how twitter became a life-hack, and how nostr will replace it:
starting with the 140 char limit, twitter grew rapidly in its niche: social media which is text-based but witty, quick, fun.
this, in opposition to long-form content and its severity and time consumption.
then you sprinkle in a battle for censorship resistance which is (mostly, albeit imperfectly) won.
then you expand optionality to introduce long text.
then you integrate intelligent communication with the data that exists within the internet.
and here we are.
culturally, it is a haven for those off-the-cuff, free speech induced bursts of pure identity. it is free, fun, wild!
but when called upon, it morphs into a global socratic society with the most proven thought leaders in their respective fields dissembling and recreating the forefronts of collective knowledge.
life. hack.
nostr will be the same, through its own path.
quietly eroding certain aspects of twitter’s grip (think dave > grok, real censorship resistance) while introducing a forefront of its own: native integration of the internet’s very own money.
at times along the way nostr feels like a cheap knockoff, the critics proclaim “it’s so slow, so buggy, so weird! keys and clients? where is the ‘nostr app’?”
at times it feels incredible, too good to be true, even for its own supporters, “primal? that’s custodial! damus? iOS? Apple censorship! hey, ross is here! yeah but he’s going to shitcoin!”
and at times it feels like nothing at all. here we are. we post. we zap. we read. we meme. we log off and touch grass (if we’re lucky) and nostr is… just here. we come back. we go again. it just feels real, normal.
to nostriches, the world has changed, spoken to us, revealed a reality that has consumed our identities and renewed them.
to others, the world waits for no one and tomorrow brings with it their next challenges, their next discussions, their next battles of ideology, policy, governance, science, technology, war, economics, athletics, religion, morality.
each battle is a war of ideas; each brings new life to nostr, the only fair battleground for all.
nostr, where you can raise your own army, fund your own strategy, build your own revolution on your own foundation.
not because an algorithm says you’re right.
not because an authority has silenced your opposition or frozen their war chest.
not because you have paid for victory from your stash of paper.
but because of the strength of your voice, the sweat of your brow, the truth of your heart.
you prove your work here. and here alone.
the world has seen this and it has spoken, and the time will come for those who wait.
and for us, who are here now, how special it is! i truly love you all and i cherish this time while nostr is unburdened by the weight it will come to bare.
let’s keep this thing going #grownostr
this was my first real attempt at long form writing, apologies for my capitalization and punctuation style which many find difficult to flow with.
hopefully you still enjoyed and if you read this far (and are still reading for some reason you psycho) thank you! you are awesome.
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