I don't care, what ODELL or others do, but that excuse reminds me of a classic pattern. "No akhi, I'm just chatting with her every night to do dawah". 😬
Derek Ross's avatar Derek Ross
Nostr haters are losing their mind that @npub1qny3...95gx and I rejoined Twitter/X. The funny thing is, that means I get to talk about Nostr even more and shill even harder.
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The actual dawah bro model is toxic masculine combined with gaslighting & patriarchal/fundamentalist. So if we’re referring to the actual model, I hope we all oppose that lol. On the other hand, reaching out to bridge very real and very problematic communal gaps that exist between Nostr & the other spaces, is not toxic nor bootlickimg but unbelievably necessary. You can’t complain about a dying community without enough communal members to contribute but also say you don’t care about the millions being left behind because of propaganda/misinformation & conditioning from big tech. People like Derek & I are not really here to cater to the ones who fit in here, have a place & benefit. We’re building bridges & working to bring others who are deserving of understanding. I wouldn’t be here & have had my life changed without the effective method that everyone here benefits from!
100% agreement on Dawah Inc On the rest, i'm mixed in my opinion on this. I don't see the communal gaps as between Nostr and other spaces. These problems existed before the internet did so the solution isn't going to be technological. I also do not see the metrics of a dying community. My nostr network is healthy and growing each month. That said, there are billions that will be left behind and I do agree some people should be doing something about it. There's a necessary balance between individual responsibility and people doing what they understand to be the best thing (a thing easily clouded by propaganda/misinformation/conditioning). Personally, I thought the folks using bots on their X accounts and then being themselves on nostr was a creative move but I'm also a maxi in that X can just burn for all I care. I haven't had an account there or anywhere else for 2 years so I know I'm not the one to that kind of engagement. My goal has been to encourage community growth here and sometimes even that is pushing my personal capacity 😂 but it's good and been the best thing for me. Anyhow, for now I leave the nostr dawah to folks like Derek @Muslim Bitcoiner @Mandalorian and SAIF.