Not always, imo. Sometimes posting a note or comment is just a means of gathering information. It's that simple. I've observed many Nostr users who display this kind of behavior; and they're usually accounts with a relatively smaller follower count. The people who come here for the social aspect seem less active since I showed up nearly three months ago (yes, only three months). I think it's obvious that many are growing way too bored too quickly and are realizing that they don't need social media as much as they originally believed. That's a win, imo. Many are rediscovering the value of face-to-face interaction. Also, I've seen plenty of people say that nostr has no algorithm, yet, they fail to realize that they've all played a hand in making the "nostr algo." Nostr algo = block and ridicule anyone who notices and publicly calls out imperfections within both Bitcoin and the nostr protocol clients... and then whine about it.
The topic of a person's reasoning behind their social media usage is evidently far more nuanced than I had originally believed. So my opinion may seem somewhat erroneous, but my personal belief is that nostr isn't a "good social media" (as I don't believe there is a truly good one) it's just the least worst. What Nostr DOES have the potential to be is the next INTERNET. That NEEDS to be the focus.
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They didn't leave social media. They just went to other platforms, or they mostly post elsewhere and just dip in here, sporadically.
A lot probably even went back to X.
Sure. But, wouldn't that mean that nostr has fixed nothing when it comes to dealing with social media? The focus needs to be on becoming the next INTERNET! NOT the next social media trend!
i guess it all comes down to how we define things — i still wonder how nostr will be defined; it's often presented as a social media.
is that right? maybe it's not? or is it simply a form of communication, i.e. the internet? isn't communication the basis of social interaction? these questions become much too abstract for me lol
anyway, thank you for the detailed and thoughtful response, as always~! ^^
Communication is the basis but it can be presetned through many different mediums.
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