TheDarrenator on Nostr: I like Nostr a lot. But I think it’s important to remember that its censorship ...
I like Nostr a lot.
But I think it’s important to remember that its censorship resistance does not necessarily go hand in hand with #privacy.
If our identities are known on Nostr, then “they” can see what we posted years ago (problem: sometimes we change our views, or we say stupid things that can be taken wrongly, or say things out loud that we shouldn’t). And Nostr is also a fine way to create a social graph of people — to see who’s connected to whom.
So wouldn’t it be wisest to have at least two different Nostr IDs? One for the public, and one that’s anonymous for more personal things we’d rather keep private? Otherwise, everything we say will indeed be part of our “permanent record” — something we don’t like when the government does it.
For instance, one might have all sorts of things to say in opposition to Crooked H., Barack Hussein, Brandon, and Commie-la — but would that person want all that tied to his name if it can all be used against him?
Am I thinking about this correctly?
But I think it’s important to remember that its censorship resistance does not necessarily go hand in hand with #privacy.
If our identities are known on Nostr, then “they” can see what we posted years ago (problem: sometimes we change our views, or we say stupid things that can be taken wrongly, or say things out loud that we shouldn’t). And Nostr is also a fine way to create a social graph of people — to see who’s connected to whom.
So wouldn’t it be wisest to have at least two different Nostr IDs? One for the public, and one that’s anonymous for more personal things we’d rather keep private? Otherwise, everything we say will indeed be part of our “permanent record” — something we don’t like when the government does it.
For instance, one might have all sorts of things to say in opposition to Crooked H., Barack Hussein, Brandon, and Commie-la — but would that person want all that tied to his name if it can all be used against him?
Am I thinking about this correctly?