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The problem with the centralised internet is that it operates based on the whims of the powers that be. Meatspace legal jurisdiction is being applied to cyberspace even to companies that are not from the country where weird laws are applied. Yes it's up to companies to resist but most won't as the example below shows, therefore it's time for decentralised publishing solutions on Nostr to make Substack obsolete. If you have the juice and time, do call your senators to complain, but if not, rather "build back better" on uncensorable protocols. View quoted note →

Sorry about this Efrat, and I do hope this issue is resolved quickly. That said, it seems to me that The censors are only getting warmed up and this sort of is set to increase not decrease, I do hope you have a Nostr backup of your substack

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I only know about you because of Nostr. From what I gather, your topics are BTC and "being true to yourself" (which includes limiting your time with toxic opposition). So, this is what AU is afraid of? Promoting standing up for one's self, and their future is harmful to children? Or are they opposed to women with a voice? If so, it seems like someone from semi-popular media could have a field day with this story.

Words cannot express how mad this makes me. The sooner daily/weekly/monthly users quit using centralized systems, the sooner they will starve. It only takes a few quarters of non-growth for their stock to plummet.

Not surprising, yet disheartening to see it become hard reality. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏼 Being loud about it is one way. Bringing people to Nostr another. Building/using BTC circular economy also. Living in a more free jurisdiction yet another (though you never know how long it'll last and the input costs are high). Sharing doable ways out, painting an understandable scenario of a possible future helps. I know that's what you're doing and I'm glad we're already here on Nostr. Anyway just wanted to share that describing tangible ways forward is key 🙏🏼🧡

Thank you for this important insight into how bad the systemic tyranny is becoming.

have you heard about layer3.press ?

Its all about control. Control you self, join Nostr. View quoted note →

it's alarming. what is even more alarming is the amount of blue pilled who will simply go along. I rapped on stage about this last night and people are more receptive than ever, let's keep going 🙏💠❣️✊

So sorry to hear that Efrat, we are doomed, thankfully we have nostr.

There is a reason One Nation, the right wing nationalist party, has gained popularity in Australia.

The totalitarian tiptoe is turning into a steady jog. View quoted note →

Frustrating Efrat sorry As soon as that law came in, I’ve stopped using Substack, as when k try to login I get asked for a digital ID to show my age Crazy

The oil slick is also spreading in Spain with the corrupt traitorous president Pedro Sánchez

From someone's perspective who's nostr only, it's unreal to watch 99.9% of the population willingly sticking to centralized platforms. The network effect and the herd mentality are probably to be blamed but I believe we will have to opt-out of their centralized gulags in order to be individually free.

Messed up. Appreciate your work. Keep going. 👥 💜

I am wondering if we can create a substack alternative based on Nostr. Long form notes for the posts. Encrypted using MLS to restric access to paying users. Some sort of automation to add pub keys to the group when an account is zapped (Here smart contracts, which both #bitcoin and #Monero lack, can come in handy). When a post is shared ia regular messages is shared, mentioning the encrypted long format note and link to "subscribe" to the channel. Comments are regular messages on the unencrypted message so that the post gets amplified with engagement. @JeffG what do you say? Is this possible?

How come VPNs and Tor didn't work?

The Australian government I think was one of the worst during Covid, as in loose your job if you are not vaxxed, lockdowns and an app to show where you go ( like tag on and off) to „inform you when you have been near someone infected“ and to stop the spread. It is all about control so now this new law is another one of these control mechanisms. People know it, people see it, people demonstrate against it but the politicians do it anyway. I really love Australia but our government is shit.

The interesting part is why she is surprised that this is happening. Are we not learning? She uses someone else computer to publish here work. It implies zero control/centralizaton risk.

Maybe australia is trying to save the internet from over centralization.

One of the lamest things I've seen all day. Can't believe they are still imposing a lock on your account even after you left the country as a visitor. If you want to impose that on your citizens, that's another story (still not respectable, still not about the children, but save that for another day). Feel like they are breaching some ToS and overstepping. Hopefully they see and respond to your posts and hopefully you've sent an email to support, better than nothing while you patiently wait to get your account restored. Feel for your being locked out of part of your network and job. Godspeed🙏

Gotta love control

Wow! I see many comments from Substack creators having to deal with this issue.

Censorship @Simon Dixon @Lyn Alden @Matthew Kratter FYI Substack has been a great platform for publishing content and reaching people! View quoted note →

@Efrat Fenigson this is due to jewish supremicists controlling the narrative. Do you believe it’s time to convert? T seems like you’re a truth seeker, Christ is truth. Let’s have the first Nostr baptism! #biblestr

Does #nostr have a substack alternative??? #nostronly #grapheneos #ivpn #Start9

That’s crazy. Dystopian insanity happening in real-time. Thank God for Bitcoin and Nostr.

fucking crazy View quoted note →

Substack strikes me as not being a platform that loves censorship. This implies that whoever is doing this has their tendrils very far into every company

A decentralized web will be essential in the future, and it’s probably not even all that far away with laws like these already in existence. I had heard about these laws recently on the Security Now podcast. Many people use VPNs to hide from their ISP, but maybe part of the solution is to use a VPN to your home so you always appear to be coming from there and not trigger stupid things like this. Of course, this cat and mouse game will only work so long. Thanks for letting us know.

Publish your blogs on Nostr and you’ll never need a Substack.

Have you tried clearing your browser cookies?

Really recommend moving away from Substack. Running your own Ghost blog with subscribers and automatic email list of posts built in is one way. And you get to keep all the subscription money minus very very small VPS cost to run Ghost on.

Self host ghost 🗿

You didn't see this coming from like the other side of the universe?

Thank you for sharing Efrat! Never stop fighting the good fight 🫡