GM🫂
On the one hand, it feels sad that some people became very inactive on the nostr protocol lately but I can also understand it. on the other hand, I have such a strong believe into the simple idea. And what I forever will be caring about, is the community. I hope the beliefs we all share here are strong enough. But honestly, I barely have a doubt. I replay a future with my freedom tools over and over again and there is just no way back. There is no way big social media is storing my stuff again. This goes against all the principles I worked myself towards over the last few years. free my money, free my communication. forever.
Maybe we are not supposed to make the mass happy with our nostr products. maybe we are supposed to bring todays world the importance of free speech. And this comes along with our own stories, and the unease we share about the system. there is something no soul draining thing can take from us: our ability to connect, build and to standup for each other.
That being said: when in doubt, send a GM out. 🫡💜
today @ 1:30pm UTC (3:30pm CET) - join the productive-together-but-apart call🌞 (just hmu)
In case you are missing it, we are trying to open a room every week so just check out my page once in a while :) todays announcement is very spontaneous because I wasn't feeling so great earlier this week but therefore its a goofy announcement hehe.
reflection dump incoming 💜
wow, time flies, and with it, my strength arises. when I joined nostr in 2023 I was just coming from instagram, the place I tried to find like minded people that share what I feel about the planet and society. of course, I tried really hard to get an audience. I did posting-time analytics, trendy music in my videos, when I look back, I feel slightly like a clown, addicted to attention. I was like an actor, performing on the modern town square. It always felt wrong, following the rules of this huge discovery algorithm. one that screams for perfection.
I am glad that my partner came up to me and said, hey, check out nostr. It was feeling odd in the first place. But since I just understood Bitcoin I really wanted to give it a try. Immediately, I started posting wise things. I messed with no one and was just trying to find friends and connections. And it took me really long to unfreeze. Like, my personality is total fire but it REALLY takes me long to show it. I know that people are getting very surprised once they know me closer... as I start to become unhinged, because I feel safer. Just something I noticed. At some point I started to write paragraphs about controversial or idealistic topics. Believing, my word has weight on the whole world. To that time I couldn't hurt a thing. Neither being unkind to humans, nor tolerating that people ignore what it means to kill an animal. Coming from a farm with hunters, I became a catastrophe for my parents and I sacrificed my body to make a point, which means I barely ate anything. At this point I realized how important it is for me, to have a strong connection to my food. And at some point I realized that some people are not bad by accident, but by pure conviction.
Over the years, the connections I made became really touching. I saw other people living a more natural life and people figuring out a way to get there. I organized meetups in real life because I think it matters. I come here daily and really try to maintain my connections. yes, afterall, its just the internet but afterall, it's real people, with real viewpoints, also carrying a lot of Weltschmerz that just can't pretend anymore.
So the point here is, I came from a place where I just wanted to make money online, with the excuse to safe the planet and be kind, to a point where I refuse to sell my soul to the algorithm and allow natural connections to emerge. Where I finally decided to accumulate skills in real life that I like, and really help someone instead of performing. When I think of a life where I am forced to film everything and edit it, to make money, idk if I could ever endure it. My creativity and I, are just like a free spirit. So I impersonate Nostr types just for the funnsies. I talk about a topic, because it really matters to me. I say good morning to someone, because I mean it. Nostr and where it was, 3 years ago, made myself more real, and I didn't even ask for it.
You all helped me to find truth. And you, yourself is just trying to find truth. And I am grateful I can experience it with the most of you. stay weird! 🫂 and maybe don't do it for content, do it for the friendships.
