https://www.whynostr.org/author/npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9/ https://www.whynostr.org/author/npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9/rss/ episodic Sat, 09 Sep 2023 15:38:08 GMT Sat, 09 Sep 2023 15:38:08 GMT https://www.whynostr.org/author/npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9/ https://i.nostr.build/wJoQLMG5fd5yvVAk.png Sat, 09 Sep 2023 15:38:08 GMT https://www.whynostr.org/post/note1tm7gq4ct3jw4rlv83pe2ftz9hmgcn390us5zfcqdnuuashcmxjrqpgak07/ https://www.whynostr.org/post/note1tm7gq4ct3jw4rlv83pe2ftz9hmgcn390us5zfcqdnuuashcmxjrqpgak07/ note1tm7gq4ct3jw4rlv83pe2ftz9hmgcn390us5zfcqdnuuashcmxjrqpgak07 note1tm7gq4ct3jw4rlv83pe2ftz9hmgcn390us5zfcqdnuuashcmxjrqpgak07 npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9 This really is the worst. Instagram started the trend with their hideous "log in or else" flow. Then Twitter and reddit went to insanely privacy-hostile API changes instead of simply requiring a proof of work or anon payment. Even some major nostr relays seem to be doing Tor blocking now (damus? Not sure, but I get a ton of errors connecting to certain relays via Tor.)

Platforms have become so fearful of bots/spam/scraping (or rather pretend to be fearful, so as to justify blatantly commercial and anti-social decision-making) that they've totally destroyed the open access model that a functioning freenet depends on.

This is the main reason I want to see "unowned" protocols succeed. Jack has it right: we're at a turning point.

nostr:nevent1qqsd0vg2qvd63qsrlravfujy5ret8pzeke59hxlwhzx4v0n0r0paa3qpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsyg8h9rv7decysdvwwzfs7h9xfvyhwuxe38xds6z5lescak5u3gupqcpsgqqqqqqs9pjua5

]]> This really is the worst. Instagram started the trend with their hideous "log in or else" flow. Then Twitter and reddit went to insanely privacy-hostile API changes instead of simply requiring a proof of work or anon payment. Even some major nostr relays seem to be doing Tor blocking now (damus? Not sure, but I get a ton of errors connecting to certain relays via Tor.)

Platforms have become so fearful of bots/spam/scraping (or rather pretend to be fearful, so as to justify blatantly commercial and anti-social decision-making) that they've totally destroyed the open access model that a functioning freenet depends on.

This is the main reason I want to see "unowned" protocols succeed. Jack has it right: we're at a turning point.

nostr:nevent1qqsd0vg2qvd63qsrlravfujy5ret8pzeke59hxlwhzx4v0n0r0paa3qpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsyg8h9rv7decysdvwwzfs7h9xfvyhwuxe38xds6z5lescak5u3gupqcpsgqqqqqqs9pjua5

]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2023 19:41:50 GMT https://www.whynostr.org/post/note1sdyc8meqmzsj5q2eqnklzva40myhcp67fcng4lyqg79a266j8y0qgk283y/ https://www.whynostr.org/post/note1sdyc8meqmzsj5q2eqnklzva40myhcp67fcng4lyqg79a266j8y0qgk283y/ note1sdyc8meqmzsj5q2eqnklzva40myhcp67fcng4lyqg79a266j8y0qgk283y note1sdyc8meqmzsj5q2eqnklzva40myhcp67fcng4lyqg79a266j8y0qgk283y npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9 The bad news: Twitter's insanely puritan algorithm just massively deboosted my tweets because I posted a baby picture.

The good news: nostr still works just fine.

]]> The bad news: Twitter's insanely puritan algorithm just massively deboosted my tweets because I posted a baby picture.

The good news: nostr still works just fine.

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