Post B2lQO1S6eeVyMDfBEe by koimoa@nishikigoi.space
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(DIR) Post #B2lPo0ZgROlZD52CWm by icedquinn@blob.cat
2026-01-29T02:57:46.622253Z
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something i've been noticing is the older nostr relays were very open (strfry.) then the engineering work was on scaling the synchronization of events.the current generation (pyramid, chorus) are more "closed." chorus is based on an old mutual RSS or twtxt model of just dropping your messages in an outbox and waiting for someone to come get it. pyramid is based on friend-of-friend models like the old what.cd.seems one cannot escape the march to closed societies.
(DIR) Post #B2lQO1S6eeVyMDfBEe by koimoa@nishikigoi.space
2026-01-29T02:59:51.276375Z
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@icedquinn or seems like they want to make money off it, since it seems like the "good" ones are paid relays
(DIR) Post #B2lQO2aeQMwZt0fWC0 by icedquinn@blob.cat
2026-01-29T03:04:14.069706Z
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@koimoa they say its to keep the spam out. though maybe i haven't looked too hard.of the few things i saw it was like right wing grognards and shitcoin enthusiasts and its like ehhh
(DIR) Post #B2lRsx13IaYNWtJw24 by radmin@limepeeps.perchinup.top
2026-01-29T03:16:06.377Z
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@koimoa@nishikigoi.space @icedquinn@blob.cat the "good" ones are paid relaysHuh, weird that Nostr, a much smaller protocol than Fedi, is more commercialized than Fedi. Almost all Fedi instances are either fully free to join or just require the mods inviting you, and they mostly rely on donations from its users to cover costs (they can even be paid for out-of-pocket, even). I expected Nostr to have a similar culture of open decentralization like Fedi. :neofox_think:
(DIR) Post #B2lRsy0jbFtScCBCAy by icedquinn@blob.cat
2026-01-29T03:21:04.117918Z
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@radmin @koimoa i think they did but then got gleasoned in to being a buttcoin platform somehow.in theory nostr guards you against the mastodon style ideology gestapo but in practice that particular form of meta-censorship endures. it does mean one outpost can kick you and yu take your identity elsewhere, but it doesn't stop federated blacklisting campaigns.but yeah chorus is built for people running their own on a vps, and pyramid is built for running an invite-web on a vps, so the tech is there, its just the general town square that you have to struggle bus access to
(DIR) Post #B2lWu2Dfw9eHjEYqum by koimoa@nishikigoi.space
2026-01-29T04:07:06.923660Z
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@icedquinn @radmin should add that nostr was made with "Web3" in mind so any incentive to monetize was there from the jump with nft and shill coins in mindSee, my problem with platforms built on that is that they never shut the fuck up about it and it drowns out/scares everyone else away, even if it's designed well
(DIR) Post #B2lWu3akpphhz6MnWi by japananon@mitra.anon-kenkai.com
2026-01-29T04:17:16.597546Z
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@koimoa @icedquinn @radmin>my problem with platforms built on that is that they never shut the fuck up about it and it drowns out/scares everyone else awayThat was my experience. I thought Nostr would be fun, I wanted to like it, but the only conversations I ever see is people talking about Nostr itself, or Bitcoin, and nothing else. I didn't feel like anybody was really having real conversations or even just having any fun there.
(DIR) Post #B2lX2xq5anxWkVmq48 by icedquinn@blob.cat
2026-01-29T04:18:56.804395Z
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@japananon @radmin @koimoa i'd set up a pyramid instance as a shitpost, but idk how many people would actually want to use this. i don't pull a large enough community to make lasting shitpost spheres :blobcatgoogly: