Rich5 on Nostr: I think the idea to have a joint unconference in Japan and Hong Kong is a bad idea. ...
I think the idea to have a joint unconference in Japan and Hong Kong is a bad idea.
Why not just Japan only?
HKongers will take up Nostr to enhance their fight for freedom. They are super tech savvy and normal social media is heavily policed right now. So, Nostr is the obvious answer. HK doesn’t need a conference for HKongers to take this up. In fact, it could work to get Damus and others quickly banned as the Gov becomes wise to Nostr’s potential. I presume Damus is not banned in HK at the moment cus I downloaded Damus and my phone downloads are governed by HK laws too.
I strongly believe that HK‘s take up of Nostr should be more on the down-low until it’s ubiquitous and harder to stamp out by the Gov. Right now in HK, any gathering needs to be registered with the police and they film EVERYTHING! I spent more than a decade of my life writing about and attending every protest in HK. The police and Gov aren’t fucking around. The entire democratically elected opposition of HK are either in prison, with no conviction, or have fled the city.
It’s illegal to wear masks in the city so as to cover up your identity. Stop and search by police is everywhere. You can’t refuse even though the laws say you can. HK is a police state in every sense of the word. And…. What? Nostr developers are going to fly in to talk about it?
Hong Kongers are going to attend a public conference and broadcast to the police who they are?
Stoooopid!
Why not just Japan only?
HKongers will take up Nostr to enhance their fight for freedom. They are super tech savvy and normal social media is heavily policed right now. So, Nostr is the obvious answer. HK doesn’t need a conference for HKongers to take this up. In fact, it could work to get Damus and others quickly banned as the Gov becomes wise to Nostr’s potential. I presume Damus is not banned in HK at the moment cus I downloaded Damus and my phone downloads are governed by HK laws too.
I strongly believe that HK‘s take up of Nostr should be more on the down-low until it’s ubiquitous and harder to stamp out by the Gov. Right now in HK, any gathering needs to be registered with the police and they film EVERYTHING! I spent more than a decade of my life writing about and attending every protest in HK. The police and Gov aren’t fucking around. The entire democratically elected opposition of HK are either in prison, with no conviction, or have fled the city.
It’s illegal to wear masks in the city so as to cover up your identity. Stop and search by police is everywhere. You can’t refuse even though the laws say you can. HK is a police state in every sense of the word. And…. What? Nostr developers are going to fly in to talk about it?
Hong Kongers are going to attend a public conference and broadcast to the police who they are?
Stoooopid!