Oddbean new post about login | logout The social and algorithmic pressure to simply mimic the people around me here, rather than engaging my own mind, is quite high. Ironically, it's much higher here, than on Twitter, because this place is so controlled by one narrow ingroup, that they can easily suppress dissent or discussion with shunning. It's like a church.
Huh.. I hadn't really thought about that. Maybe I'm suffering from that same thing without realizing it? See this is what I mean. You actually make me think whereas most are just talking Bitcoin and that's not really why I'm here.
Most of the people here don't notice it because they never write anything contrary to the majority opinion, or they have such a large number of followers that everything they post is automatically the "new majority opinion" that everyone repeats, as if it were holy scripture. Other, smaller npubs may have said the same thing, a few days prior, and paid the price. It often takes the "right" person voicing an opinion, for the opinion to be "right", but then things can change on a dime.
Alright, yeah definitely hadn't noticed that. At least not here. I can see what you're getting at though. I'll try to be more mindful of that dynamic.
The Church of Bitcoin nostr:nevent1qqsvz3d0kkghcvqsugwjgdgrtyevcvxl5huz3w9r7ptljql58tx8q2gpzamhxue69uhkzarvv9ejumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtczyrwkvn27gqtyxw5v660sqkhpfqyqgdgh3x6emed0qcnkmejkx0f3jqcyqqqqqqggre7ea
I know very little about the inner workings of bitcoin. I'm the ultimate genx adopter because i dont care how it works, just that it works. And takes power away from a small grouo and distributes it amongst the masses. To that end my next note will be about soap 🧼
I like this. Totally agree.
I try and post notes about the things im intrested in and my life in general. Thats the point of social media, to put yourself out there and make conections.
Agreed
Humans are both individual entities AND part of a collaborative group driven by consensus. Your experience mirrors this constant conflict and is probably overall a healthy situation. There are always corners to be found online / offline where common dissenting voices can be heard.
Any excuse for me to repost this lol: nostr:nevent1qqs8q44xl954ztkx0e6jadms690pj36eu8fsm66uefst6jhe9z6suhcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43z7q3qnjst6azswskk5gp3ns8r6nr8nj0qg65acu8gaa2u9yz7yszjxs9sxpqqqqqqz3xr5kk