Oddbean new post about login | logout Are you a brand or a human being?
Is an nsec a brand or part of the user?
Fwiw, I get what you're saying but I see nostr as a communication tool and am curious to explore different aspects of it.
Love a good thought provoking note. nostr:nevent1qqs05nzkhut7nhgd6eq2hcamwn0lhxlfwv2vqxd7xp3kut04ghehphgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygze4ljdrktjkjdxkcv8h6j8tzyn7ptvu53dwh24zl0hw6xxkg9hxspsgqqqqqqsxfk2cl
My mind is racing over this question because I think it cuts to a deep question about how we use nostr. Thoughts. Everyone dresses different for different occasions in the real world. Is an nsec profile a form of digital outfit? Organization matters. Having a topical account might focus my time and energy when logged in there. I have a similar setup with my dev handle. I try to limit shit posting from that handle so people come to know it for it's technical content. Thank you for such a thought provoking question! Might rip a podcast about it
Identity is prismatic. Always has been. You're a different person at your aunt's funeral, at work, at a bachelorette party, at the strip club, at the chess club, at the boxing gym, etc. We dress differently and act differently in different contexts for a reason, and the online world isn't very good at mapping this fact of human life to accounts/personas/nsecs (yet).
Most online personas use different accounts for what it's worth, eg big YouTube accounts will create 2nd accounts for certain topics, etc pp. So the naturally emerging de-facto standard seems to be multiple accounts to deal with prismatic identity.
You don't need new profiles if you can just publish in different communities and manage those. That way things can overlap (as they always do). You can post your Freedom Tech articles in the communities most suited for them and your insights on Photography in a completely different set of communities. And you can publish your article on a Nostr app for photographers in a selection of both of these niches of communities. Without settting up a new profile. With different prices & guidelines for each community. And with something the internet never had before: The members of your selected communities for your post all come together and meet around that post. One event ID, one reply section accessible to all these members.
That's true in most cases, and I hope we'll get there with nostr. But it has its limits too. That's why some people are just "Steve" for the long weekend in Las Vegas.
Yup haha, you 💯 need the "Steve" npubs too 😂 . You just really don't need them for every niche topic you want to publish content about.
I try to act myself where every I find I may be. theeeeere maaay be small filters. but the core is still hedl down strong.
however, your values determine where you will actually go, what you will actually do and what you will actually wear, do they not? at your core, some things do not change.
Nice topic to think about. If we meet in real life, first time, our first impression forms in that moment. If I post something on a nsec that is couple years old, you might decide to first read up on my past , see 'what I stand for' even though my mind could have changed along the way, instead of taking my message fresh. Having different nsecs for work, familie, mix, whatever.. It's possible How would it be if we drop our nsec everyday, taking a new one when the sun rises? Maybe we can keep stepping into the same spaces that interest us, remembering I saw your face before, but now is the first time we meet.
I’m interested in you the human being. What you’re wearing or what you’re doing are layers of you that help to make you interesting.
Good point. As some others have highlghted, different settings call for different decorum. Much the same way I don't see the same parents at soccer as I di gymnastics. However, the ones I see at both, I have connected with more due to shared time and stated interest. I suppose this may come down to motivations. I do notnot aim to recreate my persona or hide myself. Rather, I think of it as organizingmy online presence. I could accomplish similar with lists but those have been cumbersome to manage across apps. And does nothing for those interested one niche vs the other.
