Oddbean new post about login | logout I want to see how effective "purple pilling" really is. I think it's not, but prove me wrong. If you came to nostr because a specific person pitched it and "onboarded" you and you're still here 1 month later, prove me wrong and tag that person.
Define nostr "onboarding"
Held your hand more or less
I heard it explained, to put it loosely, on the wbd podcast. I had to figure out absolutely everything myself from there, from creating an nsec to discovering clients. I don't think that's what you're talking about. I wasn't looking for a social media replacement nor did I stumble up on nostr by happenstance. I just happened to be at a point in my life where I realized traditional social media was toxic AF and I had already begun that off boarding process for myself.
I also heard about nostr here and there and figured out the rest by myself. I don't consider that "purple pilling"
That person is me
The hard truth is that purple pilling is like trying to pitch a crack addict a weaker, less addictive, and more complicated drug
daring to say nostr also can be addictive, even so 'purer' in terms of no substance dilution thru ads and spicy algos https://image.nostr.build/60234bd8605b1fe7c7766672508931dc358df102dbc5e37cc598fab2dcf1eae2.jpg
Twitter purple pilled me more than year ago. It was a shitshow of blocking timelines and my ancap frens dragged me here. But out of many I'm almost the only one sincerely active. Most still prefer fighting and discussions next to this echo chamber.
Two different people. I no longer wish to promote the one who pitched it, but the one who onboarded me was @boatingaccident and it was a long and difficult process from my perspective.
Me since Fiatjaf told to a public (or twitter?) about Branle a couple years ago or so, conceded it'd be a biased approach aside the normie one you prolly are asking for in so which case I wouldn't be hesitant bet there will be cases of people stumbling for themselves into nostr https://image.nostr.build/01e17e055aab000b757268adf6724905c95f0250dda28fed1051520711894a0d.jpg
🙋🏻♀️ @jb55 💜🫂
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🤚 Dec 24, 2022 and have posted a GM note every single day.
@Ryan and @Marie followed my old WoS note to get setup here and have subsequently been orangepilled: nostr:note1ytekhkmn3p4nyvfr4ld3prwgtepkdcez8j8n3fvwekkj7fh2c5xsr2kf8c There were more but I’ve forgotten and many have dropped off.
I honestly can't remember who it was that convinced me to switch from Twitter to #nostr. Possibly nostr:nprofile1qqs03ekxgdp0rczjfqrrpcn7zqtdec6lcwnpfesyxnl0f239qvege2gpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuam9d3kx7unyv4ezumn9wsqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsq3qamnwvaz7te3xsczue3h0ghxjmchk9vl9 Many plebs were posting npubs, and after a week of nostr, I quit Twitter, never looked back.
Ive come over multiple times from twitter because of bitcoiners shilling it there. In contrast to twitter there are no bots here but just like twitter there is very little interaction if you're not a big account (or a nostr dev on nostr).
I was curious after @jack noted about it in Feb 2023 and have been a daily user ever since.
This different than what I mean by being purple pilled. Hearing about something and getting curious is entirely different than being pitched and onboarded in a sort of guided way.
this feels like bait.
Good call!
@ODELL brought me here!
Been into ₿ for a while, and heard about it but thought it was an app. I tried it because of IG bans on my account. Been here since the white papers 15th birthday
I think it was either @MartyBent and/or @ODELL that I heard it from. Then I just started reading the nip repo and used the sites/apps from nostr.com. I had been looking at other social alternatives quite skeptically at the time, and still took me a bit to decide I wanted to build my signer tool and start using nostr.
I think without intrinsic motivation this is (still) the wrong place
Bueller? 🤔😂 nostr:nevent1qqst95d2e795usjha0xw8ulmhvjwmc403m8ffd08spl60846phd0tegpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygxsm6lelvfda7qlg0tud9pfhduysy4vrexj65azqtdk4tr75j6xdspsgqqqqqqss5p4n0
I think people 💜 💊 themselves. Its Just like 🧡 💊 IMO
True for me on both accounts.
@Derek Ross invited me via twitter’s Stackchain escapades in December 2022. Then he and @jb55 purple-pilled me on a Twitter space shortly thereafter. Haven’t used Twitter since March of ‘23, and I’ve used nostr every day since Christmas of ‘22. 🫡
nostr:nprofile1qqsgzqc70k0krwhxu6r9zk4uqt4f9cvqgef3hn39avcdk4txdnzy5vqpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcv6qkct onboarded me. I'm not sure how long ago it was. Maybe a year? Maybe a bit less.
I'll stand to correct myself after seeing your more detailed thoughts on what "orange-pilling" and "onboarding" refer to. nostr:nprofile1qqsgzqc70k0krwhxu6r9zk4uqt4f9cvqgef3hn39avcdk4txdnzy5vqpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcv6qkct made me aware of nostr and promoted it on his other socials. I onboarded myself more or less as I figured out the intricacies all on my own. Of the people I know he promoted it to (including himself) and of those who created keys here, I'm almost entirely the only active user.
@AlexandreCosta onborded me.
If you’re willing to zap a few sats I think a very small minority of existing followers can be brought over to Nostr. A lot of people follow me on other platforms for real estate content and mainly ignore my Bitcoin/Orange pilling but they still have fomo about it. So I offered first 20 people to follow and DM me on Nostr I’d zap them. (Maybe 1000 people saw my stories) I think about 30 people did it, I think 3 stuck around and only one actively posts.
Shout out @The Pentographer
@ODELL 🍻.
@jackspirko onboarded me from a podcast last year. I’ve never met the guy, but I am by far not the only one. This is my only social media. I’ve never facebooked, tweeted, instagrammed or anything else. They all gave me the creeps, but I couldn’t put my finger on why.
Jack also brought me here
@TheGuySwann Any other questions?
Mainly @Ainsley 🤘
I'm not sure what purple pilling is, but it was @jack who I followed here.
@ODELL for sure. He would not shut up about it and actually left X. Eventually I did too. Good choice, less crazies here.
I also gave up X. Mental health vastly improved!
Just onboarded my mom kirafulks@snort.social
@jack and @Snowden and the explanatory videos by @MaxDeMarco and the Alby browser extension.
I honestly can't remember who first mentioned Nostr. It was probably one of the many podcasters or youtubers that I trust. That was over a year now, and I'm still here. I love Nostr. I love the community. It's just real.
I came here by myself
@Compromised got me onboarded when it was impossible to set up a profile. Met tons of Nostriches at the beach party event in Miami 2023, deleted Twitter a month later. The experience here and people working on this are truly incredible. I don’t want to be on social media with people that don’t understand this value prop. In my opinion, “purple pilling” requires the right type of personality for this platform on the pitch receiving end.
Yeah that were a wild times lol Still there is too much stuff should be done on client side to improve onboarding. I recently stopped purple pilling.
@ODELL and @RabbitHoleRecap was the first touch point and been here since, then seeing @jack getting behind @fiatjaf and @jb55 , and seeing it just continuing to improve! Love it here 🤙🏽
Glowie?
Nah. I've been aware of nostrs existence for perhaps... close to two years. Never sparked my interest until about four months ago. Have a great weekend everybody! 😎👋👍
no one brought me here I just discovered it when searching through the web because I was feed up with threads
Nope. Knew about bitcoin so nostr made sense when I came across it.. nostr:nevent1qqsgc96xtq04mnu4m2jan4cfkwgspc57ht233zw8u4jqc2z3d5pt44gpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygrheet038gj9rml7d6recddrvj5s4aeqzzkgun7h4dp7vtnvtmv5upsgqqqqqqshmqy6h
