This has clarified some of my thoughts about Nostr. I think that's a good sign of true decentralization. That kind of forced tolerance of parts of the network that exist and thrive despite running counter to your ideals.

So true. Nostr is computationally irreducible, computation is the only way to arrive at an explanation.

"A good user knows what Nostr is. A great user knows where Nostr is going to be." - Wayne Gretzky -Michael Scott

what it "isn't", is what counts

That's decentralisation and it's beautiful!