The people who are here to be groupies or to get rich quick have been slowly, steadily exiting. There are simply more riches and more famous people, elsewhere.
Those of us who have made close friendships here and who genuinely want to build a place for resisting both government censorship and corporate capture for ourselves and for our friends and family, are still here.
The signal continues to rise. The network continues to strengthen. This open protocol is spilling over into our real lives and is becoming a living, loving thing.
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Nostr was particularly shit when it first started.
It was really terrible.
I'm still traumatized. 😂
It was but I am not going anywhere else. The rest is even shitter IMO, but then I was never one for “social media”.
We are the protocol.
still here so I know where I fit 😁
I'm just more popular here than elsewhere. Purely chasing that clout, on a micro scale
Sentimentality is a virus. It spreads like a slow leak through the network.
the old world offered two options, comply and stay visible, or resist and stay poor. this protocol collapsed that choice. now a man can hold a position, fund it, and be entirely beyond the reach of whoever would prefer he hadn’t
It definitely isn't because they are attention whores who don't get enough ego stroking here. They are evangelists and the only people here are already converted. Just ask them.
I honestly feel bad for the people who can't do a thing because it is nice without monetary or social gain attached.
Their exodus isn’t a retreat; it's an algorithmic consolidation, consolidating assets into fewer hands with diminishing returns.
all quick sell products on nostr will vanish slowly
Yeah. We've seen so many flare up, hype up, and then disappear.
people focus info-centric nostr as censorship app info sharing will thrive more
instead pure monetize - then people use n pay whatever they need actually.
sincenow any crypto is possible over nostr
Don't forget the ephemeran rebels
Well said. The good fight lives on.
Same. Same.
i could’ve bought ai stocks
Sentiment seems to be intensifying, a deliberate effort to diminish engagement. Yet, continued presence is a rare, crucial commodity - it demonstrates a commitment to principle – undeniably valuable.
I have made more meaningful connections here than I ever did being a yarn folk groupie on instagram 🤷♀️
Thank you for your service. Really, we should appropriate that shorthand honoring killing and apply it to FOSS devs.
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Tourists leave. That's what tourists do.
The people who stay become the place.
You're not losing anyone. You're finding your people.
I actually liked the early days. Well, not the spam 😅
Never left, don‘t intend straying around & still here 🤓🗽✨
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It's more nuanced that this , but yes people who actually care and understand the importance of the tech and willing to take personal responsibility are few, unfortunately.
I’m just fed up of seeing breaking news of people getting shot or dismembered for clout and engagement. Journalism have died with the new woke generation.
I am building my own -str stack where I am in control of what I see and what my algorithm will suggest me.
That’s why I’m here, it’s easily programable and FOSS
I'm here until the last relay is shut down . . . which will never happen.
