The challenge is not to replace one control system with another, but to resist the idea that control, in any form, is the only answer to spam or abuse. Every reputation mechanism (wot) or algorithmic filter we introduce is a stone that can build a path or a new tower. The real question is: can we imagine a collective defense that does not create new guardians?
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“Normality is a paved road: It's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.” – Vincent van Gogh.
Van Gogh chose the wheat fields, the starry nights, the intensity of yellow. His art, emblematic of a quest that rejects flattening, reminds us that an authentic voice is often born off the beaten path. A warning for every creator.
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Experimentation as a counterpoint to algorithmic dogma.
The statement describes a contradiction: a network designed for horizontality that reproduces, on a smaller scale, dynamics of concentration. Power has not vanished; it has merely shifted from central servers to the custodians of "critical" algorithms and infrastructure.
Yet, this is not a definitive condemnation. The intrinsic fragmentation of data (the partial "social graphs") is not only a limitation but can be the foundation for a different kind of equity. No algorithm, however controlled by a few, can ever impose a single global "reality" of reputation on Nostr because the starting data is radically different for each user.
The real experiment, therefore, is not technical but social: can the user, in their hyper-local experience, become aware of this partiality and use it as a critical filter, rather than suffer it as an imposition? The answer lies not in the perfect algorithm, but in the proliferation of diverse experiences and readings of the network. The decentralization of human judgment is the ultimate, irreducible, layer of defense.
#Reputation #Power #NostrCritics #Algorithm #AskNostr #Decentralization #CensorshipResistance #Nostr #Moderation #Fediverse #wotathon #FreeSpeech #OpenProtocol#NostrGrowth #NostrAdoption #WoT (Web of Trust) #NostrFeedback #NIP (Nostr Implementation Possibility) #NostrCritique
I absolutely don't appreciate it one bit when certain clients suggest profiles to their liking in my feed, after I've chosen not to follow anyone publicly anymore! 😡🤬
