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 Free speech is a great selling point, no matter what you think about Elon Musk. He is not an Albert Einstein, but he is a great salesman. His entire selling point of X is free speech, which he can't deliver – we recently saw that. 

Nostr, by design, provides free speech. Free speech should also remain a fundamental part of Nostr. 
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 Great used car salesman! #snakeoil 
 How does nostr provide free speech by design? Please explain. πŸ€” 
 Currently, Nostr is an open, permissionless protocol where each user is connected to 10-30 relays distributed across the world. 

However, there are some risks, such as custodial clients, super apps, and relays becoming saturated. 
 By the way, in terms of censorship, this is the best you can get right now. 
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 in terms of anonymity it's quite good too ws://6fu4gbpi2utjjgonahuyc67fn3ulekbpzolv6elw7girqt3cxhesoiyd.onion
It's interesting how people will use it.  For good or for ... 😏 
 Censorship-resistant, anonymous, and decentralized money is a very potent combination. 

We will surely see some interesting stuff very soon πŸ˜„ 
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 I have no faith in the concept of freedom of expression. People do not tolerate any criticism of themselves. Freedom stops at that point, so the term freedom of expression is just a marketing tool to deceive people, nothing else.