I see a bunch of Japanese notes, aussies and some New Zealanders here and there. It’s not a total graveyard but I definitely see activity picking up by the time I go to bed. All the number counting and chart watching is harmful. It just creates self fulfilling momentum. I consider anyone engaging in it as someone who doesn’t want nostr to win and naturally mute them. I know this seems like sticking the head in the sand, but I think it does no good sending bad vibes out. I even want to delete this very note because of this but will publish it anyway. If I don’t respond to anyone criticizing my comment, this is the reason. If you want nostr to win, create an atmosphere where people want to stay. If all we do is whine about numbers, people don’t want to stick around for that.

This makes no sense. Saying people who track metrics "don't want nostr to win" is like saying doctors checking vital signs want their patients to die. Or engineers stress-testing bridges want them to collapse. Or Bitcoiners who watch the market and post prices want it to fail. If someone just posts the negative and not also the positive, then yeah... maybe they are trying to direct a narrative. But periodically keeping track of Nostr's vital signs is important. We can't get to where we're going if we deny where we're starting from. Twitter grew because they watched what users actually did and fixed what wasn't working. Reddit built communities by studying engagement data. Every platform that succeeded did it by measuring reality, not by pretending problems don't exist. You're not being optimistic. You're being willfully blind. Positive thinking only gets you so far when you're ignoring reality. If your gas gauge is flashing empty and you cover it with a smiley face sticker and start chanting "plenty of gas, plenty of gas," you're still going to run out of gas. Tony Robbins nailed this: "I don't believe you should go to your garden and chant, 'There's no weeds, there's no weeds, there's no weeds,' and think that's going to solve something. I'm a believer in find the weed and rip it out." That's what metrics do. They show areas of growth and what's working. They show pain points. They find the weeds. If Nostr's going to make it, we need people willing to see what's actually happening and fix it, not just a bunch of Nostriches with their heads in the sand chanting, "there's no weeds." And muting anyone who dares to point them out.

Interesting because for me it's usually far more active when American Nostr goes to sleep. And that's been pretty consistent since I joined nearly 3 years ago. I guess it depends on where the majority of your Nostr friends and people who vibe with your posts are.

bitch@ is a fad except for location feature niche including conferences

Ideally need YOY charts to compare seasonality.