Damus
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Edward Snowden
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It just occurred to me, due to a nostr bug, that it might actually be pretty cool to have social media hide *who authored* the posts on your TL to force a kind of double-blind perspective. You'd know the post or reply is (or probably is) from one of the people you follow, but you wouldn't be so quick to agree (and perhaps might even be more willing to disagree) if you aren't just smashing the heart button as a reflex because you like the guy. It might make discussions more communal and disagreements less personal if you knew that you're still talking to someone you generally like and respect, but you don't know whether it's "that one guy on the internet" or, like, your actual Mom.

(Nostr, due to ramshackle Tor support, often displays notes from people without correctly fetching their profiles for me, so I find myself liking or replying or following people without having any idea as to their nym or avatar)
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nostrich · 123w
Who dis?
no₿ody™ 🧱 · 123w
Liking? You means satsless zapping 😮‍💨
MonkeyRidesBike · 123w
Ppl simpimg for the rich n infloooencers is gross
Rock · 123w
Love this idea! I feel like there’s a whole client (or even client-level setting) that could be built around this concept.
Pepe NOSTRos · 123w
This. This right here is interesting. NOSTR so good bro.
Chris Liss · 123w
Interesting idea — seems like it should be easy to select that mode as an option at least, experiment with it.
Christian · 123w
🔥anti-ad-hominem-client🔥
Tobo⚡ · 123w
good idea (not saying this because you are Snowden)
Z2theach · 123w
Interesting. Maybe even have the ability to time lock the post. Say, post anonymously for 24 hours to allow for neutral discourse, and reveal after a certain time lock.
arkinox · 123w
I've been hesitant to add NIP-05 to https://onosendai.tech for this exact reason 😁
mister_monster · 123w
Yep, I personally like nostr without all the verification, avatars, bios and what not. Just npubs, messages and relays. Your identity is your signature and your ideas rest on their merit, not your name. "You" becomes the things you think and say, and proof that the same entity said them.
tanel · 123w
an anon mode or an anon feed would be pretty nice, would get to meet a lot of new people, which i’d otherwise might not meet. reddit has struck a pretty nice balance with that, it’s mostly anon, but as a long time user in a specific subreddit, you start recognising some of the folk there. curi...
Cameri🐦‍🔥 · 123w
Maybe clients could offer a setting to not fetch profiles
7fqx · 123w
So many people want to try this feature. Even edward. I think a lot of this boils down to the twitter-style of most apps. But it doesn't have to be that way. There are clients catering more to communities or topic-based follows. Which sort of gets rid of the parasocial aspects, for the most part a...
nobody · 123w
Interesting.
J · 123w
And here I thought establishing a reputation mattered.. 🫤
Stephan Rinbaum · 123w
I've been an advocate of anonymous social media right from the start. IMO, social media should be a big blank wall onto which anyone may "tag", like graffiti. The promise of social media is the exchange of information and ideas, not aggrandisement nor ad hominem attacks.
Ace · 123w
Human communication relies on a schema that includes some context on the sender of the information. Am I receiving this information from my mother? from CNN? from a dude on Telegram I kinda know? All of this IS critical data that informs your processing of it. To remove or hide the sender on purpose...
matata · 123w
nice nostr:nevent1qqsgc4dpcrqddangfhrhpqeqkgp7q8rtk3mg2wlxqhx28pxlym7l3tqprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctvqgsgvzgtdvf3tr02lr7l8hgp9eazg8tfgn2855j7wxc7yyfhpashw9crqsqqqqqpzlg089
RevCurry · 123w
My impulse is to like the idea (not just because you wrote it and I respect you, lol). I would hope the identity or at least source materials would be accessible at some point, though. Otherwise I could see propaganda catching wildfire as it kinda short circuits media literacy
richard · 122w
This reminds me of a study that has been done in the uk in previous general elections. People are given policies without knowing which party has proposed them. Each time the result has been a majority win for the Greens.
fl0w_ · 115w
this sounds like a nice change, maybe as an option. un-groupthink mode
nostrich · 113w
I do this by reading the replies before peeking at their profile pic & then checking it out. It's pissed off a lot of high status people who felt I didn't respond in a second class citizen way like I should.
nostrich · 113w
Why haven't you posted here since Nov? Is this still the real Edward Snowden?
mrkspflr · 112w
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39067213
Arnaud · 111w
☝️THIS ! Exactly why I actively conceal the names when I’m browsing for a new font (yes, typography) because it’s such a nuisance. *Intrinsic qualities vs. extrinsic seduction*. “What’s in a name? A promise.”
JustForThisOneJokeTho · 110w
Here me out... 4chan.