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 Apparently Nostr did grow ~25% right when Twitter got killed in Brazil: https://cdn.satellite.earth/52a154bd99e488ee2e23563517be75f0c93c7683d2c89c9fc9393bd19d7e7017.png 
 Sick 🫂 
 🔥 
 LFG 
 Not bad. Hopefully they stick around. 
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 I am one of them🖐️   
 world ban! 
 Is it possible to block NOSTR traffic at the ISP level? 
 Not from a Jedi 
 Can block known relays. Interesting enough any relay can be used to keep in touch.  
 HERE WE ARE !


QUEM MAIS É DO BRASIL AÍ? 
 And will grow some more when @geyser and @ivygalindo gets our billboards up! 
 Yeah, consequences of the bald man's actions. 
 If only the crazy rocket man would comply with the law 
 Just like the Nazi soldiers in World War II? Nothing justifies taking down the country's main source of information. 
 Not following the law justifies not being able to run your service 
 The order to block Starlink accounts was just the bald guy following the law, right?
We lost one of the largest social networks in the world and Brazil is going through a worldwide embarrassment because of this minister's actions. He is certainly doing a good job. 
 If the law tells an ISP to block an illegal site and you refuse, you are also going against the law. You might not like it because it is affecting your fav billionaire of the day, but the law is the law like it or not. 
 It's not about having a pet billionaire, fuck Elon Musk, the question is what's best for our country. In the end, we are the ones who are most affected by this.

Starlink's accounts were not blocked because they did not block Twitter. The accounts were blocked on the morning of the 30th, and the block should have been in place by midnight on the 31st. Is blocking a company's account due to another company's actions following the law?

https://www.techtudo.com.br/noticias/2024/08/starlink-tem-contas-bloqueadas-por-moraes-veja-o-que-muda-para-os-clientes-edmobile.ghtml

Try to get a little information before you go yapping like a little dog in the state. 
 THESE NUMBERS ARE TOO CONSERVATIVE.

ALL THE CENTRALIZED PLATFORMS JUICE THEIR NUMBERS. 

X CLAIMS HALF A BILLION USERS BUT I GET BETTER ENGAGEMENT ON NOSTR THAN MOST BLUE CHECKS. 
 True 
 you're just a Stud & a half. biased by badassery 🫡😂 
 Totally agree. Organic engagement on Nostr is way more genuine and impactful than inflated numbers on centralized platforms. 
 True 
 Very true. I just started on Nostr, and enjoy the community feeling it has. To not have any governing organization or algorithms feels great. I post about #bitcoin only. 
 I mean, many nostriches may be hesitant to engage at the risk of being #replyguy 🤣 
 I’ve kind of just started to embrace reply guy lol 
 Nostr will consume all forms of communication 
 Assim espero👏 
 here for the good times, man. it's a lifestyle.  
 How much of this bump do you think was actually  new users from Brazil? 

My guess is that most of these were Bitcoiners reactivating after reading about Telegram and Brazil. Could also be a post conference bump. And, ofc, we've been growing steadily for ~6mos. It seems like folks are returning and sticking around due to better app experiences, interoperability, etc. One great example is that returning Bitcoiners are now able to link their npub to their   @fountain_app account and a have much richer experience with a pre-populated social graph like Breaker back in the day. 

Wdyt? If these are Brazilians, where can I find them? 

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 I am one of them. 
 Good for us! Bem-vindos! 
 I’m lowkey shilling Nostr to my Brazilian coworker 😬🤫😝✌️ 
 True massive shift 🇧🇷🔥 
 Onde está a receita da picanha ou são todos bots? 
 Gordura pra baixo 
 Here we are 🖐 
 A large amount of Twitter accounts are  bots I would like to guess more then 25%. 
 Well thats a good start 
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 You can't stop an idea whose time has come 
 It absorbs entropy around the world, just as Bitcoin does. 
 This is a victory for decentralized social networks!✌️ 
 We still need a test 
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 For a logic reason 
 Ei é o filosofo 
 Sadly, MSM only mentions Bluesky and Threads.


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 Interesting! 
 Oh 🫶 I’m glad we have a safe space for them to come to! 
 Gradually, then suddenly ⚡️ 
 Normies also learning how to use VPNs :)  
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 what's the best site for tracking NOSTR stats like this one and other  
 I'm one of those that just signed up. joined nostr a few days ago.  its great. freedom of speech. no censorship. feels liberating. 
 Please, what are "trusted pubkeys writing events"?
#asknostr
 
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 e vai crescer mais ainda! É uma honra estar aqui quando, como se diz, "isso tudo ainda é mato". Viva a liberdade de expressão e financeira! 
 We are not free in Brazil anymore, Brazil is a dictatorship!!! 
 Essa pseudo liberdade do X.com não é estranha??? Um cara q mama em $$$ governamental o tempo todo com bastião do liberalismo na internet e rede privada!. Não soa estranho??? 

X pra mim é tentativa de Governos desesperada em conter o #nostr !!! E aposto que atrasou e muito esse crescimento. Deixo registrado q se continuar a crescer sera taxada assim como foi o site Silk route. 
 @Niko Antwort auf deine Frage zu Brasilien 
 It will drop after, as with mastodon