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 I probably say 40-50% of what I wanna say on here cause I'm scared of the permanency. Nothing controversial I just wanna talk about my feelings 😅 But by nature those should be fleeting... What I personally want in social media that's hard to find (unless I hide my identity I suppose, but I don't want that either) is the ability to talk more freely and openly about my personal experiences, but as someone with a lot of self-criticism, the willingness to be open certainly feels hindered by #nodelete 
#thoughtstr 
 Just be yourself and don’t worry about others opinions and everything will be ok 🫂👊🏼 
 It's mostly me reading back on my own past thoughts that's the issue, not as much what other people think! I don't want every passing emotion to be forever stamped in history and able to be retrieved/recalled in full detail . It's unnatural 
 That’s a good point, and you have the freedom of choice to do it, or not 🫂 
 True, and I suppose I usually choose not! So I guess I'll stick to journalling lol 
 Maybe if we could have labels to clean up our profile that would be nice. Like if we tag posts.. 

Probably already exists in some clients but worthless if other people see notes differently. And I probably wouldn't choose a complicated UI with infinite options. 
 Likewise. But yeah even if that we're a solution is some clients it can't change across the board so it is what it is :/ 
 You shouldn’t hold yourself, people don’t usually judge on Nostr (look at global feed 🤦‍♂️)

Besides, most probably nobody that you know is on Nostr 🤣 
 Sure, I can ignore every instinct in my body that says this is not a natural space to talk candidly about everything... but at the end of the day the permanence makes it exactly that... not natural space to talk candidly about everything. I've been on here since last January and it's consistently my main issue with it. 

And true there are only a few people I know on here ... so far ;) if it remains this super niche community forever then I guess it's less of an issue. But I'd rather see it grow! And the level of sharing I'm gonna do is gonna depend on who's here. 

I shared some stupid shit on Facebook as a teenager and the only people I know that use that now are my parents and extended family members - not the audience that was originally intended for lol. That's another part of why I hold so much back here, is it going to be a small community of bitcoiners and/or people I don't know forever? Or will this eventually evolve into my one social media account? (Ideally the latter because I like the principle of Nostr... minus this one point I obviously hate) 
 Yup, know the feeling. That’s what so lovely about 24-hour stories. Still, #nostrcommunity makes me most comfortable 
 Cheers!!! 🙂