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Writing a book about Nostr Bella verborum inevitabilia; Dominatio per rhetoricam. Ceterum censeo NIP-3b omnibus esse utendum
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Constant 2 weeks ago
Howdy Nostr, TL:DR: Link to tool to port your facebook (JSON-)export to Nostr below. As the Web of Trust Foundation, we are in talks with an organization called SETUP, that are currently running a "Facebook Museum" ( ). The notion of a facebook museum is tongue and cheek on the one hand declaring facebook to be 'history', but also open up a dialogue on the question what we are going to do with all that data that is inside facebook currently; all those documented personal lives, communities etc. Their intent with the museum is to focus on the emotional side of things, and the process of mourning that comes along with saying goodbye to such a platform. A while back, @Sebastix and I went to the opening of the museum, and we introduced them to the idea of being able to continue your digital life outside of facebook. Recently we had a talk with them, and introduced them to Nostr. They never heard of it before, and it was somewhat of a curve ball for them. Whether or not the idea of porting over a facebook account to Nostr, similar to what Sebas is doing with the Nyves project ( , Hyves was a very popular Dutch social media platform that eventually lost to facebook and went away) is a fit for what they are going for in the context of their museum remains to be seen. It summer, so that conversation will continue after the vacation period. In the meantime, i went ahead and build a demo for them to illustrate what is possible. And since it it works (atleast, i think it does), might as well throw it out there for those interested. It is purposely....how would you call it...poetic. Its all set within the context of a vigil. The export is the diseased; the stuff you archive are the heirlooms; you can donate content to the museum; you can leave your condolences; and you can continue in the afterlife! If you are going to try it, i would advice to make a JSON-export inside facebook, instead of the HTML one. At the end of the process you can log-in with your existing Nostr profile and transfer your selection of facebook data towards Nostr. try it here: https://npub1rlx0fx3yfp6nk9lejl6m2zdg33388hxssd90dw535wx8kpxj5knq5lp6ua.nsite.lol/ PS: as far as i can tell everything works fine, but it was build as a demo for illustration purposes I would suggest using the default random generated keypair first, see if everything is ok, before using it on your own keypair.
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Constant 3 weeks ago
Have you had a go at relay based feeds yet? I think you will find some of what you are looking for that way, and also learn a new Nostr technique in the process. @Dawn will be your entry into that space. She also hosts a nostr study group that might be worth checking out. View article →
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Constant 3 weeks ago
one of the things about manual labour that fascinates me is that you ALWAYS take physical damage. Cuts, bruses, scuffs, splinters etc. Its all minor (hopefully atleast), and you ignore it (untill you bump into the wound, and then you continue ignoring it right after). Its something atleast myself, don't consiously take into consideration when heading out, its almost a silent dimension of the thing. My guess is that the long term wear and tear of joints, back etc. is far more in peoples consiousness when manual labour is concerned; that in the long term it will just grind you up (and the actuall accidents ofcourse, easy to spot the carpenter, just look for the guy with a missing finger)...but its just there in the day to day as well. I dunno....its just such a contrast to computer/office work, which only rarely touches your hp, whilst here it is inherrent on all timescales and levels of severity.