<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>alp wrote</title><author_name>alp (npub175…9g6w0)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub175nul9cvufswwsnpy99lvyhg7ad9nkccxhkhusznxfkr7e0zxthql9g6w0</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>I&#39;m getting the feeling more and more that the original SAIF movement is somehow inauthentic, too artificial. Kind of just an &#34;non-binding declaration of intent,&#34; at worst a more pretentious form of piety signaling. BTW, &#34;non-binding declaration of intent&#34; is also how advertising is defined, which is why legally speaking, it can spread lies about a product or service.&#xA;&#xA;I&#39;m coming to this view more and more, not just because of recent events, but I had this impression from the beginning, from the first so-called &#34;SAIF-OGs.&#34; It&#39;s not about the abstract, very theoretical articles they write, but more:&#xA;&#xA;- Lack of practical relevance&#xA;- None of the SAIF-OGs are active here on Nostr (despite a certain number of supporters in the Muslim community)&#xA;- I hardly ever see them talking about Bitcoin or OPSEC&#xA;- They&#39;re not involved in the FOSS scene and talk too little about it&#xA;&#xA;... just idealistic yada yada blah blah in hard-to-digest articles all the time.&#xA;&#xA;In short, it feels like every crap we modern Muslims set up these days: Fake, without substance, quickly passing. Basically like an Islamic shitcoin.&#xA;&#xA;There are some real SAIF Muslims, don&#39;t get me wrong. They were SAIF before the term even existed. Like nostr:npub17veg2gt7ja4dnjhs23jyttvpqlde3ajevlxuumxwghnqmgqwuv4q78cc5z and nostr:npub1uzfp6cgwue2njm86cmyeq7m26y0n58w72acq98sjsnnv4c87002s6857h3 for example. They take the ideas behind it seriously from the beginning. I myself have written articles on my domains that could be classified as &#34;SAIF,&#34; but never labeled them as such. But the guys behind https://saif.systems/? Yeah, nice website, so what? It seems to me like this new, artificial SAIF movement just settled into the ready-made nest and is somehow trying to take it over.&#xA;&#xA;I&#39;ve observed it for a long time, kept quiet for a long time, didn&#39;t want to be the critic who ruins a good thing right at the start with criticism. But now? Stay away from me with &#34;SAIF,&#34; you hypocrites. I myself will only use the term mockingly from now on. And I&#39;ll understand it that way if someone brings it up to me. With a contemptuous smile.</html></oembed>