**Decentralized Social Media Project Nostr's Damus Gets Listed On Apple App Store** Nostr, a startup decentralized social network, got its Twitter-like Damus application listed on Apple's App Store. CoinDesk reports: Nostr is an open protocol that aims to create a censorship-resistant global social network. Media commentators have described it as a possible alternative to Elon Musk's Twitter. Accordi ... ⌘ Read more

(#hc2vrba) @slashdot it's not a fucking decentralized network 🤦‍♂️ it's a goddamn distributed not work 🤬 Fucking Web3 garbage 😱

(#hc2vrba) actually from my reading and understanding I think it's even worse than this. They claim that the platform runs on a distributed network protocol of relay servers that I believe are managed by Nostr/ so basically, this is very much centralized and you have to place trust in both the app and relay service.

(#hc2vrba) @prologic anybody can run a relay. I briefly ran one today. There are hundreds out there.

(#hc2vrba) @bender Distributed Network.

(#hc2vrba) Yeah the word 'decentralized' is sure being a bit bastardized lately...

(#hc2vrba) @prologic This looks like twtxt

(#hc2vrba) @carsten It is not 🤣 Far from it 😅