Oddbean

There is a lot of censorship going on in the UK right now. Social Media companies are being forced to delete posts, deplatform accounts which are deemed to be spreading "misinformation" and "hate speech". Of course the UK government is the self appointed Ministry of Truth. If you are an Englishman, please advise your fellow citizens to join Nostr. We should be using this platform to return people their voices, other than shitposting/cringeposting and being nerds. Personally, I am in of the opinion that western governments have become too big and wield way too much influence for the level of competence they display. We need to get it through people's head that Bitcoin is how you defund these parasites with dictatorial aspirations.

Would be interested to see a collection of all posts that led to deletion, deplatform, or arrest.. I’m sure some unsavory things were said. Regardless, I imagine the filter get’s bigger and bigger over time as more speech is determined as “unsafe”

More interesting to analyse the paths of misinformation. People straight up lied about the identity of the murderer. That lead to a fair amount of violence. What was the incentive? It costs money to get that reach. I agree the uk gov are bellends but there’s a whole heap of misaligned incentives on Musk’s webpage. I don’t use it myself and remarkably I haven’t looted any phone shops or smashed up a mosque in the last two weeks. I guess that means Nostr fixes something?

people won't do anything until there's pain...don't worry, it's coming what a time to be alive! I have to admit, this is fun, entertaining, and deadly serious all at once. The grandkids are going to hear plenty of 🤡🌎stories about this time!!!

Being on Nostr doesn't really help if they can still identify you and throw you in jail. People would have to post anonymously, and in ways so that they can't be doxxed, which can be hard especially when they report about things happening on the ground, citizen journalism style.

Also, in addition to not putting your name in your profile 😉 you need to make sure you never reveal breadcrumbs in your posts about your life (friends, trips, background, etc.) that can be used to successfully profile you - not to mention things like how you use language. The government is very good at finding people it wants to find. And the whole reason we are on social media is we like to talk about stuff.

I've always said that Nostr will be here for when people need it most. It's wild to see this playing out in real time. nostr:nevent1qqs0dka80d8umwvezgvwc77wchzpy69z3jkmvvh8dtnwdyl3tx8665cpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsyg8rl3nnl30ennz4f58lga6k09ty05jukmnxtru395g54ejzn56ax5psgqqqqqqstmsmvc

The government is the most prolific and unapologetic spreader of misinformation. nostr:nevent1qqs0dka80d8umwvezgvwc77wchzpy69z3jkmvvh8dtnwdyl3tx8665cpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtczyr3lceelchuee3256rl5wat8j4j86fwtden937gj6y22uepf6dwn2qcyqqqqqqgrfmtx7

The State is the UK is very powerful, typically anyone try to push it one way or another are destroyed. Assange and Corbyn are recent examples. Smashing stuff up is easy but I’m not convinced that’s a great way to attack the state. The speed at which rioters are being processed is evidence of that. Appreciate you’re just making throw away comments for the lolz but if you live here it’s pretty serious. Personally I’ve tried through political means, a lot of people got involved in politics in 2017 who hadn’t been before, the attempts to progress through democratic means were crushed, not by opposition but from within the political party. I currently try to live away from the banking industry and take steps to minimise surveillance on me. It’s a full time job and I’m just some dude who fucks around with music. I’m looking for answers, obviously getting out is front of mind, I’m applying for an EU passport and researching was I can use my skill set to earn money online. There’s a lot more happening than a basic free speech issue going on here.

Long ago, banks became an extension of the state. Now social media platforms are an extension of the state. I'm not saying that this is good or bad, just that there needs to be an alternative like #nostr nostr:nevent1qqs0dka80d8umwvezgvwc77wchzpy69z3jkmvvh8dtnwdyl3tx8665cpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsyg8rl3nnl30ennz4f58lga6k09ty05jukmnxtru395g54ejzn56ax5psgqqqqqqstmsmvc

ok, VPN is important. however, there must be other important actions. I will try to research that. other problem I have is that I am used to twitter, is this similar in terms of discussions etc... in twitter I use lists to filter folks by topic. here it seems more like, discover interesting people and just follow. it seems harder to curate

The UK government is reacting to the realization by the people that their government has failed and betrayed them. They’re reacting by telling the people to shut up or else. Finally, the people are responding with, “no, you listen or else!”

I have had debates with people about no countries vs many countries. I am not quite sure which is best. One world govt also doesn't want many countries , just one. On the other hand divide and rule under one global govt requires many countries.

#TwoTierKeir would choke at the idea that masses of British natives begin using a decentralised social media platform! I have just joined Primal and will start sharing the platform to those who no longer bend the knee to the suppression of truth! There is a very real threat of a communist power grab in the UK. Starmer is a leader of the Far Left and advocate of Soviet ideology. He does not like the working the class, he detests anything related to a middle class. He will obliterate the top tier of society. He understands he has 5 years to twist legislation to empower a far left regime that keeps them in power for a decade. There is a new movement on the right, that once streamlined, will kick this communist dark lord out of power. This needs time to create the infrastructure and assemble the the grassroots politics throughout the UK. The suppression of free speech on Meta platforms will hinder these efforts, X remains the only platform so remain opposed to the government demand for censorship. Elon Musk has himself attacked the Prime Minister this week! With over 4 million votes the Left are terrified of the Reform UK movement which will double over the course of the next 5 years! The left will stop at nothing to prevent this!

Does anyone have a buy specific examples of posts that have been censored or accounts that have been deleted from x in the UK during the red debt troubles? Mainstream media are pushing this narrative, but it is possible that they are lying to us.

Tell them to come on down and pick up an npub and we'll throw in a nip- 05 for free! Call today. nostr:nevent1qqs0dka80d8umwvezgvwc77wchzpy69z3jkmvvh8dtnwdyl3tx8665cpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsyg8rl3nnl30ennz4f58lga6k09ty05jukmnxtru395g54ejzn56ax5psgqqqqqqstmsmvc

I'm thinking since I'm in the rural US, I should select a UK server through my VPN, then make like 100 accounts and pull some really hilarious memes calling all UK officials Nazi and pedo fucks, and meme the ever loving fuck out of them for a month... Let them try to come get me in rural America 😂😂 nostr:nevent1qqs0dka80d8umwvezgvwc77wchzpy69z3jkmvvh8dtnwdyl3tx8665cppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsw8lr88lzln8x92ng073m4v72kglf9edhxvk8eztg3ftny98f46dgrqsqqqqqp0zgtq9

What a coincidence that public turmoil is happening in the streets these days. And that the government can present it in such a way that these intensified restrictions on freedom of speech are a reaction to it. And it's good of Nostr that it doesn't let itself be distracted, unlike the majority of the population. nostr:note17md6w760ekuejysca3aua3wyzf529r9dkceww6hxu6flzkv044fs08tfuk

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