Not again. Can’t we just keep the instance and host the Nostr relay on another domain? This will be a big loss for lemmy and the whole fediverse since there are not many free speech reddit alternatives.

I really wish you would consider keeping Exploding-heads active for a bit longer, Nostr has a lot of potential but the Twitter format isn’t ideal. We need something like Reddit on the Nostr protocol (like how Lemmy is based on ActivityPub) that has communites and emphasis on those communities and thread based discussion, currently on Nostr we don’t have that, I know recently it seems like they’ve started supporting communites but that still seems like it’s in its infancy. Would be great if we could just hold on a bit longer until we get the full forum experience on Nostr, I really hate Twitter and the cluttered feeling of having posts just free-flow and can be about anything at all instead of being organized in communities and having clear subjects in different communities.

Hashtags aren’t like communities either because they’re just a sorting tool for the random hodge podge of posts spread to the world, they aren’t a place like communities where people deliberately post about specific things, they’re really just fancy flairs for annoucements.

I know that Nostr has put effort into communites but honestly I don’t think it’s quite ready yet, which is why in my opinion we should try and hang on a bit longer, otherwise I guess it’s goodbye for me on August 31 😢

Are there any non-leftist communities on lemmy after EH dies?

I tried it. I don’t get it. It’s like a shitty Twitter with content I don’t care about. I prefer the Lemmy format.

Yea, bad twitter doesn’t really seem like it’s fits my style. I’m a simple machines kind of guy, reddit and these reddit clones are close enough to scratch that itch.

Twitter though? I’ve disliked twitter since the day it came out. Microblogging is the worst and I don’t understand why there needs to be about 15 different versions of this shit. Guess the world fell in love with it that one year when all the news media told us to use it. Seriously, I remember getting a Twitter account, not understand what good it’s for other than status updates, like, when a server goes down. Then suddenly every radio station was blathering about how they can’t stop sharing how they’re eating a sandwich and how many times they shit so far that day.

Edit:

Nice meeting y’all, doubt I’ll last on the new platform.

I’m disappointed that federation has not proven to be censorship resistant enough to make your presence here feel worth while. I hope that the Nostr protocol lets you build the community that you want to build without being cut-off from the broader network due to centralized decisions. I think that censorship resistance is an important property that needs to be baked into the infrastructure of our future networks.

Good luck ✌️

I finally went back and utilised my nostr account for ye, so I am there.

Man, and I was trying to get a fathate subreddit rival going. Oh well.

I’ll check out Noster, but it doesn’t seem like a great forum format. Any instances y’all think I should try and remake fathate in?

I just made an acc

I do have a follow up question for y’all, what’s your favorite community and instance (asides from EH) on lemmy?

Obviously mine is fathate, but my second is probably cooking (on world or shitjustworks), and home improvement. I also like the literature instance, and I hope it grows cause I want more book talk in my life.

Sorry I havn’t gotten the ansible stuff done. I’m not great with ansible which is why. And the command line tool to generate certs took me like 2 hours to set up locally. I’m happy to set up a relay manually for you if you are ever in the mood but you are always welcome to use mine and all the other free ones out there.

Hey I’m back finally.

I don’t mind moving yet again, but can one of you please explain why we have to move exactly? other than getting defederated, where is the faggotry coming from? I’m not in the loop. I know @Wigglehard@exploding-heads.com said something about server owner trannies being gay or?

Also why did the server keep going down?

What’s the best way to get on Nostr on TOR?

I just registered my alternate here (just to see the contents here) few minutes ago, and now, this site’s going to transfer, right?

Since many are expressing disappointment in this site going down, can I take this opportunity to promote my forum, Rabbit Hole? It’s a simple phpBB forum that supports free speech, allows guest posting from Tor, and aggregates the content on the landing page. I’m afraid many won’t make the transition to Nostr and the community will fall apart. I made RH partially as a Saidit alternative, since that site has many problems. However, it hasn’t taken off. Saidit still works so people seem to be sticking to it in spite of the flaws. If this community migrates there, there will be enough activity to make it more appealing for other users to join and I can more easily advertise it on a couple of related communities. My goal is to combine the conspiracy / freedom niche with imageboard culture and an imageboard-like design (but using phpBB for the extra features).

Kapow, honestly just got a little misty eyed for a minute. You are a champ. Just like master of balls.

Followed you on Nostr.

I know the admin and many other users have put a lot of time and effort here.

Let’s keep it up on Gab and Nostr.

BTW I have this weird thing where I don’t like to be super active on a dying site when the nostalgia is kicking me in the balls so expect a downturn in posts.