this whole topic is very odd.
the way people respond is quite strange.
People who want it, invoke portents of doom.
And people who don’t, misrepresent difficulties in achieving it as gigantic impossibilities, so don’t even try, and you’re dumb for suggesting it.
The amount of emotion connected to this, and the know it all vibes seem quite weird and out of place.
it’s a curiosity
I didn't use the word "dumb".
I prefer to think they haven't given thought to the practicalities of retrospectively changing data that was broadcast in an open ecosystem that already has bad actors inside the walls.
I have no emotion about it one way or another. I see logic in all the arguments. I’m just trying to determine for myself if the overall misplaced weirdness in these conversations is driven by ego and immaturity, with a dash of Twitter style toxicity habit, or if there are some underlying motives.
I think you’re all great. 🤷
I think so, too.
I've followed @ava since about the first day I joined Nostr, and her posts are very informative.
But this particular issue attracts too much wishful thinking and not enough information theory.
It is like seeing Stargate and saying we should build those and explore the universe... It would be great, maybe it is even possible with technology advanced enough—who knows, but right now I can't imagine it could be done. It is not dumb to ask for something like that per se, but it doesn't change the fact that it can't be done.
If its not retroactive, then network participants have already received it.
What they choose to do with that data is totally beyond your control.
You can ask that they forget your secret. If there's a small enough population that received the plaintext (ideally one, as in a DM), then you have a chance, but no certainty, no matter what we do.
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