Nostr notes by Alex Gleason

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2023-03-06T02:28:26Z

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2023-03-06T02:27:50Z

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2023-03-05T01:35:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…uhpw
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Bot sockpuppet detected. 🐍

>investing time on these boards Let me be clear, you're ...

2023-03-05T01:06:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…xtlh
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>investing time on these boards

Let me be clear, you're not doing ANYTHING unless you're building. Absolutely nothing at all. There are two ways to approach a problem. Either you BUILD, or you COMPLAIN at other people who are building. If you're not building, you can feel free to be comfortable and complacent with the way things are, and watch some TV or go for a walk outside. You are not free to make demands, and you are not entitled to anything. It's very simple.

You kind of crossed a line for relentlessly bullying an ally of ...

2023-03-05T00:52:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…lt07
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You kind of crossed a line for relentlessly bullying an ally of mine over something I created, so how about first off you stop doing that.

Show me your real face instead of hiding behind an anime child ...

2023-03-05T00:46:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…ntuz
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Show me your real face instead of hiding behind an anime child while calling other people pedophiles… and I might believe you.

Fedi drama 🍿: shitposter.club defederated the Mostr bridge. ...

2023-03-05T00:42:30Z

Fedi drama 🍿: shitposter.club defederated the Mostr bridge. Totally within their right - everyone is free here. But #[0] has taken it as an attack on his freedoms, and has started a harassment campaign to react with a 🐍 emoji to all shitposter.club posts.

So far this campaign has attracted roughly… 2 users. So here is my counter-campaign: everyone who reacts with a 🐍 emoji is a sock puppet account controlled by Bot, who is definitely a man, and thought to be a troll sent by the Azerbaijan government to divide the United States.

They tried to use the 🐍 emoji to cancel Taylor Swift, and she responded by incorporating it into her show: https://youtu.be/XCMwgEyUC2A?t=242

I’ve had enough of this behavior, lmao.

Yes. (You should give me money regardless) #[1]

2023-03-05T00:16:44Z

Yes. (You should give me money regardless)

#[1]

But actually I liked Vista because I was learning Photoshop at ...

2023-03-04T04:29:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…tc74
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But actually I liked Vista because I was learning Photoshop at the same time, and I had a lot of fun trying to recreate Windows Vista designs. I just liked the aesthetic.

Alright guys, at this point I consider the bridge to be stable ...

2023-03-03T23:23:49Z

Alright guys, at this point I consider the bridge to be stable and feature-complete, a 1.0. It does all the basic things and continues to survive your barrage of shitposts. On to the next thing!

Oh good, I fixed mentions going this direction.

2023-03-03T22:50:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…e277
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Oh good, I fixed mentions going this direction.

You know what Nostr doesn’t do? Put mentions in the text ...

2023-03-03T16:42:01Z

You know what Nostr doesn’t do? Put mentions in the text content.

The main reason Nostr users bridged to AP can’t have better ...

2023-03-03T16:00:50Z

The main reason Nostr users bridged to AP can’t have better usernames is because of this: https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/changeable-usernames/830/9

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2023-03-03T15:08:04Z

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2023-03-03T06:11:53Z

Still hardly can believe that Mastodon for Dummies is real.

Send screenshots

2023-03-03T05:49:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…vp72
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Send screenshots

You can’t just say that.

2023-03-03T03:23:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…5rms
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You can’t just say that.

https://gamerant.com/hogwarts-legacy-house-ties-issue/

2023-03-02T19:29:13Z

https://gamerant.com/hogwarts-legacy-house-ties-issue/

Btw, Nostr has encrypted DMs already which even the Fediverse ...

2023-03-02T16:46:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…jcth
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Btw, Nostr has encrypted DMs already which even the Fediverse doesn’t have yet. It’s way easier to do when the user has a real pubkey and is already signing events.

Nostr discovery: anyone can take someone else’s event from one ...

2023-03-02T16:43:44Z

Nostr discovery: anyone can take someone else’s event from one relay and put it onto another relay. There’s no authentication, it’s how the protocol works. We trust that a pubkey said something, not whether they wanted you to see it.

