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 yo #nostrdev, are there any initiatives out there working on adding something like #bluesky's PDSes to #nostr?
like, it feels like such an obvious way to improve UX that I'm surprised it's not been a thing since the beginning 
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 inb4 just use bluesky
god, please, no, it's such trash 😭 😭 😭 
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 Hey Nostr, how do clients generally query relays for stuff like user data? Do they just query the first one, or do they query all simultaneously and go with the most recent result, or...?

#nostr #nostrdev 
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 Can anyone suggest a good high level comparison of ATProto with other decentralised social softwa... 
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 wait what, you sure?? is schema validation really present at every step of the path??
I assumed it was only done on the AppView or something, I mean, people are making new schemas and they don't seem to need to go through any of this approval and implementation headache AFAIK???

and like,, I'm pretty sure allowing people to do key rotation independently of their PDS is one of the main reasons did:plc even exists? 
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 that, and encrypted content and on-protocol DMs ARE on their protocol roadmap!! (https://docs.bsky.app/blog/2024-protocol-roadmap)
they don't have a date on them - which, ew. - but like,, they never said they're NOT doing it. 
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 holy shit how did I never know that was a thing
yo that's kinda amazing, how did that never take off??? 
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 I!!! still can't get over how cool it is that Toki Pona just!! lets you introduce yourself as a human, or an object, or an animal, or whatever!!
like!! yes!! screw you!! I AM bird!! hell yeah!!! caw caw!!! aaaaaa!!! 🥰🥰🥰

#tokipona 
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 "yo dude why is your internet history full of web searches for "wait fuck am I therian"??"

"internet language 😔 " 
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 oh god what
I've spent the weekend walking around a furcon with my lil fursuit tail on
and I've legitimately had like,, phantom tail all day now

don't get me wrong, it's really cute in a weird and inexplainable way, actually!! ~v~
but also!! oh man it gets a little silly being like "ah crap I caught my tail on something-- wait why am I wearing my tail at work-- wAIT IM,, FUCKIN,, NOT! STILL!" at random intervals during the day xDD 
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 I went searching for furries on nostr today and holy fuck is it dire
None are to be found in the wild, no groups, no hashtag activity, no nothing. A desperate google search reveals a "nostr furries list" website, listing a grand total of, like, 9 accounts, and like half of them have AI avatars.
Bro 😭

#furry #nostr 
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 Self-storage sounds like what a marketer would call an apartment building when trying to sell to hipsters 
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 holy fuck #mostr kinda?? sucks???
it's so neat in theory, but like,, if I'm using hashtags to look for people with fellow interests on #nostr? there's nothing more frustrating than seeing the hashtag feed is filled with mostr posts, completely destroying any chance of me finding any actual nostr posters,, fmnhmfg

I wish there was a way to just hide these from search results, they're spam at this point 
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 mostr (and momostr!) are nostr-fediverse bridges! they let people from nostr see and interact with posts from fediverse accounts, and vice-versa.
you can find out more at https://mostr.pub and https://momostr.pink/

it's definitely a really neat thing to have!! but it sometimes generates a lot of noise in search results when trying to look for people actually on nostr. P; 
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 New users need to find people and content that interests them. They need to be able to find it ea... 
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 Ha, nostr and all the other dweb social networks. Despite bsky having had a big boom period, now - just a couple months later - most of the people in my circles are back to being most active on Twitter, despite having their twitter usernames still promoting their bsky/masto handles. The network effect is strong. P; 
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 yeah, like... seems like the "devs" here is less "developers" and more "spec writers".
having spent way too much time digging through the countless AP projects, I can safely vouch that ActivityPub has a boatload more than just 4 devs, but - if I remember correctly - the original spec was written mostly by 4 people(?)

either way, this slide is wack 
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 ngl I'd do the same if I worked on bluesky lmaooo