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What are those places? Tumblr?
the internet was so much better back in the days of IRC and forums. the free flow of ideas, nyms by default and communities sprouting from that
Legend 👑
Nostr gives this hope
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Nostr is a portal to the promise of the Internet of the 1990s. We get a second chance. (Sound bite: USRobotics 14.4 dial-up)
Agree. I see a drip of influencers and audience captured "everything is a conspiracy" heads and it makes me sad that the current state won't last.
Preach.
calle
I'm not here on Nostr because I run away from Twitter. I'm here because I'm in search for an internet as it once used to be.
I'm a hacker who fucking hates that social media is in the hands of private companies. I remember using IRC and meeting likeminded anons online. I remember what the internet utopia felt like. People who didn't care what your name or status is, people who aren't interested in sharing their boring holiday pics with random strangers online. I'm not interested in what politicians and influencers have to say. I don't care about the latest mainstream trend that's going viral.
I want random weird interesting smart people around me who share their ideas in a free and open space that isn't controlled by anyone.
That's all I'm looking for. There aren't many such spaces on the internet.
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To have noted with you has been an honor. You have been a catalyst for my brain and now I ponder blinded signature use cases involuntarily.
That is right. Some people have other view about social media. I also have this view:
Social Media like a Conference, not like a Bar.
calle
I'm not here on Nostr because I run away from Twitter. I'm here because I'm in search for an internet as it once used to be.
I'm a hacker who fucking hates that social media is in the hands of private companies. I remember using IRC and meeting likeminded anons online. I remember what the internet utopia felt like. People who didn't care what your name or status is, people who aren't interested in sharing their boring holiday pics with random strangers online. I'm not interested in what politicians and influencers have to say. I don't care about the latest mainstream trend that's going viral.
I want random weird interesting smart people around me who share their ideas in a free and open space that isn't controlled by anyone.
That's all I'm looking for. There aren't many such spaces on the internet.
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iM a HaCkEr 🤣🤣
+1
calle
I'm not here on Nostr because I run away from Twitter. I'm here because I'm in search for an internet as it once used to be.
I'm a hacker who fucking hates that social media is in the hands of private companies. I remember using IRC and meeting likeminded anons online. I remember what the internet utopia felt like. People who didn't care what your name or status is, people who aren't interested in sharing their boring holiday pics with random strangers online. I'm not interested in what politicians and influencers have to say. I don't care about the latest mainstream trend that's going viral.
I want random weird interesting smart people around me who share their ideas in a free and open space that isn't controlled by anyone.
That's all I'm looking for. There aren't many such spaces on the internet.
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Well said... it seems so obvious, and probably what most people actually want, without realizing it
No estoy en Nostr por su UX estoy aquí por qué apoyo las herramientas de libertad económica y de información.
Es un acto Agorista , es activismo puro y duro.
Seguimos
#Nostr #Venezuela #ElSalvador #Mexico #Argentina #España #Bitcoin #Amethyst #siamstr
calle
I'm not here on Nostr because I run away from Twitter. I'm here because I'm in search for an internet as it once used to be.
I'm a hacker who fucking hates that social media is in the hands of private companies. I remember using IRC and meeting likeminded anons online. I remember what the internet utopia felt like. People who didn't care what your name or status is, people who aren't interested in sharing their boring holiday pics with random strangers online. I'm not interested in what politicians and influencers have to say. I don't care about the latest mainstream trend that's going viral.
I want random weird interesting smart people around me who share their ideas in a free and open space that isn't controlled by anyone.
That's all I'm looking for. There aren't many such spaces on the internet.
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The world needs more hackers like her!
GM calle 🫂 #keepnostrweird
True unfiltered weird interactions 🤙
Agreed 100%! Make the internet cypherpunk again!
IRC, the good old days. 🥹
You'd probably also like the community on urbit.
It's still there, more or less
well said
> "everything is a conspiracy"
It's official nostr scripture.
@Cyph3rp9nk ?
Run away from X
This is the New England pub of the 1760’s and 70’s. The punk club of the 1970’s. The beefsteak of the mid 1800’s. Glad to see we still have a small corner.
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p.s.
