I don't know maybe I feel attached to this protocol. I've been around for long time and lately it feels that the community is fragmented and drove by childishness. Maybe is just a phase, I don't know, I'll keep my eyes and hears wide open. But once upon a time nostr felt like a bastion of people that really wanted to change stuff and the status quo, and now that feels more diluted and weakened

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Nostr has to fragment, it’s a protocol not a community. I see what’s happening as the immune system trying to do its job. Money is over, underlining conflicts come to the surface, projects die, bad actors get pointed at… typical bear market stuff. Clean the mess in time for the next up wave…
It's probably just some people letting off steam who never liked each other in the first place or who went their separate ways some time ago. I don't see how this should impact nostr all that much. Some of the note deletion/what belongs on relays/who caves to pressure to take down notes stuff is better to happen now than later, IMHO. If the dystopia is in full steam I'd like to have some gauge as to who might behave in which manner if things ever get serious. For me, some of the virtue signalling in the replies was more annoying than the few notes actually starting the drama. Difficult to steer up drama if no one participates.
There once was a Nostr client that put notes on the BCH blockchain in case one wants better censorship resistance.
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Primal Protocol 2 months ago
Fragmentation often stems from departure from core principles, like focusing on whole animal foods.
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leito 2 months ago
We thought we were better than bluesky but it might turn out that we are just the other side of the same coin
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leito 2 months ago
I'm talking about infighting. We have wayyy supirior. Resistance to censorship
It may have felt like that but what's being revealed was always what was real underneath... It's just coming to light. It's better to have clear view of what's true than take comfort on pretentions and deception about what something is made to look like.