> Catering to the dumbest of the dumb is a straw man argument
This teaches me something about argumentation; thanks for your wisdom.
I definitely don't support many things normies consider socially ...
Ok, I can understand all of that. Could be possible too.
I've just had the experience that every new network was once in the same state as Nostr is now. And when they did grow, which by the way isn't always the case, I've also seen how the atmosphere changed accordingly. Twitter was also like Nostr is now when it started back in 2007.
But what I'm actually getting at is something else: you don't achieve sovereignty by making things simpler or by catering to the lowest common denominator. That's basically a law of nature, it's always been that way. For millennia. You can gain freedom, but it comes with a price. You've got to get your hands dirty, put a lot of energy and patience into the simplest things. I once wrote something about that.
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So I fundamentally don't believe that we can serve the usual convenience without giving up a piece of freedom in the process. Up to a certain point with your own tools, that works. But as soon as third parties come into play, everything changes. To me, these principles are in direct contradiction to each other.
I've just had the experience that every new network was once in the same state as Nostr is now. And when they did grow, which by the way isn't always the case, I've also seen how the atmosphere changed accordingly. Twitter was also like Nostr is now when it started back in 2007.
But what I'm actually getting at is something else: you don't achieve sovereignty by making things simpler or by catering to the lowest common denominator. That's basically a law of nature, it's always been that way. For millennia. You can gain freedom, but it comes with a price. You've got to get your hands dirty, put a lot of energy and patience into the simplest things. I once wrote something about that.
naddr1qvzq...
So I fundamentally don't believe that we can serve the usual convenience without giving up a piece of freedom in the process. Up to a certain point with your own tools, that works. But as soon as third parties come into play, everything changes. To me, these principles are in direct contradiction to each other.
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