<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>DownWith ₿ig ₿rother wrote</title><author_name>DownWith ₿ig ₿rother (npub1qc…7j582)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1qc68n4duj96ajqa4kpjy76h57fxhtl5sws7u00p37s6h3ze4lwnqt7j582</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>Something changed for me recently.&#xA;&#xA;After having my X account suspended for two weeks — simply for posting two long DMs — I saw something with fresh eyes:&#xA;&#xA;Nostr isn’t just a protocol. It’s a lifeline.&#xA;&#xA;It’s freedom, rebuilt from the ground up. No gatekeepers, no shadowbans, no arbitrary rules enforced by faceless mods doing the bidding of governments or advertisers.&#xA;&#xA;That’s when it hit me:&#xA;I’m now a Nostr maxi.&#xA;There is no second best.&#xA;&#xA;I used to appreciate Nostr. Now I understand it.&#xA;I’ve felt what censorship really is — and I’ve seen how fast it can happen to voices that refuse to conform.&#xA;You don’t realize how fragile your voice is until someone else has the power to mute it.&#xA;&#xA;Nostr changes that.&#xA;Permanently.&#xA;&#xA;So to all the OGs in this space — those who’ve been building, relaying, coding, writing, zapping, and defending freedom before I fully woke up —&#xA;thank you.&#xA;&#xA;I might be relatively new here, but I’m all in now.&#xA;Because once you taste uncensorable speech, you never go back.&#xA;&#xA;The protocol is the protest.&#xA;Nostr is home.&#xA;&#xA;@DownWithBigBrother&#xA;</html></oembed>