Yesterday, I said that the "dark" part of the Fediverse was moving to Nostr.

This is because these folks don't like being "censored" and believe they are entitled to visibility.

They don't like moderation. That's what it comes down to.

They're fine with abuse and spam. In fact, they believe it's a net benefit to social media.

And when you look at Nostr now, that's what it pretty much is right now.

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Also, I disagree with the notion that Nostr is "more" decentralized than ActivityPub.

It just has a different chokepoint.

What happens if everyone uses the same relay? Centralization.

And relays can be moderated.

Granted, it's harder moderate a Nostr relay than a Fediverse server.

But I don't think that's a good thing either.

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Now I'm going to agree with NVK on two things:

1. ActivityPub is not as decentralized as it could be

2. On the Fediverse, most people don't own their identity & data

However, unlike NVK, I believe those two critiques can be worked on.

The way to decentralize further is to essentially make it as easy as possible to start up and run a server.

And new methods for identity management are being worked on as we speak.

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@davidslifka There's a few initiatives.

1. @blaine's current work

2. @mike's Zot protocol, which actually works right now -- and it's pretty slick

3. @kidehen has lots of thoughts on identity management

4. There's also hello.coop

Lots of minds are on this, and a whole lot of people are trying to build a better identity system.

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