Not sure if this will reach out to anyone who can answer, but I've been learning a bit about the #Nostr protocol, and it claims to be better against censorship and muuuch simpler that #ActivityPub. However, what are the downsides of Nostr, compared to APub? Less censorship = more bots? Simpler protocol = lacking good built-in defences against unknow threats, or something like that?
TIDAL is embracing #Nostr, and may be a signal that other companies under Block's umbrella might make similar moves. It's only a small demo at this point, but it demonstrates the company's first commitment.
The Balkanised Activitypub Federation (BAF…?) is a great source of frustration. I have a friend, @kolev , and he's having a hard time following me. I know the answer is probably "technical limitations", but why do server owners have any say on what their users may or may not read? That's abhorrent.
Eventually I would have to copy my Nostr keypair here and find a good piece of software with which to use it.
What a pleasant surprise to have found an app (@openvibe) that aims to bring together all decentralized social networks in one! It saves you the trouble of having to post on each one separately. For now, it works with #Mastodon and #Nostr, but they plan to add #Bluesky and #Threads. Very good news! Check it out if you can. 😉
Habe nach dem Weggang von Jack Dorsey von BlueSky das erste Mal bewusst vom dezentralen Social Network #Nostr gelesen. Ich bin ja immer neugierig auf neue Protokolle und Plattformen, aber Nostr scheint sich extrem in der Crypto/FreedomOfSpeech-Ecke zu positionieren und es ist da gar nicht zu erwarten, dass es angenehme Ecken gibt, oder sehe ich das falsch?
I feel like the way #Nostr does apps is superior to how we do it in the #Fediverse.
This isn’t to say that Nostr apps are inherently better. Some Mastodon apps have an incredible amount of polish, and extremely creative features.
Nostr’s standardization on identity and credentials and appended data is really, really good, though. Everything I sign into just works. Whereas, as a Non-Mastodon user with partial MastoAPI support, that isn’t always the case. I often have to cross my fingers and hope it works.
I'm adding new profile fields to #Smithereen, so I would like to ask the fediverse about what kinds of contact info one would expect to be able to add to their profile. So far I've seen:
Personal website/blog
Matrix
XMPP
Telegram
Signal
Phone number
Twitter
Email
I've not yet seen these in fediverse profiles but they are mainstream enough that won't hurt to add:
Je commence à voir une première vague de comptes #Nostr bridgés via #Mostr, et je suis pas sûr d'apprécier me mélanger avec une commu' majoritairement cryptobros…
What if people could host and monetize their own community on #Nostr, using NIP05 domains as a way to identify community members? They could enjoy a local content feed of like-minded people while remaining connected to the rest of the network...
the core downfall of mastodon is that every instance is an opportunity to censor potentially thousands of individuals on the grounds of vague reasons such as “in appropriate content”
their entire architecture is based around the idea that a single instance admin has the power to decide what its users are allowed to see, and you can’t easily move to another relay without rebuilding your social graph.
why people still use this protocol is mind boggling to me.
let users control their own feed ffs. Individuals and clients should have this power, not relay tinpot dictators.
Openvibe now fully supports both Nostr and Mastodon protocols! 🌐📲
Experience seamless crossposting and a unified timeline for all your social interactions 🐙
People following me on #nostr: you can zap my posts now!
I have implemented NIP-57 for @kosmos accounts, so if you host an lndhub.go instance, you could use this as well (for all of LNURL, Lightning Address, and Zaps). Or you could steal some of the Ruby/Rails code and add it to your own service.
So Ryan, thank you for this most valuable tool to bring people around the globe together in #DeSoc - creating (and curating, as you have) ***Bridgy_Fed is one of the very best things that the Fediverse has to offer people on both sides of the protocol divide, and I really don't think that there are enough Thank you's to go around for all of the selfless effort you've put into this service.
So as meek and perhaps insignificant as it may sound, THANK YOU!