Scoundrel on Nostr: Matty-kun probably won't see this since Bugcatcher-Tyler blocked me or something, but ...

Matty-kun probably won't see this since Bugcatcher-Tyler blocked me or something, but this hypothetical Nostr future is what I'm waiting for actually. In the state of the current Fediverse, you need to choose one "darknet" instance to trust, and if you guess wrong then you're fucked. In the Nostr case, every one of these relays would have to turn on you simultaneously for you to have a problem. And even then, you would still be able to just reboot your account manually and retain everything.

To repeat my sob-story for those who haven't heard it, I used to be a user on the website Funnyjunk. Funnyjunk is known by people on and off the site for it's permissiveness and for its freedom of speech. And then one day, I just lost the ability to post. To be clear, I was NOT banned. Only one other user knew that I lost the ability to post, and his account was hit simultaneously to mine. And this wasn't a fluke either, it happend to me three more times after that.

To me, the fact that I am in possession of my own private key is the only thing I need to know about Nostr. I'm not worried about relay administrators making echo chambers, and neither am I worried about users choosing to remain in those echo chambers. I'm worried about people having to rely on administrator promises in order to retain access to their accounts and to their friends. On Nostr, the promises of administrators don't matter; we are protected by the protocol itself.