I'm convinced that all centralised social media will in the long run fall for mass censorship and mass surveillance.
If you care about privacy and free speech, it's time to help grow the censorship resistant alternative.
Bye, bye X.
You can find me on Nostr.
I was way too pessimistic in this Bitcoin adoption chart.
I was expecting Bitcoin used for international trade in 2033.
If it starts to be used for oil trade in 2026, as yesterday's news suggests...
https://t.co/3GemF8Rh5r
@juanrallo Twitter (2006) ,Mastodon (2016), Diaspora (2010), Gab (2016), Parler (2018), , Gettr (2021), Truth (2022), Hive (2020), Bluesky (2024)... all promised free speech.
All have slipped into censorship, blocking and control.
#Nostr is different.
Can't be evil > don't be evil.
NOSTR is not a platform.
It’s not controlled by any person, corporation or government.
It’s FREE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE.
No censorship. No ID. No surveillance. No algo.
Just #FreeSpeech@juanrallo
#Nostr advantages v centralized social media.
1. Censorship resistant
2. FOSS
3. User owns contacts
4. User owns content
5. User picks algo
6. User choose app
7. User picks relays
8. User picks moderation
9. Zaps
10. Web of trust
Nostr is a protocol, not a platform.
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez:
Starting next week, my government will implement the following actions:
First, we will change the law in Spain to hold platform executives legally accountable for many infringements taking place on their sites.
Second, we will turn algorithmic manipulation and amplification of illegal content into a new criminal offense.
Third, we will implement a hate and polarization footprint system to track, quantify, and expose how digital platforms fuel division and amplify hate.
Fourth, Spain will ban access to social media for minors under the age of 16. Platforms will be required to implement effective age verification systems — not just checkboxes, but real barriers that work.
Fifth and last, my government will work with our public prosecutor to investigate and pursue the infringement committed by Grok, TikTok, and Instagram.
@PatrickvdMeijde@BitcoinBrabant@w_s_bitcoin@bitcoinstad DoEat started in 2012 (later we got it this custom address):
https://t.co/ZhiLzChNDc
We might have done some tests in 2011, but I can't really remember. There might be something about it in old Bitcointalk threads. I'll check.
My content is being restricted in the EU under the Digital Services Act - the very censorship act I’ve been warning about for years.
Under the guise of "online safety" they put a search ban on my account and flagged my posts as sensitive/age restricted content.
The EU hates free speech because it threatens their power.