Skroo

Lord of the Fnords

Public Key

npub1rwlvtwq4ycswmg3lt055xjsde2vxr9dl6njw0605525kysz6tkhsj0ytkm

NIP-05 Address

skroo@ufocult.cc

NIP-57 Address

skroo@getalby.com

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsph0k9hq2jvg8d5gl4h62rfgxu4xrpjklafe88a86292tzgpd9mtcpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv9uqsuamnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dshsn4g2n7

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relay.snort.social

nos.lol

nostr.ufocult.cc

Author Public Key

npub1rwlvtwq4ycswmg3lt055xjsde2vxr9dl6njw0605525kysz6tkhsj0ytkm

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2023-08-07 16:25:10

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Not yet.

2023-08-07 16:24:39

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I was paying $40/mo for a seedbox and now I'm paying $16/mo for slightly less.
Moving is a PITA, right?

2023-07-06 19:52:09

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I looped it through MJv52 for shits and giggles.
https://i.postimg.cc/j2rsYYbM/image.png

2023-06-21 16:34:03

Spent Father's Day with my family at the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors.
Glory be to the Father, the Child, and the Holy Mother.
#alexgrey
https://void.cat/d/EZXZG4fcEeJTaj4nVNJBw4.webp
https://void.cat/d/F27xSPCnC694ATNeBoLpdJ.webp

2023-06-13 16:35:28

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If you don't want anyone to take your shit and shut you down, just stream to your own Cloudflare Stream endpoint. Hosting video in Cloudflare is also cheap. Sure, they could shut down or seize it, but ultimately the real problem here isn't where the video is hosted, but how the video is located by potential viewers.
It seems likely that nostr could be built into something that aggregates video sources that are just URI pointers, just like it does now with images. A metadata schema would need to be implemented, but some of those already exist, like Dublin Core.
Ultimately the value of Youtube or Rumble is not as a host, but as a metadata viewer.

2023-06-13 16:25:56

Duckduck Go email is Da Duck Duck Bomb.
Email has largely become something I use only for logins and password resets. Hence, it typically becomes a waste vastland of marketing hell.
Seriously, why do I need an email every day for two weeks explaining how I can get the most out of my NEW PILLOW?
Tracker removing forwarding address. You have to run their extension, but it lets you make an instant throwaway email that you can deactivate from the forwarding report if that shit is toxic.
#privacy #email #ifyoumust
https://duckduckgo.com/email

2023-06-13 14:22:07

The more censorious the "free" providers like Google, Apple, etc become the more censorship resistant tech will appear.
It took crackers what, a week to crack the DVD DRM?
Water can never be permanently trapped. Neither can human communication.

2023-06-08 17:42:44

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I had foot problems for years. Had a nasty bout of plantar fasciitis that lasted a year. I bought a pair of Xeros four years ago and haven't gone back.
My problem was wearing shoes.

2023-06-06 12:31:53

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Me too. Wondering how it compares to Brave. I am also hooked on Firefox containers.

2023-06-05 19:32:45

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"I'm really watching porn. These Apple teledildonics are top notch!"

2023-06-05 13:06:30

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All hail the Black Iron Prison.

2023-06-04 12:16:09

#Noster #newb question.
If I see a note on Bob's Relay, and I reply to it and publish it to four other relays, do my followers on those other relays see only my reply? Do they see anything?

2023-06-04 12:14:06

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Counting back change is kinda like this. The charge is $7, you give me a $20. I say "7 and 3 is ten" and hand you 3x$1 bills. Then I hand you a $10 bill and say, "and ten is twenty." I didn't even have to do much math, I just counted up to what you handed me.
My dad made me do this whenever I had to make change in Monopoly. It was fucking murder. I think I was 30 before it clicked.

2023-06-02 11:09:53

What are the top 5 relays you should read/write to?

2023-06-02 10:38:52

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This is way better than the other list I posted.
https://nostr.com/clients

2023-06-02 10:37:54

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I don't know how current this is.
https://nostrclients.webflow.io/

2023-06-02 10:36:58

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I'm liking Coracle a lot. I run Windows, so web-based it is. Finally set up my own private relay with a paywall so I can priv-relay with web clients. For a while I was wondering why there are so many paid relays with the same cost. Oh ... right, they are just default nostream installs too ...

2023-06-01 21:27:39

Nostryfied is cool shit. Nice one npub1cmmswlckn82se7f2jeftl6ll4szlc6zzh8hrjyyfm9vm3t2afr7svqlr6f
https://nostryfied.online/

2023-06-01 21:22:35

Crazy hi-fives to all the #Nostr #devs who have done an insane amount of work in the last few months. So many clients! So many new things! So many bugs! (that's part of the fun!)
#alby #damus #iris #snort #nipdevs #relays #blogs-holyshit

2023-06-01 19:44:42

does badges.pages do anything? Created two and nothing shows up ...

2023-06-01 19:40:45

#[0] #subscribe

2023-06-01 19:38:55

@nossence #subscribe

2023-06-01 18:28:21

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$7 in gas for this?
No thanks.

2023-06-01 18:24:10

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Now set up a wallet for zappage!
getalby.com is pretty easy to use.

2023-06-01 18:22:47

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Sent.

2023-06-01 18:12:57

#[0] Coracle looks great, and I'm trying to install it locally on an ubuntu 22 VM. Can't find the env.template file. Is it missing?

2023-06-01 17:25:49

Given the writer's strike, I took my hand at getting ChatGPT-4 to churn out some derivative crap. My prompt was:
"Write a 10 minute scene between three characters that combines the style of Arrested Development and The Americans. The characters names are Linus, Lucy, and Charli Brown. Lucy wants to go watch a movie that Linus and Charli don't want to see, and she is trying to convince them to go with her sex appeal, but Lucy is socially awkward and it doesn't go well."
I typo'd "Charli" and decided to keep it since who doesn't like Charli XCX? #ai #chatgpt #shitscript
INT. BROWN'S LIVING ROOM - DAY
The room is filled with Cold War memorabilia. LINUS, a man with a strong resemblance to Jason Bateman's character in Arrested Development, is reading a book about the KGB. CHARLI BROWN, a spy-turned-housewife with a dry sense of humor, is cleaning an old spy camera. LUCY, socially awkward but determined, enters wearing an overly glamorous outfit, clearly aiming for a seductive look.
LUCY: (trying to sound sexy) Hi, boys. (She awkwardly trips over the carpet but recovers)
LINUS and CHARLI barely glance up.
CHARLI: (deadpan) Why are you dressed like a Bond girl?
LUCY: (defensive) I just wanted to...look nice. For the movies.
LINUS: (disinterested) We said we’re not interested in the new rom-com, Lucy.
Lucy sits down between them, crosses her legs in what she thinks is a sultry way, and smiles at Linus.
LUCY: (suggestive) Maybe I can... change your mind?
Linus looks at her, then starts laughing. Lucy looks hurt.
LINUS: (trying to suppress laughter) Are you...trying to seduce me into seeing a chick flick?
Lucy turns to Charli, who raises an eyebrow.
CHARLI: (teasing) Didn't realize watching a rom-com required so much... preparation.
Lucy, flustered, knocks over a spy camera Charli was cleaning. Charli catches it before it falls.
CHARLI: (dry) Careful. That camera's seen more action than a Bond girl.
LUCY: (frustrated) It's not just any chick flick, guys! It's a masterpiece! Full of emotion, romance, love, betrayal...
LINUS: (sarcastic) All the good stuff we desperately crave.
LUCY: (pleading) Plus, it's in IMAX!
Charli and Linus exchange a glance.
CHARLI: (muttering to Linus) Maybe we can go, you know... for a laugh.
Linus raises his eyebrows, considering.
LINUS: (grudging) Okay. Fine. But we're smuggling in our own popcorn. I'm not paying for overpriced cardboard.
Lucy beams, already triumphant.
LUCY: (smiling) Great! I’ll just go change.
She stands up, trips over her high heels again, but somehow manages not to fall.
CHARLI: (dry) You might want to consider changing those shoes, too.
Lucy exits the room, leaving Charli and Linus in quiet.
LINUS: (sighing) What are we getting ourselves into?
CHARLI: (smirking) A masterpiece, Linus. Full of emotion, romance, love, betrayal...
They both chuckle as the scene ends, preparing themselves for an evening of cinematic torment.
I asked for 10 minutes, it gave me ... maybe 2.

2023-06-01 14:26:47

With the #WGA writer's strike (which I support) going on, we can expect a brand new renaissance in shitty unscripted programming. My pitch for Quality Content is we just get a crew, a couple cameras, find a #TikTok influencer, and just shoot them while they make posts. We just shoot them while they shoot themselveses. If we include weed for the crew in the budget, it can't fail.

