Thread - Nostr Hypermedia

Dude there has never been a physical space that guarantees you reach, go shout at a public square see how much reach that gets you, not much more than a crazy addict I will tell you that much. In fact Twitter fried many people brains and made them think global reach is a something attainable, it is not, most people will never be heard globally and have to be satisfied with their own contextual bubbles. These bubbles are available, here and in mailing lists and forums and group chats. You are not a victim, you are not being denied your ancient birth right, no human ever had that right, it is a privilege that is physically impossible to democratize, there is only so much attention to go around, and naturally it follows a power low, where most get nothing at all.

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RecoveringSelfTorturer 2 months ago

The analogy would be more akin to being picked up and placed in solitary confinement. The digital equivalent of shouting into the public square would be nice. But here's the thing, you are talking out of two sides of your mouth. On the one hand you are saying that what I am asking for amounts to shouting into the void and is therefore moot. But on the other hand these private organizations have every right to squelch the ability to do so. Why do they do it then, if it is just screeching into the avoid? I'd argue it isn't to save data storage space or bandwidth as you suggest. It is to explicitly control the public discourse. I'd further argue that private companies such as Google and Twitter should not have such oligarchic powers. Especially, not in a democracy.