Oddbean new post about login | logout I think there should be different clients with different levels of moderation, ranging from zero moderation (forums on the dark web) to a lot of moderation (tiktok level of moderation). after all people download an app (client) they don't care about what's on the other clients.
cool but in the end the one that gives you any level you want will win through wider appeal. as a note thought. If the ISP's blocked porn there would never have been a www. I remember the early days. The web you know was built on filth that few people ever saw. Not my bag. I dont partake in the kinks. However they have a right to use infrastructure like anyone else. The infrastructure people got waaaay too uppity during late 90s to 2010s. They centralized everything to the server and called it convenience and safety focus. Now we have a censorable and highly censored www. This is the basic issue that leads me to say. Put the tools on the clients. I dont trust anyone to filter at the infrastructure. They have all proven themselves unworthy of that trust so far. All have said this time is different.
I agree with you (except the part where everyone has the right to the infrastructure, for me not everyone should have the right to the infrastructure like pedophiles because they present a danger, same for terrorists). otherwise I understand that people have different expectations. for example you want to have access to everything and then filter it yourself and I prefer that it's filtered for me because I prefer not to be 'in contact' with certain content. having different clients is probably the solution but at the same time they should be 'impermeable' to each other to a degree.
on unfiltered infrastructure they cannot hide as they can now. They use it the clients can auto report without telling you if you choose such a hypothetical setting. Trading freedom and openness for fear and censorship is a non starterr for me. It is harder to do it from the client in a decentralized way at the moment but it is possible. centralization and attendant temptation / ability to censor is not something that we should be encouraging if we actually want an open internet experience. How often do you see those things now? If you dont follow them you shouldnt see them. I dont. dunno why you would. leads me to say that user side tools can do the job and the community is not as dirty as some seem to say. this could be as simple as an llm to prechew your feed for you that learns your preferences over time or as heavy as an extensions layer supported by privacy focused DVM's that you can use for heavy lifting if needed. The point is that there are options that don't give back the decentralization we have fought so hard for.
I come across them because I'm a curious person I click on profiles I don't know. Decentralization isn't just about being anti-censorship it's also about avoiding the 36 million ads on your feeds like on facebook/instagram, not dealing with twitter stupid algos,not getting an ad on facebook for something you just talked about on messenger. for now nostr is an echo chamber and the whole anti-censorship thing is pretty popular here probably because of the influence from the bitcoin culture. I really respect the fact that you want total control over what you see on nostr and not relying on others to choose for you. but personally I believe when you sign up for a social network you need to "vibe" with its overall culture, I wouldn't join 4chan (if it's still around) and then complain about people being racists misogynists. the good thing is nostr is a protocol where there can be an unlimited number of clients and each one can customize the experience for its specific audience. maybe there would be a rose-tinted glasses client for people like me.
your use of the word impermeable gave me another idea for explaining. We wear clothes because we are not impermeable to our environment. We each choose what clothes to wear based on the experience we want to have. The anaolgy here is therefore that I could ask my town council to put a dome over the town and that would be much more convenient for everyone. Save a lot on snow removal too. Ok but now you are in a bubble. who has the keys. If they lock the doors what do you do? If they change the air quality "for your benefit" would you even know? If so, what can you do about it. Seems safer for a human to just put on a jacket. I am suggesting jacket. Censors are suggesting bubble.
oh final note because it bears saying often. pedos dont deserve the use of their own teeth as far as I am concerned, but my viewpoint is mine. It is not my right to touch the data. Leave it alone. Its not ours.