I used to spend three hours a day on Twitter.
One year ago, I deleted my account.
Now I’m only on Nostr, and I spend maybe ten minutes a day scrolling.
The difference is extraordinary.
The noise is gone.
The manipulation is gone.
And when I leave, I don’t feel drained, I feel uplifted.
That’s when I realised something important:
the new system isn’t just technically superior.
It’s psychologically healthier.
But the real question is this:
how do we help people transition?
The answer is monetisation.
When creators can earn directly from their audiences, without platforms, advertisers, or banks, they will come.
When they come, they’ll bring their communities with them.
And when those audiences can earn by promoting what they love, the migration becomes inevitable.
That’s what Fanfares makes possible :
a media economy where the network itself becomes the discovery engine.
Every person who finds something valuable becomes a paid promoter of quality.
No algorithms. No ads. Just trust, consequence, and value flowing peer to peer.
Decentralised, open networks are not just better technology.
They’re the next phase of human communication.
They are where attention becomes aligned with meaning again,
and where we finally reclaim our time, our minds, and our freedom.
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GM
Hmmm, I’m Nostr only and still spend ca 3h/day here 💥
Absolutely. Less noise, more real connection.
Great
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X is dead, long live #nostr
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About the same here.
I thought nostr only would cut my screen time, but not really 😁
“The answer is monetisation”— this reduces quality and what’s actually significant. Plenty of people brining in boatloads of money selling sugar and bs.
The discussion must be more focused.
The sugar and bs is what we currently have on legacy social media. Largely that is because everything is free and stuff that gets people addictived is promoted by the algos.
The key thing to understand with Fanfares is that the paywall creates friction.
You will only see the content if you choose to pay.
You will only choose to pay if you already know the work of the creator or if you are recommend by someone you trust.
If the content turns out to be sugar or bs, then you lose trust for both the creator and person who recommended. You remove them from your signal.
Your choice informs the web of trust of everyone connected to you.
We are the algorithm in this system!
Nostr is the best
Will it be possible to allow someone to watch 10 or 20% of the video first, before paying to gain full access? I think this would be vastly beneficial to all parties. Offering a bit for free is a good model.
Profits and monetization always improve quality. Learning Producers is completely wrong. Capitalism and competition work very well indeed. Long live the incentives of the free market
I do agree with your point about the algos promoting addictive stuff and I’ll keep fanfares in mind. Friction is def necessary in building worthwhile products and services. I just don’t like when the blinders get put on as soon as number goes up.
By all means if you support selling unhealthy foods because “capitalism good” live your life bro.
Fiat money = fiat food, fiat lifestyle, and fiat brain. It's got nothing to do with making a profit. This is a Bitcoin system of profit, not a fiat system.
So if you sell someone high calorie sugary food but accept bitcoin payments in bitcoin somehow this addresses quality? I like capitalism too but your point is bs
If course. That is what we currently do with audio.
Thanks for the question. We welcome more
You did great job #nostr only
Thanks
Just because you want to control how much sugar someone ELSE eats, it doesn't mean you SHOULD control how much sugar someone else eats.
Fine! Be a chunky monkey!🤣 pretend you’re eating quality ingredients
The peace that comes from being on nostr instead of Twitter is something else.
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Hi, I'm new here
These phrases are the first words I read here on Primal. I like this place.
That's the way, good job.
Welcome. Get your wallet set up and we can zap you
Done
the truth is I hope that one day the fandoms will find a space in 'nostr', because many fans had to be migrating from page to page due to the changes that each page made at a certain time, I wonder if 'nostr' can help the problem that many have fans when sharing their works.
tumblr was abandoned because they banned nsfw content.
facebook the same but worse, it is increasingly difficult to upload memes because its algorithms are alerted too easily.
twitter, according to it, is freer but they reduced the reach of my publications for a simple comment.
#welcome & #introductions
i suggest you #follow #hashtags to #find #people to follow & use hashtags to be #found. #value4value #smij #zapd #grownostr
We all censor our own experience on nostr, and by doing so we contribute to the web of trust of those with whom we are connected
Love it, realised I deleted my Twitter slightly over a year ago. Maybe spend more than 10 minutes a day, but every so often, what I write here actually means something to me, rather than me writing something then self censoring to prevent the rozzers turning up at my door at 1am in the morning.
Anything that can bring in more artists and creators is a good thing 🫡
My proudest badge of honour from my time on Twitter. 🫡🙌 fuck CSW!!!
@Shortfiat
We are all Satoshi...
except Craig Wright!
This will also mean that a bunch of people with "huge followings" will come here thinking their content has immense value, when in fact it dosn't 🧐👍🫡
There is a difference between knowing how to game the algo and creating real value
Totally agree! 👍🏻
The real winner is a consciencous user who can sway their window into this and actually get value from it all rather than be spoon fed shit garbage endlessly.
As someone who never really interacted with the ragebait games being played elsewhere on social medias, despite its problems, inefficiencies and dangers (thinking it is much like the other social medias) Nostr is user empowerment.
I may not be here to curate, create or dispense anything of real value to others, but I agree with you, this place has keeps me coming back precisely because a lot of the people who aren't here to "create value" are exactly the ones creating it.
