You are held captive to it now

If they fixed their relay API it wouldn't matter because you actually could just switch to another relay or even have multiple. Basically how Ditto works already.

The correct move is actually for Nostr to switch back to NIP-04 DMs. Maybe this is how I can piss people off next. 😀

Drama is not predicted. It's created.

This is so true, and yet can also be a trap. Experts have baggage. They tried things in the past that didn't work - but that doesn't mean those things could never work. So they write off solutions that younger fools can then sometimes blast at full power and humiliate them.

Bluesky's political theory is basically Withering Away of the State https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withering_away_of_the_state - decentralized only in theory with a promise of maybe being in practice.

Mastodon is fiefdoms. The admins have freedom by running their own server, but in general users tend to be even less free than on big tech platforms, because at least on big tech platforms they have some expectations surrounding the rules, while on Mastodon users are at the whims of a potentially volatile or emotional person.

Nostr is the only place with traction where the users are actually in control. Your cryptographic key is your identity, and the fact you hold it directly means you can participate in the network freely at any level. Instead of top-down control, users self-govern into "web of trusts" and small communities that they opt into. It's arguably not ideal for a "public square" though, since spam is hard to control when you can see everyone. It's best for strong connections with people you already know, and people they know (mutuals), because you can filter the network into small groups. Therefore what excites me most about Nostr are the use cases that inspire people to go outside and connect with the people around them, their friends, and family, eg https://birdstar.app/ and https://treasures.to/ .

It was created by a Brazilian and the second-biggest language is Japanese.