Oddbean

I've had the same thing happen to me three times. I'm a fool. But I learn. Semi popular bitcoin influencers whose content I enjoy, youtubers and podcasters not the OG content creators. New guys, good content. I have had them pop onto nostr and make a post that follows along these lines. "Show me where the plebs are at, I need to follow more plebs on #nostr #this #that #bitcoin" I see many comments of guys saying, "yo, here, me, hi, cool" as a reply to his post and sometimes I am one of those. Then a couple of days later I go look and they did not follow any of those reply's. Maybe a few, but It sort of made me feel like they are just saying it to farm their existing followers for interaction to sort of gauge the engagement and reach their posts. I find it disingenuous and low. Pisses me off. Don't bring your youtube/facebook/twitty algorithmic habits and apply it on your potential nostr followers. We are not a metric we are legion. Here we are equals from the poorest pleb to the most OG bitcoiners. On Youtube and Facebook you can use the algo to measure and guage your audience but on NOSTR we are on a level playing field. Treat us like humans and not like cattle. If you want mutual respect. Secondly, with regards to these influencers bringing their TwitFace ways to nostr, I did not join nostr to learn or see interesting things, though I must admit that I am very frequently pleasantly surprised by the humour, memes, ingenuity, common sense and intellect all around. I enjoy zapping people for saying these things. I am using nostr as therapy to finally release all the pent up frustration I've harboured by self censorship and abstaining from centralised social media for years. I finally have creative outlet and all I really wanted to do is write my Bitcoin themed scifi story and share it with whoever finds it interesting. I decided that I am not following anyone except those who follow me giving me a more diversified and non echo chamber feed. So influencer dumbasses. If you want plebs to follow you, do the hard work and find them yourself, find something you like that they said and zap em. If they are original and interesting give them a follow. They will follow you if they find the same of you and then at least you would have earned it. Umkay? Annoying twitface behaviour. Proof of work. This is the way.