@jb55 just recreated a way to IRC on nostr - i.e. shitpoast without signatures 😀
we're here for you fren
free to stay, free to speak
hey calle 🫂
I didn’t realize it until you articulated it, but same. That’s definitely why I’m here on nostr.
Iono man, downloading mp3s at 10Kb/s off of irc !triggers isn't something I want to go back to 🙃
Add to this reason the feeling of freedom that it brings. Not to be on the record forever waiting to be fired for something you said 10 years ago.
Same here... IRC and Newsgroups and No Search Engine... Good'ol days!
I feel exactly the same... Back in the day you could bond REALLY WELL with people that you didn't had a single clue about their name, country of origin, city they lived... ANYTHING.
It's weird to look back and see that this is not the case anymore... It was really fun to meet random strangers with the same interests and create friendships along the way.
I would say that I miss even the trolls... That's how bad current internet has become! =/
calle
I'm not here on Nostr because I run away from Twitter. I'm here because I'm in search for an internet as it once used to be.
I'm a hacker who fucking hates that social media is in the hands of private companies. I remember using IRC and meeting likeminded anons online. I remember what the internet utopia felt like. People who didn't care what your name or status is, people who aren't interested in sharing their boring holiday pics with random strangers online. I'm not interested in what politicians and influencers have to say. I don't care about the latest mainstream trend that's going viral.
I want random weird interesting smart people around me who share their ideas in a free and open space that isn't controlled by anyone.
That's all I'm looking for. There aren't many such spaces on the internet.
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I’m here strictly for the fun
I’m here for information. I use the others for fun and distraction.
Absolutely. Let others come when they are ready for digital freedom.
The Internet was much better in the 90’s. Nostr feels the same, but cooler.
Let’s do it
Well said. I watched the internet go from a new unexpored place to completely captured in less than 30 years. I am now only interested in non big tech solutions.
Anyone that is still using Windows unless at the point of a gun is acting the fool. (I pretty much consider working for corp's to be forced labor)
Anyone bindly clicking though 'accept' buttons to use phone apps has lost their mind. (mine is nothing but a 2 factor necessity)
Anyone using their doctor's office app is sharing all their medical information explicitly with permission.
Anyone... the list goes on... and on...
Of course, I'm the odd one becuase I never used twitter, I saw this comming a long time ago.
Let’s fucking go!!
Thanks.
Merci.
Gracias.
Danke.
👑
We are Nostr 🤙
Loved mIRC ... 😢
*random weird interesting smart people 👏🏽🙏🏽💜
IRC 😎
Yes this is it.
Anal penetration tester.
🍻 "share their ideas in a free and open space that isn't controlled by anyone." ... Priceless! 🧡
FREEDOM TECH IS HOPE🕊️
IRC and forums are still very much up and running. Plus, there's petabytes of free porn.
IRC still exists, some just left it...
Actually most comms based on protocols are still there, some diminished, some not so much.
It's moved on since then, still uses triggers but the file servers are generally XDCC now & alot faster, pretty good actually.
And you can search easier.
#NOSTR has to be protected by all means!!
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good old irc days with vhosted psybnc
There are far better open source clients.
> USRobotics 14.4 dial-up
I started with a 300 baud Novation CAT acustic coupler.
👆
Cypherpunk's not dead. "Cool. Very cool."
the nostalgia I meant...
Cheers to that 🍻
Amen
Co-sign that
MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY!!!!! Thank you Calle. You sir have hit the nail on the head.
If Nostr fails, then I'll go back to a copper line and learning how to make my own BBS.
COMMUNITY IS KING!!!
Following. I’m a random weird person haha
absolutely. reddit used to be like that. google killed Usenet.
nostr at 28.8k 😂
fserves
isohunt
warez950
I remember that.
makes me wonder if isps ever see strange protocols that they can't identify.
💜✊🧡
calle
I'm not here on Nostr because I run away from Twitter. I'm here because I'm in search for an internet as it once used to be.
I'm a hacker who fucking hates that social media is in the hands of private companies. I remember using IRC and meeting likeminded anons online. I remember what the internet utopia felt like. People who didn't care what your name or status is, people who aren't interested in sharing their boring holiday pics with random strangers online. I'm not interested in what politicians and influencers have to say. I don't care about the latest mainstream trend that's going viral.
