. nice work @utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻

I think the power supply for my node died. I guess I'll find out when the replacement comes in tomorrow if that's all it is. Thankfully it wasn't my primary node.

@SoapMiner, that tallow balm has been 🤌 for my dry skin this time of year, wish I stole it from my wife sooner 😂

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