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Finally:
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12h ago
Replying to @npub13azv2
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fiatjaf
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17h ago
Coracle's custom feeds are actually usable now, and pretty fast.
Even though @ hodlbod claims Coracle is buggy I've only been seeing one bug sometimes and it seems to be caused by a broken NIP-11 response from purplepag.es.
Even though @ hodlbod claims Coracle is buggy I've only been seeing one bug sometimes and it seems to be caused by a broken NIP-11 response from purplepag.es.
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fiatjaf
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17h ago
What are some websites that use querystrings for core routing (i.e. the presence of a query string changes the actual page that is displayed, not only acts as a filter or toggle in the same base page)?
The only two I could find were YouTube and Hacker News (and the OPNSense dashboard, but that is not a real website).
The only two I could find were YouTube and Hacker News (and the OPNSense dashboard, but that is not a real website).
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fiatjaf
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17h ago
I wonder if one could make a blockchain that is a neural net thing and every block modifies its parameters and that influences how it validates and interprets the next block and so on.
Or: what are people doing when they try to combine "blockchain + AI" in order to scam people? That was the best I could come up with.
Or: what are people doing when they try to combine "blockchain + AI" in order to scam people? That was the best I could come up with.
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fiatjaf
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1d ago
Please try Lantern https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/lantern/jjoijlenmgefkaeiomoaelcljfibpcgh again if you haven't yet and let me know of all the horrible bugs.
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fiatjaf
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1d ago
Remember when Elon Musk saved free speech?
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3d ago
They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed.
Graphs from this story are stark.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/23/business/elon-musk-x-suppression-laura-loomer.html
Graphs from this story are stark.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/23/business/elon-musk-x-suppression-laura-loomer.html
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fiatjaf
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2d ago
Someone please build this.
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2d ago
maybe we should bitcoin+nostr+mcp this hashcash thing https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis but make it so that the challenge string (provided by a spam-deterring site operator) is actually the components of a prospective bitcoin block header.
If the operator is too lazy to run their own bitcoin node to construct the block template, then they can grab one from a service like mempool.space
From the visitor's perspective it is the same (they must complete the pow challenge), but at least this way every website operator can also be a solo miner.
If the operator is too lazy to run their own bitcoin node to construct the block template, then they can grab one from a service like mempool.space
From the visitor's perspective it is the same (they must complete the pow challenge), but at least this way every website operator can also be a solo miner.
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fiatjaf
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2d ago
MCP is just a JSON-RPC API with natural-language docs.
Maybe all the hype around it will make developers realize that RPC is better than REST.
Maybe all the hype around it will make developers realize that RPC is better than REST.
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fiatjaf
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2d ago
@Gossip Client was using 30GB of storage (is that expected @Mike Dilger ☑️ ?), so I nuked it all, but then it has also deleted my key so now I'm using Coracle as my main client for a while.
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fiatjaf
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2d ago
Somewhat of a long shot, but if we could achieve it would be great for adoption:
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2d ago
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fiatjaf
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3d ago
In the middle of this interview the host, beginning to grasp the idea of Nostr, says something like: "I like this separation of powers".
It is interesting that it's not hard for people to realize that that a big corporation controlling the "public square" isn't a good thing, but many will have an immediate impulse of trying to fix that situation by coming up with a protocol in which not one company controls everything, but multiple companies.
This seems to be the mindset behind Mastodon, Matrix, Farcaster and Bluesky. They all assume users will be immediately subject to one server, one company, but that there is room for other companies to join and compete for users, or something like that (there are differences in how this plays out between all these protocols). So instead of one "corporate square" controlled by one company you end up (in
It is interesting that it's not hard for people to realize that that a big corporation controlling the "public square" isn't a good thing, but many will have an immediate impulse of trying to fix that situation by coming up with a protocol in which not one company controls everything, but multiple companies.
This seems to be the mindset behind Mastodon, Matrix, Farcaster and Bluesky. They all assume users will be immediately subject to one server, one company, but that there is room for other companies to join and compete for users, or something like that (there are differences in how this plays out between all these protocols). So instead of one "corporate square" controlled by one company you end up (in
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fiatjaf
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1w ago
Can a normal web app make a call to a NIP-55 signer on Android?
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fiatjaf
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1w ago
The world needs this desperately:
fiatjaf
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Oct 23, 2024
https://dearrow.ajay.app/ is a very good thing that exists.
It not only makes browsing YouTube much better and saner, it also makes it very clear right to your face how retarded things can become when everybody is desperately trying to cater to some platform algorithm.
