This has happened quite a bit across multiple platforms. I'm leaving Twitter permanently tomorrow for Nostr. Not that this was a final straw or anything, but I keep getting unavoidable daily reminders. I'm done. Reminds me of the $10 watch a company gave my dad as a parting gift for 30 years of work.
531 sats \ 1 reply \ @ursuscamp 27 Jul 2023
Elon stole my Twitter handle and all I got was this stupid t-shirt.
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @SpaceHodler 27 Jul 2023
But if the t-shirt says "Elon stole my Twitter handle" and is signed by Elon, it would be a rather unique piece of X merch and potentially make the person whole.
Maybe someone should suggest that to Elon.
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200 sats \ 2 replies \ @AyCaramba 27 Jul 2023
This sucks
I left twitter a few months ago.
Nostr hasn't really been a good alternative for me. IMHO interaction there is a bit slow and scarce. My posts and questions for bitcoin projects are there but with almost no views. (Not to mention likes or answers).
For interesting content and questions (bitcoin and other topics) stacker news is the most engaging platform, for me at least.
Stacker News FTW.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @mallardshead OP 27 Jul 2023
Stacker does have excellent engagement. That's what's made it so successful. When Nostr gets its upgrades, its marketplace clients (literally goods and services), and some content creators, it's going to shine. How was Twitter engagement for you? And what Nostr client did you use?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @AyCaramba 27 Jul 2023
Twitter was not good either. Only very few interactions with other people. What I did find useful were the tweets by utilities companies from my town and stuff like that, public announcements from public entities. But for that I used nitter or just twitter without being logged. Now I do not visit twitter or nitter.
In nostr I used iris and amethyst. My experience was similar in both.
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328 sats \ 3 replies \ @proeu 26 Jul 2023
No one man should have all that power
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65 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko 27 Jul 2023
The clock's ticking, I just count the hours
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @cointastical 29 Jul 2023
Lemmy sucks. The admin of the Lemmy server I was using suspended my account. No idea why. Frickin commies.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @mallardshead OP 26 Jul 2023
Correct. Have some bolts:⚡️
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175 sats \ 5 replies \ @kepford 26 Jul 2023
Elon is a jerk but you are right. The only solution is Nostr or something decentralized. Elon owns all the user names. He just wanted that one.
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200 sats \ 2 replies \ @brianh 27 Jul 2023
How does Nostr compare to the ActivityPub protocol? I've been using sites like Mastodon and Lemmy recently, don't know much about Nostr
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @deleted231216 27 Jul 2023
Also interested in a technical/UX comparison between Nostr and ActivityPub.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @mallardshead OP 27 Jul 2023
Nostr is the protocol and there's a bunch of clients. Uses pub/private keys and is easier to get started imo. Damus is a popular client for mobile, Snort and Iris are for desktop. You can attach any Lightning wallet you want. Hotbed of distributed computing innovation currently, lots of work to be done. But I'd argue engagement is up there and like Stacker, less like Twitter where it's essentially a no-fly zone without a blue check. Engagement also happens to be why people like Reddit, there's not an equal reason. Facebook/Meta was always more for your small circle, not casuals.
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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @mallardshead OP 27 Jul 2023
Yes. To me, social media should no longer be controlled by single men, VC's, or investing interests. It's become too influential. The recent censorship of political dissidents abroad during elections at the request of dictators was actually my final straw, I've just been too casual about it to leave. I was outspoken about FaceBook's shenanigans previously, and would be a hypocrite to stay, now that another option clearly exists—Nostr. When Twitter rolls out the payments infrastructure, it'll be worse than Worldcoin in my opinion, because I'd argue WeChat is worse than Worldcoin, which is Twitter's ambition. Fuck that. The US has exceedingly strong laws protecting businesses (in relative terms to the rest of the developed world), which is good, so it's really on us to figure our out of this panopticon, instead of allowing social media to encroach even further, now into our intimate financial lives.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @guts 27 Jul 2023
I am also recommending alternatives to Reddit as Lemmy. Since the hunt of third party apps the exodus and development of new clients went really fast. You have Apollo like PWA client as Voyager and mlmym for old.reddit theme.
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130 sats \ 2 replies \ @zuspotirko 27 Jul 2023
Getting important usernames early was always fascinating to me. It's similar to getting domains early. Like e.g. sex dot com or cooking dot com etc.
Considering how insanely valuable these domains are you'd think the @ x Twitter handle should be worth more than some merch and a meeting with Elon.
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8 sats \ 0 replies \ @SpaceHodler 27 Jul 2023
But short names like X are problematic.
Imagine a company calling itself "a". Every time you use the English indefinite article you put yourself at risk of being sued or whatever.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @mallardshead OP 27 Jul 2023
Right? I mean what grown man would want to hang out with HR reps building up to a hand shake with a stranger? Fucking weird.
"So you were the owner of @x eh?"
"Yeah."
"Cool."
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @Car 27 Jul 2023
I’ve been saying it for the last couple months it’s time to choose a side. This was inevitable.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @mallardshead OP 27 Jul 2023
Sad that it has to be thought about like that, and I would've never agreed, but after the mad dash of bitcoiners to verify themselves and get blue checks, I lost an enormous amount of respect. Maybe I shouldn't have, it's just frustrating. It's the opposite of what I thought, like Tupac censoring his album to get the parental advisory removed. Fuck off ya know.
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60 sats \ 0 replies \ @sudonaka 27 Jul 2023
The sim swapping handle thieves are jealous
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Chep 27 Jul 2023
All things considered not the worst offer for the situation. That said, grateful for Nostr as well because any centralized chokepoint will be abused at some point!
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30 sats \ 2 replies \ @chungkingexpress 26 Jul 2023
Who had the account before it was seized?
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @mallardshead OP 26 Jul 2023
A photographer from California. Kinda built his business around it.
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60 sats \ 0 replies \ @chungkingexpress 27 Jul 2023
Do you know his new handle / details?
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 26 Jul 2023
I do get kinda tired of hearing people complain about the power of Elon though. I mean if they also complain about the power of presidents and governments OK.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ceife 30 Jul 2023
U must sell that shit more expensive
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ovitrif 27 Jul 2023 freebie
Based Elon. Should've given him some sats as well.