About the dopamine fix: 
I am not the biggest fan of dismissing this as something negative and without value. As Paracelsus said "The dose makes the poison". There is something incredible important about regular dopamine fixes for staying engaged and motivated. Having too much dopamine fixes (=twitter) is just as bad as not getting enough (=potentially Nostr). A healthy middle.-ground would be nice.

We (Nostr-advocates) like to point out that Nostr is different from all other social medias in that the user is the algorithm and kind of responsible for making sure he sees the content that interests him/her. Imo, this is not the best way forward and  is self-serving but does not lead to the biggest Nostr-gowth. There is a reason why products that offer the best convenience mostly win in the marketplace of ideas.  

I thus believe that we actually do need content algorithms for Nostr. But make their rules transparent, make them free to opt-in or out and switch between different algorithms.  What I would like to see is a Nostr client like Primal or Damus giving me a menu option to activate "Content algorithm A vs. B. vs C" with each of them providing a different experience (e.g. A=wide net based on all recent posts that have similar content/topics as the posts I liked the most in the last month, B=net based on all the followers that overlap between the people I also follow and have posted the most in the last week, and so on ) . If one is inclined to so so, maybe even provide a checklist of aspects a Nostr-user can activate that then result in a user-specific algorithm that the client software generates.

#damus #primal #nostr #algorithm #engagement 

 The issue is that gaming such trending algorithms would probably be even easier (and by a lot) than no mainstream social media. 

 you mean because everyone could see them and would thus know how to game them (whereas no one knows twitter's algorithm)?