Sean Coates on Nostr: Around 25 years ago we collectively decided that siloing communications into ...
Around 25 years ago we collectively decided that siloing communications into proprietary systems was unacceptable. AOL and CompuServe (and Prodigy, and others) lost their stranglehold on email, and we all won when email became deliverable no matter who the recipient pays for their connection. The Internet boomed.
After we've learned so much, most of our communications are tied back up in proprietary silos (often with bad overlords) like Slack, What's App, and Bluesky.
Real federation must win.
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