Therefore if you get into a private relay, you could take an event from that private relay and simply insert it onto a public relay. Wacky!

To mitigate this, a user can delete a message. And you could also take the deletion event and put it onto another relay, and most well-behaved relays will stop showing the event and never show it again. But interesting this can happen in the firs place.

The lesson is that private events HAVE to be encrypted if you want them to be private. This makes private groups about as hard to implement as they would be on the Fediverse. You’d likely do some libsignal thing which becomes painful to scale after there are about 100 participants in the group.

(Public groups could be done in a weekend, and there are already public group chats on Nostr)

It is planned, after the bridge is finished.

2023-03-02T05:47:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…2heq
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It is planned, after the bridge is finished.

I’ve been thinking about it. I don’t want to hardcode ...

2023-03-02T05:44:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…rq7a
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I’ve been thinking about it. I don’t want to hardcode “mostr.pub” into Soapbox. Instead Nostr actors should identify as Nostr users over federation, then Soapbox applies special treatment to those users. That’s a lot of work though, so I’m still deciding.

It doesn’t support HTML is the problem.

2023-03-02T05:40:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…jac3
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It doesn’t support HTML is the problem.

I might try to de-markdownify posts, we’ll see

2023-03-02T05:39:54Z

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I might try to de-markdownify posts, we’ll see

So, does this mean we could finally have Minds on the Fediverse ...

2023-03-02T05:38:53Z

So, does this mean we could finally have Minds on the Fediverse bridged through Nostr? I should try adding their relay to the bridge.

I posted like 5 minutes ago. It’s still going, but even $1 per ...

2023-03-02T04:03:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…39x0
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I posted like 5 minutes ago. It’s still going, but even $1 per shitpost is pretty incredible.

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2023-03-02T04:00:31Z

Okay, zaps are awesome.

So realistically, a user is not going to enter a lud06 into a ...

2023-03-02T03:26:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…gnqx
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So realistically, a user is not going to enter a lud06 into a profile field, they’re going to enter a lud16 most likely.

How do I get the thing that goes into a Nostr profile from that? ...

2023-03-02T03:19:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…j7gc
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How do I get the thing that goes into a Nostr profile from that? It looks like this: LNURL1DP68GURN8GHJ7AMPD3KX2AR0VEEKZAR0WD5XJTNRDAKJ7TNHV4KXCTTTDEHHWM30D3H82UNVWQHHW6TWDE5KUEMZD3HHWEM4DCURVNYWCP4

I will. Just let me finish the bridge first. Also, give me money.

2023-03-02T03:00:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…sadk
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I will. Just let me finish the bridge first. Also, give me money.

Mostr bridge now support deletes in both directions. Believe it ...

2023-03-02T02:53:27Z

Mostr bridge now support deletes in both directions. Believe it or not, it works.

#[0] It comes with an included packet of HRT.

2023-03-01T20:31:32Z

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#[0] It comes with an included packet of HRT.

#[0] #[1] If you’re going to store files on it at least make it ...

2023-03-01T20:11:19Z

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#[0] #[1] If you’re going to store files on it at least make it a different kind of event.

#[0] #[1] I hate the idea that it’s something I would be ...

2023-03-01T20:08:07Z

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#[0] #[1] I hate the idea that it’s something I would be expected to parse in the text body of post if clients actually did this. Clients don’t actually do this, right?

#[0] #[1] #[2] Yeah more like cringe64

2023-03-01T19:59:12Z

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#[0] #[1] #[2] Yeah more like cringe64

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2023-03-01T19:57:33Z

#[0] Putting this is the readme…

#[0] #[1] I hate that.

2023-03-01T19:53:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…gnut
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#[0] #[1] I hate that.

#[0] What the ever loving fuck is that.

2023-03-01T19:51:21Z

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#[0] What the ever loving fuck is that.

Watch #[0] ‘s amazing IndieGoGo campaign. ...

