And worse, perhaps than all that, is the algorithm, which exists just to capture profit, which has no duty of care to users, doesn't care about us or the impact it has on humanity. It really is just to engage users at any cost for as long as possible so they can sell you to advertise this or bully you into a paid plan. - @Ben Arc

That is how current social media paradigm works. A single CEO can wake up and decide to move the algorithm slider and screw billions of users into additional reality by showing them different types of content. And if it's not the CEO of the platform, it could be the government for the in the country in which the corporation resides in, leading on that platform. - @Ben Arc

Building for Freedom And mastery on #NOSTR

Shout out to Ugly Old Goat. They played a sweet UOG meme video before the con and it was grrrreaat. BuildL and HODL HODL HODL.

Nostr.com must improve and protect the commons. Or it will be bitch slapped. - @Ben Arc

The invisible hand of Adam Smith versus the invisible bitch slap. - @Ben Arc

#NOSTR is a commons. It is constantly under attack by centralised land grabs. We must defend the commons. - @Ben Arc

On #NOSTR, users control their own data. If a client goes bad they can choose a new client. - @Ben Arc

The word of the year was Enshitification. Ben arc references Cory Doctorow and his excellent book and speeches about the destruction of the good internet and how we can bring it back.

Ben talks about the personality and kindness of #NOSTR. NOSTR is a place where people say good morning. GOOD MORNING NOSTR! GM.

@Ben Arc kicks off the UK’s first #NOSTR conference @Bitfest @Nostrshire

Apparently #NOSTR has polls, but on Android with Amethyst. How about on iOS? @damusapp #primal #NOSTRneedsPOLLS

48 Hours on #NOSTR (2025 Edition) ryan.adjyLeak @AdjyLeak — What are your current feelings about Nostr? I haven't used it before. Curious where it stands and to hear it from someone ahead-of-the-curve who's paying attention. That's you, @MadBitcoins :) Mad Bitcoins @MadBitcoins — Interface has gotten better cleaner and faster. Whether Damus or the new Primal (iOS). Key features like GIFs and Polls are still missing. Some things in Damus take too many clicks. But the main issue is discoverability and monoculture... Mainstream accounts, news, humor, something new don't seem to be present on #NOSTR. Instead it's mainly an insular conversation of hardcore bitcoiners celebrating the smallest of zaps and getting easily offended at the drop of the word crypto which is a generic term. Just doesn't seem very fun and without discoverability l'm not sure how to find the fun if there is any fun. Not sure how to sell it to normals as well. No polls, gifs, clunky social network full of insular angry nerds. The mobile version of porcfest. Tech is great though. ryan.adjyLeak @AdjyLeak — 00000 scathing! Do go on. Mad Bitcoins @MadBitcoins — I do get some replies and it feels less like a giant gatekeeper is blocking my posts, but many other posts go no where and disappear without comment. Maybe I could follow some Best of #NOSTR accounts (if they exist) and finder higher quality conversation. It might not lead to anything now but when I join maybe the program could ask me what topics I like and suggest accounts to follow. Although it's more likely those topics are empty. Even just showing a list of active popular topics would help. Though I expect dull topics.

Check out the latest #Bitcoin Group: The #Bitcoin Group #459 - Israel vs. Iran - Crypto Bill Doomed - BlackRock 3% - Treasury Clones https://www.youtube.com/live/FDP9ypv_l9s?si=Am6BV5SZsn1lZ_Xa

Are you sure you want to upload this media It’s dirty and obsenia Or else it’s contrite And ugly And pointless And wastes my time A dreadful thing to press upon my mind Or just another button click in an endless field, a tome that no one reads and merely presses and moves on How many times must my eyes lay upon — are you sure you want to upload. Until it will be gone.

#nostr needs HUIMOOR!

Are you sure you want to upload? #nostr needs GIF button And an end to clunky suggested hashtags disaster.

Things that #nostr needs. And maybe it’s just @Damus but so far - no more suggested hashtags and if you click it later it shouldn’t dump your whole message - GIF button - could be so easy. Fun way to distinguish posts and replies. Going back to static images feels like the dark age. - Polls - great way to spread user engagement and see if people are actually reading your posts. If it’s a click they’ll vote, if it’s reply and type YES they won’t. - Discovery - I am here to talk. Right now I talk mainly into an empty void. Suggest topics and users to follow. Have the user answer questions to help them find more friends. Have that button that follows whole groups.

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