Notices by Dave (dave@podcastindex.social)

#api Discussion on full episode search in the Index:

https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/docs-api/issues/132

...if anyone wants to weigh in. I've always avoided it because of substandard results but I'm open to trying again.

#namespace Phase 7 is now fully baked. We can open Phase 8 after coming up with a plan to hopefully not get as bogged down as we did in phase 7. That was too much of a slog.

https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/discussions/665

@samsethi @james @evan It would be great to have a comprehensive list of what verbs do when presented to different clients - which ones get coerced into other types vs. which are natively accepted.

This. https://podcastindex.social/@mattmedeiros/113076671568599398

Time for the board meeting! We're running with scissors live with episode 186! Live from Nashville!

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https://episodes.fm/1584274529

https://x.com/US_Stormwatch/status/1814268813879206397

12-hour timelapse of American Airlines, Delta, and United plane traffic after what was likely the biggest IT outage in history forced a nationwide ground stop of the three airlines.

#namespace Working on writing the keysend address addition to the namespace atm.

https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/discussions/576

Need some clarification on the final spec for it if you have a minute @merryoscar .

#namespace Phase 7 is now closed. Formalization review is starting now. As I go through each proposal I will be posting for community review.

https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/discussions/641

Time for the board meeting! We're running with scissors live with episode 182! Drop the dongle!

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https://episodes.fm/1584274529/live

@adam @ChrisLAS Nostr works really well as an IRC replacement (ease of websocket, no nickserv cruft), which was what I built with Mkultra, until I ran into the wall of relays not supporting the NIPs I needed to bring other messages from relays back into the chat room. Then it kind of died.

Oscar built a similar (better) system, which I fully support and intend to bridge to AP.

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@adam @ChrisLAS Unfortunately, I just can’t see any other use case for it that is compelling. IMO it has no real world advantages over ActivityPub, and is in fact more centralized based on the few relays that carry all messages vs the hundreds of AP servers.

Most of the major Nostr devs are working on it because of Jack grants or VC money. When the VC/Jack money dries up, the party will be over. That’s why I call it a huge “distraction”. It’s pulling devs away from solving real problems.

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Time for the board meeting! We're running with scissors live with episode 181! Freeze your Rodecaster!

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https://episodes.fm/1584274529/live

@js @agates @adam @ChadF @ademan Keysend allows push payments without having to generate an invoice, which puts Lightning on par with things like Venmo, PayPal, etc. The receiver of a payment having to generate an invoice is just always going to be a convoluted experience and lead to weird solutions like LNUrl.

The real solution is BOLT12, which nobody is working on because they are all obsessed with Nostr. And they’re only obsessed with Nostr because Jack/VC money is feeding it.

@tchambers @adam @james Op3.dev is the open source way to do download statistics. You'll never get "listener" metrics outside of closed systems like Spotify/Apple/Amazon since they have first party play data and everyone else just has raw http download numbers.

@tchambers @adam @james Another point is you mention "across all platforms". Op3, podtrac, etc. will give you download stats for platforms that support "pass through" (Spotify does). Platforms like YouTube do not support that, so there's no way for Op3/Podtrac/etc to see those numbers.

@js "Spotify’s app is strong. It innovates in ways others have not."

They should try innovating in ways that others already have instead. Their app is weird and few people like it as a podcast listening experience.

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https://podcastindex.social/@alberto/112483837511157623

Time for the board meeting! We're running with scissors live with episode 180! Rantlet... engage!

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https://episodes.fm/1584274529/live

What happens when Bluesky runs out of money?

Beautiful. https://bne.social/@james/112410745156980441