ynniv on nostr

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τέχνη · 11w

Users do not own their data on nostr. The relays do. Nostr has never been about “data ownership” or “user respect”. It’s simply a gossip network designed to spread data as far and wide as ...

ynniv @ynniv 1780865017

and the other clients do
and you do, if you're a relay
... or a client

what does it mean to own a number?
information wants to be free

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τέχνη · 11w

Only the relays own the data. Because the power to destroy a thing is ownership over it. And only relays can choose to delete or not. Even if you run your own relay, you have no control over where your data spreads to. You can delete it on your relay, but have no say over the other relays you’ve...