2023-06-01 13:09:54

Hey #nostrnerds what is the best #relay project to run side by side on an ubuntu 22LTS VM running one of the web clients? I will tunnel the relay through Tailscale (or maybe cloudflared if I can figure that one out), but it will also be available to the web host via localhost.

2023-06-01 13:05:28

My job is one of those where I kind of wait for stuff to break so I can fix it. To keep my brain from atrophying, I invent dumb little projects for myself like "build a seedbox" or "move to a different seedbox for No Apparent Reason." Today's dumb project is to build one of the #nostr web client projects in a WSL2 container, then I can use my private relay through tailscale in a web client.
Will report back on my failure or sucess.

2023-05-31 20:49:34

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You can do this with cloudflare pages for free.

2023-05-31 20:48:02

Having the ability to #NIP verify in a #DNS TXT record would eliminate to host the nostr.json file and simplify it.

2023-05-31 20:23:25

Hello, friend.
https://nostr.build/i/5e0d5b464ec31ed0967091d194ec847a288b52c40c9dd427b6735e44ef0d09bb.jpg

2023-05-31 18:09:24

The effing hell is up with my neighbors?? This is 4am and that shit blasts through my window like the Kenny Rogers Roasters episode of Seinfeld, except this is a fucking COLOR OUT OF SPACE.
https://void.cat/d/C1EYsojSe3CdfUEUXwMVGT

2023-05-31 15:04:34

This is a masterful piece of Synthwave beauty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EatVh52p7S4
#synthwave #electronic

2023-05-31 14:23:05

I can't get any of the android clients to connect to my relay through #tailscale, even though I can connect to it in a web browser from my phone. Connecting via a desktop client works fine.

2023-05-31 14:06:29

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Ooooh, it's just a chromeless broswer pointing at https://web.nostrid.app ... Well maybe it's time to host a client server behind an .htaccess password.

2023-05-31 14:04:38

I have to say #nostrid is nice, but it looks like it's not active any more. Thanks for all the work that went into this, but does anyone know if there's an active #windows client? There's no good way to use a tailscale'd relay through a web client unless I host my own ... well, there's an idea.

2023-05-31 12:42:04

I've made 15 cents from my posts on Nostr in just a couple of months.
This is way more money than I ever made off Twitter or Facebook.
Thanks, nerds
#nostr #coffee #tooearly #whyjohncarpenteratthishour

2023-05-31 12:31:57

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Some nerd will start charging people in bytes.

2023-05-30 19:55:54

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It's really about the only reason to go to Utica unless you are really wanting to see Hope Tower, named after Bob Hope.
Bob Hope was not from Uitca.

2023-05-30 19:23:12

Don't give advice to someone who's groggy
and failing asleep. Don't throw seeds on the sand.
Some torn places cannot be patched.
-- Rumi

2023-05-30 18:50:03

I'm looking for an Orpheus invite. PM me for an email to send it to. I've got 10 years 11 months on BTN and 8.5 years on PTP. Can give profile links/screens if needed.
#trackers #red #ptp #btn #orpheus

2023-05-30 18:14:41

You can NIP-05 verify a custom domain with the Cloudflare Pages free tier. Just put your nostr.json file into a directory named .well-known then zip that and upload it to your Pages application. Make root for DNS a CNAME pointing to the Cloudflare application URL (something.pages.dev).

2023-05-30 16:31:00

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Yup! That was it! Turn off Multi-account containers and it works as expected. Not a big deal ... it was just bugging the hell out of me.

2023-05-30 16:27:47

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Ah thanks. I think it has something to do with Alby and firefox containers ... doing some more investigation.

2023-05-30 15:13:22

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I'm not logged into the web site, but Alby is green. There is no login button to speak of on primal, and iris only gives me the option to paste my priv key. It's like the site is unaware I am running the extension.

2023-05-30 15:12:00

GAH! Does anyone know how to re-upload files to Cloudflare static pages without deleting the whole deployment?

2023-05-30 13:43:47

Web clients with Alby are real weird. I frequently get into a situation where the web client doesn't know I'm running an extension. Seems more common in Firefox than in Brave.

