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DrBitcoinMD 1 year ago
Day 3 I woke up this morning and didn't automatically reach for my phone and start scrolling through my twitter feed. I didn't realize how much that consistently affected my mood and mindset for the day. This feels like breaking a severe sugar addiction. Sometimes I still reach for my phone, searching for the app (now deleted). Dopamine and outrage is the product. View quoted note →

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Are you talking ad revenue or self promotion for your business? Either way that’s very understandable. If Twitter had a “post only” mode I might use that. The algorithm for me is a nasty mix of Bitcoin dopamine hits and doom posts.
Network effects are powerful - I’m glad that you’ve been able to use it as an incredible tool to improve your life Hopefully one day our tools will have less negative side effects, but I suppose some of that will always be a reflection of human nature
I find this interesting. I singed up to twatter when it was first released. Decided not interested within 48 hours. I got on it in 2022 for curiosity and followed people that popped up on both sides. Both sides of whatever quite frankly. From Covid to vax to climate change to politics and economics. Whatever. Just to watch. I tried interacting with the odd innocuous question to posts. On one viscerally abusive response from a tenured professor I actually responded asking why the abuse considering I simply asked a question on a technical elaboration. His answer was “I’m really sorry, twitter does this to me sometimes”. I found it easy to close the account. It’s very sad as without the toxicity, it had the potential to be a global commons. Nostr certainly has the potential to rectify this division creation matrix. Good luck with cold turkey detox and enjoy mental freedom. Maybe best to leave the phone alone for a while too. Go for a walk in the morning instead. Smile and talk to those you come across
Nostr has been the only place on the internet where I’ve had hyperpersonal communications - meaning it sometimes surpasses the level of affection and connection of a normal face to face interaction. I hope that it grows to the point where people like yourself could use it as your primary platform.