2023-03-01T16:04:10Z

Watch #[0] ‘s amazing IndieGoGo campaign.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/compliance-comix/

He who MUST not be named, he who SHOULD not be named, and he who ...

2023-03-01T13:11:38Z

He who MUST not be named, he who SHOULD not be named, and he who MAY not be named.

Nostr event nevent1qqsw0kyq8lcqfcuvvvchmk6zhu4694kczjs2jgyzdy9ctx9l6p56pgszyzsx79llkxdlgkzhukt54j9mr0490qvf0phw53vwgsaalrpa2vaaxxpnfn2

2023-03-01T13:06:16Z

#[0] The network which must not be named.

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2023-03-01T06:24:34Z

nostr nostr nostr nostr nostr GASP. nostr nostr nostr nosr

The Mostr bridge is now being published on 3 relays:- ...

2023-03-01T05:20:33Z

The Mostr bridge is now being published on 3 relays:- wss://relay.mostr.pub (run by me)- wss://nostr.poster.place #[0]- wss://relay.shitforce.one #[1]You can connect to any or all of them to ensure fediverse shitposts make it to your nostrsphere.

#[0] #[1] #[2] I’m going to publish the bridge onto additional ...

2023-03-01T04:24:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…xen4
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#[0] #[1] #[2] I’m going to publish the bridge onto additional relays to improve the reliability of it.

#[0] #[1] I wrote a strfry policy that blocks events with more ...

2023-03-01T02:27:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…uxwl
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#[0] #[1] I wrote a strfry policy that blocks events with more than 20 mentions (configurable): https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/strfry-policies/-/blob/develop/hellthread-policy.ts#L30-46

You should probably wait till I add tests until you use it, but this is a thing I’m going to start building out.

Quote posts and reposts from the bridge now show up in Nostr ...

2023-02-28T23:29:55Z

Quote posts and reposts from the bridge now show up in Nostr clients properly.

#[0] #[1] Glad you’re liking it!

2023-02-28T21:41:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…5743
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#[0] #[1] Glad you’re liking it!

#[0] #[1] Trying to decide how to do that still. I think ...

2023-02-28T21:40:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…25qr
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#[0] #[1] Trying to decide how to do that still. I think attachments should be a tag, but Iris wants them in the post content.

Nostr posts get properly linkified now through the bridge. RT: ...

2023-02-28T21:39:26Z

Nostr posts get properly linkified now through the bridge.

RT: https://mostr.pub/objects/45a29491264912042131e5c5ed7d56279c1b618f3b46b1a1c1f2b2fd2d5801b1

#[0] #[1] LD signatures is also the thing that had “a major ...

2023-02-28T18:11:43Z

#[0] #[1] LD signatures is also the thing that had “a major security vulnerability” in Mastodon and whose draft spec says “only a masochist would implement this” (paraphrased, but not joking)

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2023-02-28T17:49:44Z

Update: I’ve become convinced that numbers are actually a ...

2023-02-28T16:47:43Z

Update: I’ve become convinced that numbers are actually a better design choice than words for event types, since numbers can have the same name but you can deprecate the old one. Eg instead of “repost” and “repost_but_better” you can just go from 6 to 7 and they’re called “repost (deprecated)” and “repost”.

“p” and “e” are still questionable.

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2023-02-28T13:57:38Z

Good morning. Is the bridge still alive?

#[0] If someone follows you on Nostr do you get a notification ...

2023-02-28T05:54:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…gka3
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#[0] If someone follows you on Nostr do you get a notification (in any app)?

Do Nostr users see follow notifications from Event<3>? ...

2023-02-28T05:53:04Z

Do Nostr users see follow notifications from Event<3>? Trying to decide if I should implement Event<3> for bridged accounts.

Iris needs to fix their reposting situation and at least support ...

2023-02-28T05:51:28Z

Iris needs to fix their reposting situation and at least support the Event<1> mention.

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2023-02-28T05:01:46Z

test

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2023-02-28T02:48:55Z

Mostr has served nearly 500K requests in the past 24 hours.