Awesome. I have wen the extra mile and deleted all social media; Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok. I am more productive and my mental health has improved tremendously.
Noticing how you feel is so valuable. I also remember when I’d get off X I’d often times just feel like dog shit.
Still can't get a working wallet that can send and receive zaps. Still need lots of work, but there's hope
OK, I do have one more question. Will it be possible to have an 'interactive quiz' (the simplest multiple-choice type)? I usually have these after each lecture so that the student can repeat and check their understanding
I can get behind this. 🫡
This. Exactly this!
Nostr is your experience
I wish I would have deleted Twitter when you did.
I’m a noobie, only a few months in
Reading this makes me nostr bullish.
I feel the same way. Back on Twitter, I always felt like I was drowning in information. Now on Nostr, it's like breathing clean air again 😂. The pace here is slower, more free, and feels more like real conversations between people. It mirrors the lifestyle I cherish now—taking my Explorer Yacht from
https://www.yachttrading.com/yachts/explorer-yachts-for-sale/out to sea, where the water is serene and free from unnecessary noise. Sharing content occasionally, I even connect with like-minded souls. Compared to being pushed along by algorithms, this sense of controlling my own pace feels truly satisfying.
Pls try Rizful.com
#Nostr is the best.
Welcome🤜
Nostr is great
So far I have only blocked the X feed on my desktop. Never visit it on my phone anymore because I know how much it will drag me into doomerism
My X algorithm has stated to drive me insane.
Thanks
Happy to be here
Still fell foggy 😄
"The new system isn't just technically superior; it's ( #Nostr ) psychologically healthier."
That same moral imperative applies to #Bitcoin :
It's ethical sound money, the essential foundation for a truly peaceful, prospering society. 🧡💜
View quoted note →Have to agree. Still have some X accounts, rarely go on there. Many have been deplatformed, mainly for incorrect AI judgement and then we find out that their AI automatically rejects appeals.
The black box is unforgiving
That make be in the programming
Yes I remember the room scrolling
It is!
It is!
Clean air !!
You are still ahead of most of the world
We have the future before us!
Try primal on mobile
I remember feeling that way. And yet still i wanted more!
Good work!
Let them earn bitcoin
This is why I came to #nostr
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LEON
Just read “El éxodo del bitcoiner” by
@npub15zp3...cthe — a sharp reflection on why the Bitcoin conversation feels quieter lately.
It connects Peter McCormack’s question “Where is your fight?” with the move of many Bitcoiners from Twitter to Nostr — and how, just like the U.S. left moving to Bluesky, that migration might have reduced the clash of ideas that once made Bitcoin culture so vibrant.
Even if you’re not fluent in Spanish, this one’s worth translating. It’s about how echo chambers — even well-intentioned ones — can dull a movement’s edge.
https://zipline.aaroniumii.com/go/el-exodo-del-bitcoiner
I deleted my account last week. All in.
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That was a comedy typo!
Agree, been comparing the two recently. Twitter is way more addictive and Nostr provides way more value ⚡️
Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome
Most content creators monetize their advertisers, not their followers. With that premise it is not profitable for him to come to #nostr
Still 👀
That's why I deleted my tweeter...nostr is home 🏠
welcome to #nostr #introductions ☺️👏
Good work!
@Shortfiat your post got me thinking, and the only way that makes sense is the then write, so I wrote this. 🫡🙌
Nostr and Bitcoin, or the Gulag?
Welcome! Here's a good starting place to get caught up 👇
₿en Wehrman
WELCOME, NOSTR NEWCOMERS!
Here are a few "Nostr 101" resources that will bring you up to speed on WHY this protocol is primed to take over the social media world, as well as all the basics you'll need to thrive here 🧠👇
Nostr 101 w/
@Derek Ross 👇
Building Nostr w/
@jb55 👇
The Ultimate Social Media History Lesson and Why Nostr Changes The Game w/
@npub1wmr3...g240 👇
Collection of every other relevant educational resource your little nostrich noodle can handle 👇
https://www.benwehrman.com/nostr-guide/
Enjoy the rabbit hole, and don't forget to share these links with your friends! 🐇🕳⚡️ #introductions
Thanks for sharing 🙏
I need this 🙂
There is nothing better than aligned incentives that result in better mental health and community connection 💜
#nostr rocks
This just prompted me to delete Twitter.
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1. The signal is so high here. We need more meetups/presentations like this. Great work! 🤝
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2. This time this tremendous character talking to Jeff Jarvis. Watchout who 👇
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3. A good news from Miljan. Let’s get ready for Primal 3.0 🤟
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4. There is no reason to be not 😉
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5. Well said by the Nostr memes master 👌
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6. Let’s listen to a Nostr speech of Matt Odell 👇
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7. It is so nice to see plebs like this 💪
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8. This is 100% true 👇
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9. This is the power of Nostr 😍
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10. We must fight for the privacy 🤝
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11. Alby adds an another security layer to protect users from attackers 🔏
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12. Do you agree Nostriches? 🫵
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13. The macro discussion summary of Lyn Alden with her favorite macro analyst 🗒️
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14. An impressive drone show in Lugana, Switzerland 😍
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15. A new Nostr based voice and video calling app announced 📲
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16. These things can be happen to a tremendous person 🫂
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