2023-05-27 10:01:27

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McLuhan:
"All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values"

2023-05-27 09:58:37

Yo, anyone know why rutorrent might be throwing me a
"Bad response from server: (200 [parsererror,setratio]) false"
whenever I try to set a ratio group on a tracker? I swear that was doable at one point in time ... but you know ... weed.
#piracy

2023-05-25 18:02:58

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The Emerald and Mysterious Universe.
https://www.patreon.com/theemeraldpodcast
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/

2023-05-25 18:00:32

Existing clients don't seem to like working with different accounts/keys.
Trying to make a new account/key for my podcast but ... for some reason when I use Alby for the login, it keeps kicking me to this account. It supports multiple wallets but I don't know if it works with multiple keys.

2023-05-24 19:14:03

Tina! Oh no!
She sang backing vocals on this track for Zappa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smZA9Jv3qH0

2023-05-24 18:39:31

Is there a way to use multiple accounts/identities with Alby? Just make a new wallet?

2023-05-24 18:35:24

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Bonus points for including door games.

2023-05-24 18:12:10

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#Bitcoin

2023-05-24 18:11:02

I made 3 cents in SAT on a reply to a post.
That's more than any other social media system as ever done for me.

2023-05-24 13:58:30

I am shopping around for seed boxes. I've been with Ultra for years, and I like them okay. I'm looking for a < $40US box preferably with GPU transcoding for Plex. Ultra's CPU transcoding is currently dogwater on even their more expensive plans.
Anyone got a recommendation? The GPU-Medium at cloudboxes.io is MAYBE in the right zone for this.

2023-05-24 13:41:15

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Something that works in windows? Say it ain't so!
installing now ...

2023-05-19 12:35:55

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This is very interesting. The generalized relationships are like keyframes and the prompting guides the tweening.

2023-05-17 14:00:33

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All these Smart Guys need to stop wasting time with AI and work on teleportation.

2023-05-17 13:59:30

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People tend to conflate intelligence and consciousness and they are not the same.

2023-05-13 19:04:00

This is some weird, wild stuff right here. Coffee fluff!!
https://nostr.build/i/4e43cec7082dbaf378a9f2bd34b5038a0680eae99028d18705a732377e98a2e4.jpg

2023-05-12 13:40:16

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Thanks. It's all experimentation. This turned out better than my first reishi tincture. Really needed to strain out the plant matter more. This actually sorta melted down into the bottom of the jar in a blob after a few hours.

2023-05-12 13:38:05

The endocannabinoid system is involved in regulating caloric metabolism, especially the CB1 receptors.
#weedstr
https://www.leafly.com/news/science-tech/cannabinoid-physiology-influence-on-metabolism-and-body-fat-regul

2023-05-12 13:16:48

Paul Wallis is back on Mysterious Universe. Always a hoot.
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2023/05/29.18-MU-Podcast-Paul-Wallis/

2023-05-12 09:50:22

The fact that @npub1hq0…f9mp
is here ... I thought about PGP trust signing. @jack confirmed Kennedy, but PGP would let him sign the key. Does nostr support key signing as a way of enhancing verification?
When Twitter started that checkmark stuff I immediately thought key signing would be as good, or better.

2023-05-12 09:47:54

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I assume you are running (D) because you have no intention of winning the primary and are here to stir up the shit. Either way, I salute you for making the establishment uncomfortable.
Read that interview with you about your childhood and your work on the Hudson River. I live next to that river, and never knew all that.
So, regardless of all this political shit .. thanks for helping my river be healthy.

2023-05-12 09:43:50

If you have any fondness for Christian mythology, Mrs. Davis is GREAT.

2023-05-12 09:38:54

My first RSO attempt. It isn't pretty, but it's strong. 3qts of trim and 1qt 190 menstruum. Strained through fine wire, but still some plant dust in it, giving it kind of a weird cakey texture. If I'd done a couple cheese cloth filters this would probably be close to the consistency of shatter.
#weedstr
https://nostr.build/i/83f96bf102c1999106ccb7ad7d780ef0eb8d392e1209d8ad6af63d61f3d0898c.jpg

2023-05-10 14:50:22

I'm pro-labor but if someone wanted me to be on the scab team for Nora From Queens, I'd strongly consider it.

