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 just joined nostr via primal. why am I automatically following 124 accounts? how were those accounts chosen? @primal @jack 🙏💙 
 i don’t know either 
 ZAP MAFIA! 
 @primal 
me too, i want my primal @ to be different than what it was generated to be. 

nostr:note17k45kev9hevh6l0wkyvvzkdh09m0d0azm9fnn8zh7t54fef0zrcq5zqey7 
 oops different problem. I want my Primal ‘@‘ address be generated to something else

example ***@primal.net for my lightning.

ps. I didn’t put my actual address in there to be *** I just don’t want to share before I had the opportunity to select it, but I’m pretty sure you can guess what it would be.

npub1utgy7chwq6ygwax8mtd27zj0cclwsaqysm7z5yhukwl3vavt5ars6vd045 
 this is resolved. 
 just lucky 
 Did you use an existing nsec or npub to sign in? 
 Is this only when you create an account through Primal? Didn’t have this issue since I had and old nostr key from another platform. 
 I guess so. 
 Hey welcome to nostr! 🫂 

During the signup process you selected some topics you are interested in. The Primal app automatically followed some accounts that typically post content in those categories. 

We are working on improving this system for a future release. Hopefully this explanation makes sense.  
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