Hello my people, I’ve been spending too much time on Twitter and have been reminded of how toxic it can be. It’s been a while since I was over here, but the interface looks much improved; I think I’m going to be over here more.

Who bought the dip?

Plebs, teach me: Since Apple forced the removal of the zap button on a note, if I see I note I like I currently go to the profile page of the OP and click the zap button, but that doesn’t necessarily attach the zap to the note so the content creator sees why they are getting zapped. Is there a hidden keyboard shortcut or something that allows me to reply to a note with a zap?

There are some issues with Damus, however. I clicked the “post” button 3 times trying to make my last post because it wasn’t posting right away. Instead it posted 3 times! The note was a little long so perhaps that was the problem, or perhaps the relays I use were busy, or maybe my wifi signal was weak. But can’t Damus compensate for those things with a timeout on re-clicking the “post” button?

Apple just updated the Twitter app on my phone so it’s no longer called Twitter but X, and changed the logo so the bird is gone. I’m reflecting on a journey that has been several years coming. I was addicted to Facebook years ago, but when they forced me to download a messenger app separate from the main app to chat (apart from WhatsApp that I already had) and realized the surveillance system they were creating I walked away and basically quit their platform. I found a new home in some online forums using Tapatalk to feed my social media addiction. I paid for a lifetime subscription to the app, but then the dev came out with Tapatalk 2.0 (basically the same app w/ more features) and the TOS changed and they wanted me to pay again. By this point however the communities had grown so toxic that as my interests changed I couldn’t even continue on the forums and walked away again. For a little while it felt freeing to be off everything, but then I got hooked in with Reddit. I had always dabbled in Reddit but I was never a daily user. And then I was. Until the owner decided to change an API so that my preferred app could access Reddit. Again I was disappointed and heard the voices saying Reddit wasn’t what it used to be, saw the writing on the wall, and felt like it was time to move on. But on to what? Well, I had been co-dependent on Twitter during this time but now I was putting 100% of my time on social media towards Twitter. With Elon came changes: some good, but also some I didn’t like. I’m afraid of and against an all-in-one app like WeChat or Facebook + messenger + LibraPay. I know Apple and Google are interwoven into society in so many ways but I find myself turning more towards sovereignty, FOSS, and Bitcoin. So, I think it’s time to walk away from Twitter/C and embrace NOSTR fully. It suits my values. So I’m sad, but also happy today!

Apple just updated the Twitter app on my phone so it’s no longer called Twitter but X, and changed the logo so the bird is gone. I’m reflecting on a journey that has been several years coming. I was addicted to Facebook years ago, but when they forced me to download a messenger app separate from the main app to chat (apart from WhatsApp that I already had) and realized the surveillance system they were creating I walked away and basically quit their platform. I found a new home in some online forums using Tapatalk to feed my social media addiction. I paid for a lifetime subscription to the app, but then the dev came out with Tapatalk 2.0 (basically the same app w/ more features) and the TOS changed and they wanted me to pay again. By this point however the communities had grown so toxic that as my interests changed I couldn’t even continue on the forums and walked away again. For a little while it felt freeing to be off everything, but then I got hooked in with Reddit. I had always dabbled in Reddit but I was never a daily user. And then I was. Until the owner decided to change an API so that my preferred app could access Reddit. Again I was disappointed and heard the voices saying Reddit wasn’t what it used to be, saw the writing on the wall, and felt like it was time to move on. But on to what? Well, I had been co-dependent on Twitter during this time but now I was putting 100% of my time on social media towards Twitter. With Elon came changes: some good, but also some I didn’t like. I’m afraid of and against an all-in-one app like WeChat or Facebook + messenger + LibraPay. I know Apple and Google are interwoven into society in so many ways but I find myself turning more towards sovereignty, FOSS, and Bitcoin. So, I think it’s time to walk away from Twitter/C and embrace NOSTR fully. It suits my values. So I’m sad, but also happy today!

Apple just updated the Twitter app on my phone so it’s no longer called Twitter but X, and changed the logo so the bird is gone. I’m reflecting on a journey that has been several years coming. I was addicted to Facebook years ago, but when they forced me to download a messenger app separate from the main app to chat (apart from WhatsApp that I already had) and realized the surveillance system they were creating I walked away and basically quit their platform. I found a new home in some online forums using Tapatalk to feed my social media addiction. I paid for a lifetime subscription to the app, but then the dev came out with Tapatalk 2.0 (basically the same app w/ more features) and the TOS changed and they wanted me to pay again. By this point however the communities had grown so toxic that as my interests changed I couldn’t even continue on the forums and walked away again. For a little while it felt freeing to be off everything, but then I got hooked in with Reddit. I had always dabbled in Reddit but I was never a daily user. And then I was. Until the owner decided to change an API so that my preferred app could access Reddit. Again I was disappointed and heard the voices saying Reddit wasn’t what it used to be, saw the writing on the wall, and felt like it was time to move on. But on to what? Well, I had been co-dependent on Twitter during this time but now I was putting 100% of my time on social media towards Twitter. With Elon came changes: some good, but also some I didn’t like. I’m afraid of and against an all-in-one app like WeChat or Facebook + messenger + LibraPay. I know Apple and Google are interwoven into society in so many ways but I find myself turning more towards sovereignty, FOSS, and Bitcoin. So, I think it’s time to walk away from Twitter/C and embrace NOSTR fully. It suits my values. So I’m sad, but also happy today!