I was looking at the site ghcr.io, and my impression is that this site is similar to dockerhub but run by github, and I (perhaps wrongly) assumed that it guarantees that the container is built from the source that is accessible through the github repository.

I’m actually not sure if github has a auto build system. It might somewhere. But he should be able to override it with a

docker push ghcr.io/OWNER/IMAGE_NAME:VERSION

Maybe there are some safeguards in github somewhere I don’t know about.

Small correction. You aren’t actually running the latest from github. You are running the latest from his docker hub. What ever the latest image he built and uploaded to ghcr.io/rystaf/mlmym

If you want to run this locally without docker you can do it by installing git and golang.

git clone https://github.com/rystaf/mlmym.git;
cd mlmym;
go build;
LEMMY_DOMAIN='lemmydomain.com' ./mlmym --addr  "0.0.0.0:8080"

You should be able to build it with docker too if you didn’t want to install a go compiler.

git clone https://github.com/rystaf/mlmym.git;
cd mlmym;
docker build -t mlmym . ;
docker run -it -e LEMMY_DOMAIN='lemmydomain.com' -p "8080:8080" mlmym;

You never really know what is running on someone’s docker repository to be honest. They could have compiled in a crypto miner into the executable for all we know. Even though they most likely did not.

https://simplex.chat ?

Looks interesting. This is the first I’ve heard of it.

Yeah that won’t work and they are lying to themselves when they say it will.

Spam is only a problem for web apps who are trying to aggregate all nostr activity for new users to browse and find interesting content. The format as it is currently won’t allow for that. Not without some kinda AI filter that would get frustrating.

A simple relay registration page with email or text or admin approval (like lemmy) can solve the problem if someone wants a really clean relay.

You don’t have to browse relay data either it’s just kinda hard to get started with a social network without a public room.

A relay full of spam is still helpful for dissidents trying to get their words out. No body has to actually view the spam. You can choose to only view people you’ve followed and those same relays will send you the people you’ve followed.

I’ll still use frendica and fediverse apps but I like the concept of nostr and think it could be really useful

Some people in the Nostr community are using crypto to reduce spam. Need to pay some amount to a relay for it to process your future messages. I spent a hour or so today exploring the android app and browsing different nodes. I am seeing a ton of spam. Lots coming from china which seems odd to me.

To me the sign up fee however small will turn away most users so i don’t love that idea. Would be nice to have a signup page with approvals.

If no one has made one of those I might try to tackle that.

Looks legit! I’ve never gotten into RSS feeds so I’m not a good person to talk to about it.

None of them ever had the ability for the user to own their identity. Which is what is so novel about nostr imo.

Everything we do in the fediverse can be achieved with email, xnmp. It’s nothing new. But lemmy has proved that it’s not enough. The censorship is often even worse than on facebook/instagram.

With nostr a cellphone is effectively it’s own instance. and it’s so effiencient. By breaking it up into multiple relays you really distribute the load. a handful of people with with a good internet connection can compete with twitter.

Mastodon doesn’t scale as easily. A big server still has to run load balancers, take ddos attacks head on.

A single relay going down will do basically nothing to the nostr network. No body should even notice.

We already have RSS feeds for each community as well as the total site. We could start there. Do you know if there is an app or utility we could feed that into?

It sounds like that would take some dev work. Seems like a common ask so i’m sure someone will implement a rss to nostr forwarder. I don’t think it would take but a week or so of effort there would be zero ui.

I would keep an eye on nostr apps for something you like.

https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr

I was thinking about building out my own relay so I can better understand the protocol and then I would be better suited to write fun stuff like that.

I see each user has an address xxx@xyz

Is this portable?

Is it tied to a particular app or relay?

What determines it?

To what I understand a user is identified as a private/public key. Some kind of identify marker is generated but a user can not be impersonated (as long as their key is secret) and can absolutely move to another “Instance”

But if the user is using a Web client, the web client could ban them. And a relay could ban them. But as long as they own the private key than can move to another client and send their messages to multiple relays. ( I love that model because then admins don’t have to feel pressure to ban anyone because everyone knows they can just forward their stuff to another relay. )

A mobile/local client is really the best option for people who want absolute control over their identity but a web site could make it easier for them to sign up. It’s more convenient. I imagine most people will use web apps but people who care more about privacy and ownership will use a mobile/desktop app.

Could we use the Exploding Heads RSS feed to automatically post to it?

Yeah that would work fine but it would all look like it’s coming from a single user unless your app registered each user with a private key somehow. it would take some dev work.

I think that’s ok. It’s a open protocol like JavaScript. Billionaires need something to spend their money on. It’s better than him flying around in private jets lecturing people on climate change. Plus he does carry with him clout and that helps attract new users and developers.

Nostr is already good enough to replace both twitter and mastodon. It’s cheaper to host. Minimum all you need is a app and a relay.

I don’t think it’s possible to get rich off it. All you can do with relays is data mine anonymous post.

https://snort.social/

Seems pretty good and intuitive. Its built in react. Mostly crypto bros trying to get crypto similar to discussions except it actually works.

I’m still learning and wondering how to enter the space.

I can host a relay I guess. I’m researching the different ones.

I hear even minds is now nostr compatible.

I have not found a client that supports groups. Or have not found the feature. There is the one reddit clone but they require crypto to sign up. That will turn 99.99% of people away. It will avoid spam yes but also it’s first five users.

The important thing I want out if it is to take moderation away from the admin and put it to the users themselves . This works really well with twitter style social media. Maybe it won’t work well with communities when by nature communities need some kinda moderation to be on topic.