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**THE NOSTR REPORT** 🍆 D-Day🍆 26 January 2023 [773785] Our quote of the day comes from mads who marked this auspicious day, the day the pr0n bots took over the global feed, as 🍆 D-Day🍆 . **Headline Nostr News** ***To Markdown*** or not to Markdown **Markdown maxis** and never Markdowners clash. Does markdown kill the Nostr experience? Carlito helped spark a conversation over markdown use in Nostr #[1] ***PRO:*** Derek Ross proclaims "Long live markdown." #[3] CON: fiatjaf #[5] wants everyone to stop using MD for good reason. Read his note on protocol bloat here: #[6] NVK wants to move "micro-blogging" to purpose-built Nostr clients/relays. #[8] jack learns that there are more than 10 emojis that can be used on Nostr🕺🪩💃🏽🦗🎯🍍🐒🥥🍻💅🆒. Expanding his armamentarium wasn't enough to stop the onslaught of 🐰 porn and 🍆pics that filled the global feed today. LynAlden JOINS Nostr The Queen of macro joins Nostr making the plebs 🤯 lose their minds! Jack gives his customary Nostr welcome. 🫂 #[11] and TatumTurnUp reminds us **Don't trust, verify** #[13] . Lyn did eventually confirm her npub on her 🐦 profile. **#Nostrica Update** Nostrica shuttle from SJO to Uvita announced #[15] Follow the Nostrica account thenostrworld and #nostrica to stay up to date on the event. #newMusicFriday created by shawn is a wonderful opportunity for nostriches everywhere round the 🌎to share their favorite new music every Friday on Nostr, join in the fun and share your new fav songs #[20] Shill us your favorite tracks to be featured in Friday’s NR! Nostr Heath of the Network 📈 • Pubkeys = 353,051 • Events = 1,483,866 • Relays = 258 🔥 Meme of the Day🔥 #[21] Stay Classy Nostr.