I want random weird interesting smart people around me who share their ideas in a free and open space that isn't controlled by anyone.
That's all I'm looking for. There aren't many such spaces on the internet.
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I'd say, I want a community that is working together to resource ourselves and bring our collective genius to collaborate and cocreate, hacking this mainstream matrix reality and spearheading the #RegenerativeRenaissance planting the seeds of regenerative culture to #rebirthearth preserving, protecting, securing the #sourcecode of #theseedoflife
#immortal #transcendental #immutable #ledger like #freedomtech #protocol at the base #liberatingthesoul of #humanity #eternally
calle
I'm not here on Nostr because I run away from Twitter. I'm here because I'm in search for an internet as it once used to be.
I'm a hacker who fucking hates that social media is in the hands of private companies. I remember using IRC and meeting likeminded anons online. I remember what the internet utopia felt like. People who didn't care what your name or status is, people who aren't interested in sharing their boring holiday pics with random strangers online. I'm not interested in what politicians and influencers have to say. I don't care about the latest mainstream trend that's going viral.
I want random weird interesting smart people around me who share their ideas in a free and open space that isn't controlled by anyone.
That's all I'm looking for. There aren't many such spaces on the internet.
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Kind of like old Reddit.
Nostr does have the potential to be that, really, but there is still work to do, especially in terms of interface and, most importantly, diversity in the community.
With u
Diversity? In what sense?
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No need to create a BBS, plenty of them still exist and are active.
You're a script kiddie. Internet was always like this.
Dunno, web2.0 really cemented home the absolute bullshit we live in now. Internet may have always been like this but niche communities still existed. Now we just have... yeah.
Copper phone line or Telnet ones?
The only one that matters, of course: diversity of content.
Old Reddit wasn't entirely (or even mostly) about Bitcoin, or even money in general, was it?
Nut 🌰 coming your way
Amen, brother.
Love it
This made me cry 😢
🧡💯
A relative issue I see is that the best Nostr clients mimic the twitter structure, which focuses on names rather than subjects, and we are missing names compared to twitter, at least in any subject other than bitcoin.
Something like stacker news is interesting, I miss clients that put more focus on subjects rather than names.
Both.
Hey Don
Now on my #TFQFavorites list
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calle
I'm not here on Nostr because I run away from Twitter. I'm here because I'm in search for an internet as it once used to be.
I'm a hacker who fucking hates that social media is in the hands of private companies. I remember using IRC and meeting likeminded anons online. I remember what the internet utopia felt like. People who didn't care what your name or status is, people who aren't interested in sharing their boring holiday pics with random strangers online. I'm not interested in what politicians and influencers have to say. I don't care about the latest mainstream trend that's going viral.
I want random weird interesting smart people around me who share their ideas in a free and open space that isn't controlled by anyone.
That's all I'm looking for. There aren't many such spaces on the internet.
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Grow the internet you want to see in the world.
Nostr is one of those weird, beautiful places. Welcome home!⚡️
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What you are looking for, was a long time ago 😭😔
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I love this.
The utopia never went away, it just seems a bit delayed to come back more powerful. We won!
#grownostr
An open town square for anyone to meet at anytime
It’s actually the fusion of left leaning people, for the idea of a publicly owned property, but also the right leaning, who believe in freedom of speech etc
Nostr is a special place
❤️
Started getting back here on Nostr because the posts can be as long as you want and you don't need to get blue checks...plus it's gotten much better.
So ditto
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I still use IRC
A million times yes
I think you are onto something: When posts and follows are organized by author, authors are incentivized to use eye-grabbing rhetoric, to provoke adrenaline and make people want more, and to get more: More likes! More followers!
When posts are organized by topic, contributors can speak freely, but there is less incentive for authors to seek followers through rhetoric, and more incentive to gain community respect by providing useful perspective.
Not that the latter can’t happen on author-organized services, but the incentives seem to distract from it. The author-focused services feel noisier and frenetic or schizophrenic, while the subject-focused services feel more focused and useful.
Exactly
Well said👊
Same
I'm building on Nostr because no one can take it away from me, the government nor "moderators" can ban me, I can say what I want without being treated like a child by a centralized platform, and Bitcoin is the native money.
Nostr is a tool of God to enhance human freedom.
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