I forgot about nostr for a few weeks
Popped in my mind again just now
guy_named_thomas
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Earthling of the human variety
Checking out nostr-net
I don't object to client-side censorship options
I do object to censorship at the platform or protocol level.
Propaganda + censorship -> absurd beliefs
"Those who can make you believe atrocities can make you commit atrocities"
In a free market of ideas many of the irrational or disproved-by-the-facts beliefs would be pointed out to be as such and lose widespread belief if they even got widespread in the first place.
Censorship is how you get sustainable lunacy. You don't necessarily need propaganda to get lunacy but it can help. Together these two tools are very dangerous.
I think I've seen some weaponized absurd beliefs
If you had to guess:
Does Google today provide a net benefit or net detriment to society?
Lot of censorship and propaganda on the most important questions humanity faces. That's the big one for me. What else is google doing or funding that you think is bad?
But also they still provide inspirational products and useful products "for free"
What search engine do you prefer?
Easy answer for me: Yandex. By far number 1 in terms of relevant results in my experience.
Obv not evil google propaganda and censor machine. Duckduckgo alot like google in my experience
Wanted to join nostr for months and months. Was screenshotting when followees at twitter tweeted their nostr address for months so i could find them when i'd finally join in.
Way easier than I thought. Installed amethyst and there i went.
Hope to become a little more self-sovereign in the way i do nostr though, and improve my understanding. Haven't got a high resolution map of what is happening under the hood here and the trade-offs involved in using an android app like amethyst
Hello nostr