2023-05-08 17:09:28

I asked ChatGPT 4 to make me a sample menu for 1 week low in linoleic acid and without gluten or grain-fed meats, and to build a shopping list for that menu for a household of 3.
I do believe it nailed it.
#chatgpt

2023-05-08 17:08:19

I am eager to see how this shakes out.
#ai #stocks #chatgpt
https://twitter.com/chatgpttrader

2023-05-08 15:21:25

Parallel evolution of cannabinoids
#cannabis #weedstr
https://www.jns.org/plant-with-cannabis-qualities-opens-new-avenues-for-medical-use/

2023-05-03 13:23:01

Where are the nostr cannabis enthusiasts? Stonstrs? Wow that is not easy to say out loud.
Just started germinating my first seeds. Legalization without home-grow is just monopolist bullshit.
#cannabis

2023-05-03 13:21:16

Anyone know if you can push Brave Rewards to an actual Brave wallet or does it all have to get collected at Gemini? Can't find an option other than Gemini in the settings ...

2023-05-03 12:55:10

Trying to tailscale a private relay back to a local client is not ... great.

2023-05-03 12:54:06

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Someone will still need to fix The Machines so I'm probably safe for a few more months.

2023-05-03 12:40:16

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This happens in Gibson's Sprawl series. The first step was the merger of Neuromancer and Wintermute into the SuperAI, which then fragments into thousands of smaller autonomous entities.
I like this take a lot for a prediction of early AI, say the next couple of years, but the evolution of AI when AI starts improving AI is still spooky as hell.

2023-05-03 12:33:41

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Yes! A community could then keep the actual files alive with its own relays. "Support the Minecrafters With Eczema Community : Run a Relay."

2023-05-03 12:30:06

Primal is a good looking web client.
primal.net

2023-05-02 17:51:49

Gordon Lightfoot was the best.

2023-05-02 17:41:27

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Because I'm a junkie who will try anything new and interesting.

2023-04-14 17:45:32

So if I post this from a client without my private relay configured it doesn't publish to that relay ... I think.

2023-04-14 17:44:30

If you see a bottle of pills, regardless of color, don't take them all.

2023-04-14 16:53:20

Anyone get a Linux nostr client running in WSL2?

2023-04-12 13:56:50

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This is a good read.
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/core-cpi-re-accelerates-headline-slows-real-wages-decline-24th-straight-month
#[2]

2023-03-31 15:42:29

Flipper Zero = Insanely overhyped and the community will ban you for nothing.

2023-03-30 14:48:16

Where the hell can I swap for these SATs?

2023-03-29 13:21:10

So what's an easy, private Nostr relay I can install in linux or win-d'ohs?

2023-02-01 22:51:25

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--- George Lucas right after selling to Disney

2023-01-31 14:09:26

Here I go, installing a lightning node because ... reasons.

2023-01-31 14:01:43

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It's not.

2023-01-24 16:38:49

#[0] Verifying My Public Key: "skroomagoo"

2023-01-24 16:36:23

#[0] Verifying My Public Key: "skroomagoo"

2023-01-24 16:29:20

Where are the #cannabis enthusiasts on the relays?
Second AU store opened in NYC, and flower is going for about $75 per 1/8th, and that is for mids. Dumb as hell.
And what is up with this name. Smacked? Really? Ugh.
https://getsmacked.online

2023-01-24 16:01:41

What reasonably priced VPS host vendor are people liking these days? #vps

2023-01-24 14:34:54

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What if the relays behaved in a tiered fashion like DNS? Say I host a small relay and that relay *just* pulls data from my follows ... or some kind of swarm? What about the peer exchange protocols for torrents, but with a relay network? The idea is lower traffic accounts/keys would tend to use smaller relays, while the high traffic accounts (ie #[3] ) would migrate up to the higher capacity relays.
So I could host my own small relay that prioritizes notes from my follows, but then my lower tier relay would then push notes up to the higher ones if requested.
Or, if it worked like backward DNS, all messages would have a 'home relay,' and that relay then passes messages up the chain as requested.
I dunno how any of this would work in practice ... just tossing out random ideas ...

2023-01-24 04:41:12

At a certain point is this global feed gonna look like the Fediverse firehose and be completely useless? I mean, the follow lists will be good but how are relays going to hold up if it explodes?
I mean, Mastodon lost it's nuts during the Great Twitter Migration of 22. I love counter.social, but that's a private unfederated node. The feed there is nuts with 200,000+ users but if you look at a Fediverse feed it's even worse.
I guess that's how the original twitter front page was right? You could post anything and end up there at least for *someone.*