Huh, I'm interested in distributed social networking. I even wrote a protocol and implementation of one for myself called #FeoBlog
So I was a bit surprised to hear about #NOSTR for the first time today. https://nostr.com/
It has a lot of the same qualities that I'd designed into FeoBlog, but a lot more momentum behind it. I'm reading up on it today, but am curious to hear thoughts from anyone who's looked into it.
If anybody wants to find me on #Nostr, I'm "@nfnitloop.com"
Or: npub1m3p39ertpcuzzpw32s5scsv7vp48xgqye4eqmmceyyqtj9dphxkqz7mn6s
I started my #FeoBlog project (https://github.com/nfnitloop/feoblog/#feoblog) years ago because I saw Mastodon gaining popularity and thought that a distributed system would be better than a federated one.
I also later found several problems with Mastodon's (ab?)use of ActivityPub (https://github.com/NfNitLoop/feoblog/issues/42).
#Nostr is much more like what I had in mind for FeoBlog, so I of course prefer its model. And I've found a lot to like about its protocol.
I'm at:
https://njump.me/nfnitloop.com
Now if you're asking me about the *community*? The jury is still out. Have found some friendly folks. But since most relays are just wide open, there are also some things that I'd rather not be associated with.
This might get better as I grow a social network w/ more follows there, and limit my feed to that. But when bootstrapping a network in a new system, reading the "new" and "trending" posts is a good(?) way to find folks to follow.
Cody Casterline 🏳️🌈
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