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masterofballs@exploding-heads.com 1 year agoIf people followed identites, rather than identities of an instance
That is exactly how nostr works. And is the main selling point of it. You request a public key from any relay and if that relay has it’s data and is willing to share it you get it. Simple.
The fediverse almost does this. I
The fediverse does not do this at all. I’m not sure where you are getting at. They own your identity. Identities in the fediverse are 100% centralized.
logen@exploding-heads.com 1 year ago
Well, the idea that I can create my own pleroma instance, create an identity, and then go check out noagenda or whoever else’s mastondon’s and the like.
Even peertube iirc. Possibly diaspora?
At that point, blocking me or the instance is the same thing since I’d be the only one on the instance. However, these instances are a bit of pain to setup for the average person, especially if the only point is to create an idenity since that thousands of other people are willing to do it for you.
But yea, that’s why I want to like nostr, mehbe someday a different client will work out for me, but with the way this stuff work out…It’s usually not what Iwant.
masterofballs@exploding-heads.com 1 year ago
I keep seeing this an as argument for the fediverse. But it really is not and i’ll tell you why.
If everyone who used the fediverse hosted their own instance they would indeed have decentralized identities.
But they don’t.
So in your example, yes you can create your instance and your identity will be separate from noagenda social. But what happens when noagenda social bans you?
Every single user on no agenda social is banned from seeing you.
This is fair. And i’m not married to nostr. I believe though in a year or two we should have a pretty solid solution. It’s an ok mastodon and twitter alternative for now. Uses a lot of data though.
logen@exploding-heads.com 1 year ago
Yep, you’ve convinced me to give it another chance. I really should try out other clients, but android is what I usually use for reading, entertainment, etc… I have plenty of other computers though, I have no excuse.
I wonder if there is a way to change a private key. Say, mine gets compromised, without creating a new account.
masterofballs@exploding-heads.com 1 year ago
No private keys are sacred in nostr. Just like Bitcoin. You lose it you have to tell all your followers to re follow the new public key .