Laeserin on Nostr: But no. We don't do that here. We are all anon here or we want to be frozen in time ...
But no. We don't do that here. We are all anon here or we want to be frozen in time at 22.
For every person who is horrified at seeing my new PfP, there are at least 10 who can't see the new PfP and ask me how to fix that, because the clients cache everything and the relays refuse to update profiles, even if I broadcast it. People are still zapping me on Alby because they can't see that I changed to Minibits, so I had to link the wallets.
Every client currently displays a different version of my profile. Some from over a year ago.
And I'm the only person who can prove that because most other people are literally terrified of changing anything ever. Which is just going to get worse, if every typo correction or new banner image results in thousands of people receiving a message in their client. Everyone now knows that they can't change anything because it creates a flood of spam, and there's no point in changing anything, as so many people refuse to accept it or don't even see the changes.
Profile stasis.
Also doesn't make sense to bother with cryptographic keys and NIP-05s, if users insist on identifying people they know by picture. Anyone can just copy my picture link and put it in their profile. Same with my handle. It is not a unique identifier, it's just a convenience or decoration.
For every person who is horrified at seeing my new PfP, there are at least 10 who can't see the new PfP and ask me how to fix that, because the clients cache everything and the relays refuse to update profiles, even if I broadcast it. People are still zapping me on Alby because they can't see that I changed to Minibits, so I had to link the wallets.
Every client currently displays a different version of my profile. Some from over a year ago.
And I'm the only person who can prove that because most other people are literally terrified of changing anything ever. Which is just going to get worse, if every typo correction or new banner image results in thousands of people receiving a message in their client. Everyone now knows that they can't change anything because it creates a flood of spam, and there's no point in changing anything, as so many people refuse to accept it or don't even see the changes.
Profile stasis.
Also doesn't make sense to bother with cryptographic keys and NIP-05s, if users insist on identifying people they know by picture. Anyone can just copy my picture link and put it in their profile. Same with my handle. It is not a unique identifier, it's just a convenience or decoration.