Nope. I actually think the analogy "moderated relays are platforms" is exactly right.
And yes, websites, blogs and podcasts are platforms, too. So what? For **my** website, **my** blog or **my** podcast I might choose to host my own "platform" but I don't want to contribute to a social network that is at the discretion of some server admin.
Bitcoin Twitter felt like a free marketplace most of the time for most users. r/Bitcoin less so. Both could have been much worse and I don't want to contribute thousands of messages to some dumpster fire to happen in a year or three. If I happen to disagree with whoever is in charge of moderating the relay by then, I can bootstrap my alternative "moderated relay" with zero users? No thanks.
LeoWandersleb / Leo Wandersleb
npub1gm…78rf6
2026-02-02 00:54:59 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…2jvj
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