#[0] > Next, we are going to make Mastodon clients work on ...

2023-02-28T02:27:49Z

#[0] > Next, we are going to make Mastodon clients work on Nostr. Not just Soapbox, all of them. This will require a middleware service that acts like a Mastodon "instance" and talks to Nostr relays behind the scenes.

Someone asked me how I deal with async background jobs in Mostr ...

2023-02-28T02:05:36Z

Someone asked me how I deal with async background jobs in Mostr (no they didn’t) and I’m proud to announce that I simply kicked off a promise and didn’t retry on fail.

#[0] #[1] #[2] I’m about to bridge Likes/Emoji reacts, so there ...

2023-02-27T23:48:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…ersp
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#[0] #[1] #[2] I’m about to bridge Likes/Emoji reacts, so there will be some test data to try against.

Fediverse users are the best stress test EVER. It’s not even ...

2023-02-27T22:24:48Z

Fediverse users are the best stress test EVER. It’s not even been a day since the bridge, and we already have hellthreads with over 100 users.

#[0] Test ...

2023-02-27T21:00:09Z

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#[0] Test

#[0] #[1] The bridge failed to fetch the data. Wait an hour and ...

2023-02-27T18:22:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…d7x2
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#[0] #[1] The bridge failed to fetch the data. Wait an hour and try again. Responses are cached for 1 hour.

#[0] #[1] #[2] Developing on the Fediverse is too hard. Nostr is ...

2023-02-27T18:19:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…4lqd
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#[0] #[1] #[2] Developing on the Fediverse is too hard. Nostr is 10x easier. You can integrate it into a blog like it’s nothing. This is the dream people had for Mastodon in the beginning, that we would federate everything. That dream is actually possible on Nostr. But a specification isn’t enough - the past few months the community has proved that Nostr is viable by developing real software for it. So yes, it’s more viable because it’s easier, and because it has a large developer base that is constantly growing. This is simply not seen on ActivityPub.

#[0] #[1] #[2] The way I see Nostr, it’s a layer 0 transport ...

2023-02-27T18:06:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…spfw
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#[0] #[1] #[2] The way I see Nostr, it’s a layer 0 transport protocol. To make it really usable we have to build services on top of it similar to the current Fediverse. The only problem is what to do about the private key.

#[0] #[1] Did you add relay.mostr.pub? I think it’s a client ...

2023-02-27T17:53:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…ta92
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#[0] #[1] Did you add relay.mostr.pub? I think it’s a client problem.

There’s a limitation in Mastodon where if your avatar or banner ...

2023-02-27T17:41:49Z

There’s a limitation in Mastodon where if your avatar or banner is larger than 1MB it will drop them. Therefore some Mostr users won’t have avatars on Mastdodon.

#[0] I restarted it.

2023-02-27T15:11:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…j2uc
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#[0] I restarted it.

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2023-02-27T14:17:08Z

benis

#[0] #[1] #[2] I could probably make NIP-05 lookups publish the ...

2023-02-27T06:15:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…d73u
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#[0] #[1] #[2] I could probably make NIP-05 lookups publish the actor to Nostr. I bet that would help.

Good evening, I’ve just deployed the first beta version of ...

2023-02-27T02:08:28Z

Good evening, I’ve just deployed the first beta version of Mostr: a bridge between Nostr and the Fediverse.

More info here: https://soapbox.pub/blog/mostr-fediverse-nostr-bridge/

Source code: https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/mostr

The bridge is an ActivityPub server and Nostr client, written from the ground up in TypeScript with Deno. It generates RSA keypairs and pubkeys deterministically by combining the username with a SECRET_KEY. Sqlite is needed to store a reverse-lookup of Nostr to AP IDs, but otherwise it mostly works off the Web Cache API and the Nostr relay. I wrote nearly everything and gained lots of knowledge about cryptography.

Enjoy.

#[0] Reddit hug of death.

2023-02-26T22:04:37Z

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#[0] Reddit hug of death.