hey mark. welcome. i'd take a bet that it's a combination of a social platform CEO getting arrested, realizing that it could happen anywhere, seeing another social platform CEO admit to working with governments to censor speech, and FOMO from seeing others talk about joining nostr. 

 Hey Derek, thanks for the reply! A nostr legend. Love it! That makes sense. I wonder how these people heard about nostr. Sounds like an opportunity for user growth. 

 haha, hey, thanks. you're welcome. someone had to start the conversation, right? im not sure what happened on twitter to kick things off, but im loving it.