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Daniel Wigton | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It's the "my" part that is weird. From my perspective you are an interesting rando on nostr. I follow many accounts. Using possessive language is an influencer mindset. I get similar feelings on Twitter when bigger accounts will say "one of my reply guys." Good grief they are peers who took the time to engage. Should we all just be shouting into the void?
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Laeserin | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 We can rename it to whatever you like. 😂 I don't care.

I follow like 500 people and they are welcome to refer to me as their follower. 🤙 I got no status to lose.
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Daniel Wigton | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Well, yes. "Follow" itself is a terrible term. I follow Christ and that is it. It implies a heading "I am going this way after this thing." I am not a "follower of Mr Dorsey" but I am mildly interested in what he might have to say and it is useful to build a list of known identities from which you can learn new identities.

What is the proper graph term for connected nodes? I think of them as contacts. "Dyad?" That is a terrible word.
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Daniel Wigton | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Hmm. Neighbor is probably the most accurate for two way connected nodes. Not so much for one way. Neighbor has weird aggressively happy connotations when used with relative strangers.

Hello Nostbor! Because everything needs to tie to the protocol or platform name.