It not only makes browsing YouTube much better and saner, it also makes it very clear right to your face how retarded things can become when everybody is desperately trying to cater to some platform algorithm.
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fiatjaf
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1w ago
Hopefully this settles all the discussions regarding "dumb relays" that I've seen since I wrote that line on that initial Nostr description text:
npub1t6jxf
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1w ago
Replying to @USER
The dumb part is about the type of queries you send towards a relay; the point is that you should be able to ask any relay the same type of question. Or put the other way, a client (or a feature rather) should not depend on some special sauce server/relay side in order to work, because that means 'lock-in' and undermines/destroyes the whole Nostr model.
Now wether a relay cooperates (i.e. what policies it employs for accepting these simple/dumb requests/queries) is a different matter. Actually it is precisely BECAUSE the relays are supposed to be "dumb", we have this situation where relays can deploy whatever arbitrary 'censorship' without causing (fundamental) problems, because you as a user can move over to another relay.
Its the "dumb relay" idea that allows for the censorship resistance; and as a result provides freedom of association.
Hope this clarifies
Now wether a relay cooperates (i.e. what policies it employs for accepting these simple/dumb requests/queries) is a different matter. Actually it is precisely BECAUSE the relays are supposed to be "dumb", we have this situation where relays can deploy whatever arbitrary 'censorship' without causing (fundamental) problems, because you as a user can move over to another relay.
Its the "dumb relay" idea that allows for the censorship resistance; and as a result provides freedom of association.
Hope this clarifies
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fiatjaf
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1w ago
@Pip the social graph guy is it possible to make it so npub.world somehow breaks the link to CSAM-publishing accounts so they don't get into the index?
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fiatjaf
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1w ago
I don't know how he does it, but @Renaud Lifchitz keeps publishing the best curated links to interesting things on Nostr day after day.
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fiatjaf
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1w ago
Suppose there is a relay that only accepts PoW notes, another that only accepts notes from your WoT, another that only accepts notes once they got enough zaps or likes, another that is manually curated by a group of people, another that only takes notes from people that pay to publish, another that only takes notes classified as talking about some given subject.
Then we could have a client mode that fetches from all these, then only displays notes that have showed up in at least 2, or 3, of these -- or whatever combination.
Then we could have a client mode that fetches from all these, then only displays notes that have showed up in at least 2, or 3, of these -- or whatever combination.
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fiatjaf
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3w ago
Trump will stop the satellites.
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fiatjaf
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3w ago
What are satellites good for anyway? We should get rid of satellites entirely.
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fiatjaf
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3w ago
I looked at someone else's phone yesterday and couldn't find a browser app.
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fiatjaf
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3w ago
"uv has fixed Python"
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Ronald Robson
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4w ago
I've read and I can say that Thiel's contrasting of "innovation" and "globalization" (the latter being essentially a horizontal reproduction of existing solutions) is insightful. The idea that a true monopoly lies in being the only one capable of doing something (by real skill and not by outing the competitors) is less cynical than it initially seems. And I also liked the reflections on "occult sales" (say you are in just for innovation and so on, and create beautiful things so everyone will want to buy your product even when you haven't announced it as a product).
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4w ago
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fiatjaf
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4w ago
The obvious solution to all this mess is to make libraries ship source code instead of compiled blobs of whatever.
Maybe there is a reason for this absurd choice that they don't even consider changing, but I can't see it.
Maybe there is a reason for this absurd choice that they don't even consider changing, but I can't see it.
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fiatjaf
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4w ago
CNAME yourdomain -> your-npub dot optional-settings dot oracolo dot me
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4w ago
Oracolo big update!
You know, Oracolo lets you create a personal blog using your Nostr content, and now is more powerful!
Freely organize your articles, notes and images in "blocks", with different styles, and pin your favorites, too! You can do this with a handy web wizard, no coding is required.
As usual, the blog is just a single HTML file, so you can host it everywhere.
But there is another great news, from a @fiatjaf's smart idea: you can also take advantage of Oracolo web service to host your blog. Just point your DNS to the generated auto-config domain, and your blog is live. It's free, too!
