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(DIR) Post #AUMEzYzj4BL5d0Epma by sawaba@infosec.exchange
2023-04-05T23:02:17Z
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So, on the back of this horrible news about Bill Lee (which I'm both sad and anxious about, given a LOT of my friends will be in SF later this month...), I noticed an early version of what I assume is Jack's Twitter replacement is up and running.I thought, okay, cool - time to reserve my sawaba handle on a new platform, explore it, see what it's all about.As with most things Web3 and blockchain-related, the experience hasn't been clear, straightforward, or easy so far.
(DIR) Post #AUMEzZWL6vQXG9UscK by sawaba@infosec.exchange
2023-04-05T23:05:01Z
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This is the thread that piqued my curiosity. Looks very similar to Twitter or Mastodon so far.Alright, how do I sign up?
(DIR) Post #AUMEzZzlLWxkjPGNTk by sawaba@infosec.exchange
2023-04-05T23:09:02Z
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Seems like it's maybe similar to Mastodon - decentralized, and Snort.social is the equivalent of mastodon.social?Loving the design so far. Very clean, I'm a fan of purple.Ooooh, but the login field is asking for a KEY, things are starting to feel very Web3I guess I'm generating a pub/priv key pair and the priv key will be part of my login, while my pub key signs my posts?
(DIR) Post #AUMEzaUFWBLiFxWizw by sawaba@infosec.exchange
2023-04-05T23:13:37Z
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Yeah, pretty much, it looks like that's how this works.Saved my keys, next.Grab my username, next.
(DIR) Post #AUMEzaxJm6bLi77wJ6 by sawaba@infosec.exchange
2023-04-05T23:18:58Z
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Okayyyy, WTF is this? I thought I just picked a username.But it's going to show a default avatar and the first 8 characters of my public key instead? What sense does that make?So, it looks like I can register a unique handle of sawaba@snort.social, okay.But it's going to cost me 50,000 sats? What's a sat? Is that short for satoshi?I'm vaguely remembering that 1 BTC equals some amount of satoshis - like a million or a billion.Okay, looks like 50,000 sats is roughly $14 right now, and I have enough BTC in my Coinbase wallet for that.
(DIR) Post #AUMEzbUdmDFxNSiYFM by sawaba@infosec.exchange
2023-04-05T23:23:37Z
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Okay, buying sawaba@snort.social...but wait, I recall buying some crypto domain name a few years ago - it wasn't cheap either, like $100Can I use that instead?Right, here we go - I own sawaba.crypto and badinvestments.crypto. Could I use one of these instead of buying a snort.social handle?
(DIR) Post #AUMEzc7dRERrKOxh1k by sawaba@infosec.exchange
2023-04-05T23:33:37Z
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I'm gonna skip that for now - seems like something I could do later on. (right? that's not really clear at this point)Okay, now I have an option to connect with Twitter friends who are already on this platform, that's handy.Aaaand, I have no idea who these people are, because they all have pubkeys for names and default avatars. Useless. Skip.
(DIR) Post #AUMEzcnSvhuPQ8X6EC by sawaba@infosec.exchange
2023-04-05T23:34:11Z
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HOLY WTF, this is what I'm presented with now. Is this the current state of Web3 in a single image?A web of anonymous, unrecognizable accounts that can't be bothered to replace the default avatars and buy custom domains...And then there's Jack, atop the Web3 throne, clearly recognizable.
(DIR) Post #AUMEzdNGmaY5DBHh2G by sawaba@infosec.exchange
2023-04-05T23:36:23Z
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And I'm done. I'm now exploring the UIHere's Jack's profileLooks like there are a few more folks that have proper names and avatars... but how does he know who he's following? The vast majority of these accounts have no recognizable features.
(DIR) Post #AUMEzduEo0v6rQi1QG by sawaba@infosec.exchange
2023-04-05T23:39:18Z
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Apparently, by default, I am my own follower?Also, it shows my username here, why not in the main UI, where you need it to know who is posting in a thread?
(DIR) Post #AUMEzeSckAQSa4nU1I by sawaba@infosec.exchange
2023-04-05T23:41:54Z
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My first post!To be fair, this isn't the first social platform where people's first posts are mostly "how does this work"
(DIR) Post #AUMEzf4CUSU2ScNUae by sawaba@infosec.exchange
2023-04-05T23:44:13Z
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The social UI/UX is pretty simple. Instead of boosts, you have "zaps", but you also have likes, retweets, and replies.
(DIR) Post #AUMEzfjg0Ff0XFmcEq by sawaba@infosec.exchange
2023-04-05T23:45:11Z
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Similar to Mastodon, you have both 'local' and 'global' feeds you can browse.
(DIR) Post #AUMEzgFa5dBI8Ci5y4 by sawaba@infosec.exchange
2023-04-05T23:51:44Z
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Ohhh, zaps are donationsYou can even automatically send money to every "note" (their equivalent of a Tweet or Toot) that you load!
(DIR) Post #AUMEzglq9gz9kFnrFY by IceCubeSoup@noagendasocial.com
2023-04-05T23:57:24Z
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@sawaba You should look into podcasting 2.0 , where listeners can send boost-a-grams contains satoshis to the podcaster, along with a message. Also, a podcasting 2.0 app will stream small amounts of sats to the podcaster while you listen.https://value4value.info/https://podcastindex.org/