Lyn Alden -- 909d [root] [-]
|    The fact that Elon Musk's title is "Technoking" and Jack Dorsey's title is "Block Head", speaks volumes.
|    
|    One is about ego, and one is not. But more importantly we can see the difference in their actions more than
|    titles from there.
|    
|    Elon wants to build Twitter or the shitty name "X" into the next WeChat, with himself as the leader. He has
|    literally said this. I used to be able to report bots on Twitter easily for many years, but now I have to show a
|    drivers' ID to report someone that copies my persona even as a 600k following paid blue check, and so I don't
|    bother anymore, and therefore bots proliferate. And if you don't pay for reach, you get devalued. Only in the
|    past few months have I had to show my ID to report my countless bot copiers if I want to report them on
|    Twitter/X. And so their rate of removal has decreased. If my Nym differs a bit from my name, well LET'S FILE
|    SOME TPS REPORTS!!!! (which wasn't previously the case). And so as bots proliferate, and as Musk fails to
|    contain bots as he promised he would and bragged about with memes, he will instead reference his own
|    self-created bot problem as a reason to require even more ID requirements and try to build his US version of the
|    Chinese Communist Party WeChat app. This is exactly what governments do. In my professional opinion, after
|    careful consideration, Elon Musk can ::check notes:: politely go fuck himself, and those who worship him should
|    reconsider what exactly they show blind obedience toward.
|    
|    Meanwhile, nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m helps improve the Bitcoin
|    network and the Nostr network and has put capital into them in various ways, and Bitcoin and Nostr have no
|    leader. The fact that Bitcoin and Nostr have no leader, is specifically why Jack puts time and capital into
|    them. He funds many different companies, and for bitcoin, Cash App has been among the networks to incorporate
|    Lightning early. Yes, Cash App deals with domestic compliance issues. But they are trying, and they are early.
|    Their network can connect to many others, like an email provider using SMTP to connect to many others. They're
|    open, they're trying. And now they are making Bitkey, which helps with self custody. They're certainly not a
|    directional enemy of freedom in the way that Twitter/X has been.
|    
|    Companies that incorporate open networks with various levels of compliance trump companies that purposely don't
|    adopt open networks and instead push new ID requirements, in my book.
|    
|    +10 Jack
|    -10 Elon
|    Any day of the week.
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