Check it at https://oracolo.me
Source code and more info at https://github.com/dtonon/oracolo
A couple of preview examples:
@ hodlbod
http://npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn.ba-i69e9c-i820b9.ba-3-grid.bn-10-slide-m400.ba-2-grid.bi-10-grid.ba-10-list.ba-2-grid.ba-10-list.comments.topics-nostr-groups-nip44.oracolo.me
@❒ PictureRoom
http://npub1c8n9qhqzm2x3kzjm84kmdcvm96ezmn257r5xxphv3gsnjq4nz4lqelne96.bi-5-grid.bn-20-slide-m400.bi-10-grid.bi-1-grid.bi-10-grid.oracolo.me
PS: These “chaotic” domains are obviously only for viewing the blog preview, downloading the html (from the footer) or configuring the DNS of one's domain.
You know, Oracolo lets you create a personal blog using your Nostr content, and now is more powerful!
Freely organize your articles, notes and images in "blocks", with different styles, and pin your favorites, too! You can do this with a handy web wizard, no coding is required.
As usual, the blog is just a single HTML file, so you can host it everywhere.
But there is another great news, from a @fiatjaf's smart idea: you can also take advantage of Oracolo web service to host your blog. Just point your DNS to the generated auto-config domain, and your blog is live. It's free, too!
Check it at https://oracolo.me
Source code and more info at https://github.com/dtonon/oracolo
A couple of preview examples:
@ hodlbod
http://npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn.ba-i69e9c-i820b9.ba-3-grid.bn-10-slide-m400.ba-2-grid.bi-10-grid.ba-10-list.ba-2-grid.ba-10-list.comments.topics-nostr-groups-nip44.oracolo.me
@❒ PictureRoom
http://npub1c8n9qhqzm2x3kzjm84kmdcvm96ezmn257r5xxphv3gsnjq4nz4lqelne96.bi-5-grid.bn-20-slide-m400.bi-10-grid.bi-1-grid.bi-10-grid.oracolo.me
PS: These “chaotic” domains are obviously only for viewing the blog preview, downloading the html (from the footer) or configuring the DNS of one's domain.
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fiatjaf
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1mo ago
One sad thing about Nostr is that the optimal "market" we should be targeting and that would supply the people we needed at this point is somehow disgusted at Bitcoin. We can shrug and say we don't care about them because they're ignorant about economics, but the fact is that there are many good builders we have already already lost because of that and who knows what great things they could have been doing for Nostr at this very moment.
fiatjaf
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1mo ago
Replying to @USER
Before bringing millions of users we have to bring the small group of nerds and enthusiasts that would naturally be interested in what we're doing just so they can help build it.
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fiatjaf
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1mo ago
Thank you for all those who joined. It was an absolute blast, see you tomorrow!
fiatjaf
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1mo ago
https://23gmt.nostr.technology/ is live now at wss://23gmt.nostr.technology/. Closing in 40 minutes.
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fiatjaf
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1mo ago
Outside our little group here no one knows and no one has any chance to know all the things being created on Nostr, and I'm sure there are many folks that would be very interested if they knew.
We need more people writing about specific Nostr initiatives, such as the groups subprotocol, the git subprotocol, the community relays, the bunkers, the decentralized app store, the multisig signers, the highlighting, the photo sharing, the very private secure messaging subprotocols, the outbox model, the bluetooth offline inter-device protocol, the decentralized wiki and other stuff.
If you know how to write 3 words without asking an AI to generate text for you please do it.
We need more people writing about specific Nostr initiatives, such as the groups subprotocol, the git subprotocol, the community relays, the bunkers, the decentralized app store, the multisig signers, the highlighting, the photo sharing, the very private secure messaging subprotocols, the outbox model, the bluetooth offline inter-device protocol, the decentralized wiki and other stuff.
If you know how to write 3 words without asking an AI to generate text for you please do it.
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fiatjaf
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1mo ago
Amijubi
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fiatjaf
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1mo ago
I just created an account on a new social networking platform today. I did it because I heard about it on the internet, no one I knew invited me. When I joined I was presented with a feed of a bunch of random posts from random people talking about topics that didn't interest me.
Was that platform called "Nostr"?
Or is that the default expected experience of any person who joins a new social network just for experimenting it?
Was that platform called "Nostr"?
Or is that the default expected experience of any person who joins a new social network just for experimenting it?
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fiatjaf
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1mo ago
Since no one asked we've finally delivered: a full-blown FUSE filesystem for all Nostr events and metadata.
nak fs /mnt
cd /mnt/hodlbod@coracle.social
I was going to make a shiny video of this but the result was too bad, so please someone make one and post it here.
In the meantime I have these amazing screenshots of the most beautiful file explorer I could find on my computer:
nak fs /mnt
cd /mnt/hodlbod@coracle.social
I was going to make a shiny video of this but the result was too bad, so please someone make one and post it here.
In the meantime I have these amazing screenshots of the most beautiful file explorer I could find on my computer:
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fiatjaf
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1mo ago
The correct framing here is not that Nostr has evil content, but that _some relays_ do.
These relays are not Nostr, Nostr is only the language your client uses to download the content from the relay, and your device only downloads what it asks for and from the servers it chooses to.
These relays are not Nostr, Nostr is only the language your client uses to download the content from the relay, and your device only downloads what it asks for and from the servers it chooses to.
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fiatjaf
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1mo ago
Is LetsEncrypt run by the NSA?
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fiatjaf
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2mo ago
I've deleted my Twitter account. Some days after my username was made available for anyone to grab (contrary to what used to happen traditionally). Some unfunny imbecile grabbed it and is now running free there making retarded posts while still trying to put out a facade of legitimacy. This is all fine, I don't mind, it's ok.
What really bothers me is that all the old tweets from people who had mentioned "@fiatjaf" in all past discussions now link to this new fake profile. How can they not index the mentions by any form of unique account id, but only by username? And then they allow people to freely change usernames and cause all links to break -- and someone else takes the old username and now all the links point to the wrong place.
Is this @jack's broken code that no one had the time
What really bothers me is that all the old tweets from people who had mentioned "@fiatjaf" in all past discussions now link to this new fake profile. How can they not index the mentions by any form of unique account id, but only by username? And then they allow people to freely change usernames and cause all links to break -- and someone else takes the old username and now all the links point to the wrong place.
Is this @jack's broken code that no one had the time
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fiatjaf
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2mo ago
Using hashtag feeds or any other kind of "global" feed without specifying decently restricted or curated relays explicitly is the worst idea in the world and everybody should have known this.
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fiatjaf
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2mo ago
YouTube doesn't work for me anymore for no apparent reason. I have to download videos with yt-dlp and watch them locally now.
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fiatjaf
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2mo ago
KYC otherwise your links won't be clickable? 
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2mo ago
If you invert WIP vertically you get MIB.
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2mo ago
I just realized how awfully broken is the UX of discovering a new podcast:
- first no one can share links to podcast episodes, or even to full podcast "profiles", only links to proprietary platforms
- then you have to go on your podcast client and search for it on a search box that looks up on a hardcoded centralized registry and hope for the best
- then if you find what you need you have to wait at least 5 seconds, possibly more, for all the XML to be downloaded and parsed and the feed to be shown to you
- but then you can't just download one episode from the feed and listen to it, you have to subscribe to the entire podcast
All because the thing only deals with this big XML file, each episode has no independent existence or
- first no one can share links to podcast episodes, or even to full podcast "profiles", only links to proprietary platforms
- then you have to go on your podcast client and search for it on a search box that looks up on a hardcoded centralized registry and hope for the best
- then if you find what you need you have to wait at least 5 seconds, possibly more, for all the XML to be downloaded and parsed and the feed to be shown to you
- but then you can't just download one episode from the feed and listen to it, you have to subscribe to the entire podcast
All because the thing only deals with this big XML file, each episode has no independent existence or
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fiatjaf
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2mo ago
The less you post, the less likely you are to get unfollowed.
I just stopped following dozens of abandoned accounts that hadn't posted in years but were still polluting my follow list.
I just stopped following dozens of abandoned accounts that hadn't posted in years but were still polluting my follow list.
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miggymofongo ☆彡
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2mo ago
I wish nostr developers and users would be more intentional about shaking the “crypto” reputation the protocol currently has as a strategy to attract more people. The fact that nostr is not blockchain doesn’t mean the masses won’t believe it.
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fiatjaf
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2mo ago
Wouldn't it be great if @Gigi's and @PABLOF7z's new podcast could be referenced directly inside Nostr? That way I wouldn't have to just allude to its existence and could make clear what I'm talking about instead of hoping the reader of this tweet will search for some vague name in a centralized canonical index of all podcasts.
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fiatjaf
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2mo ago
Except for Substack, what is the simplest way to make a mailing list that can also be browsed on the web?
No one is doing the Nostr Weekly Report, so maybe I'll start it.
No one is doing the Nostr Weekly Report, so maybe I'll start it.
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fiatjaf
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2mo ago
YouTube's algorithm is so great that it never ever shows me channels I'm subscribed to, but fills my homepage with videos from channels I've browsed in the past 3 days, including many things I've already watched, and completely forgets everything I've done before that. That's the amazing winner UX we should be aiming at!
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