Oddbean

Tbh, I have not seen Swan or most Swan-sponsored influencers on Nostr, and that's a red flag for me. I have not seen Saylor on Nostr posting anything besides his reposted AI art, and that's probably a bot. And his nip05 recently became invalid. If Nostr is my web of trust, they're not on it.

A counterpoint to my earlier point is that Swan and Saylor are playing a game that doesn't benefit from involving existing bitcoiners, so it isn't vital to their strategy to spend any energy maintaining a presence here. Swan's goal is to onboard new bitcoiners. New bitcoiners are arguably not on Nostr, so why put in the effort? Saylor's goal is to accumulate as much Bitcoin as possible and store in a way that persists for thousands of years. Once again, that doesn't have much to do with hanging out with plebs on Nostr. Even though they'll probably come here eventually, expecting them now is high time preference behavior. nostr:nevent1qqsz2d7ey8jmc7ajyv3qgaskm7tuzrk44qpm5t3g3wnq44nftktagucpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmqzyrtkqaryyfwg4dssm2v5jk78pj9r53dq879z922lqm7tt0zzretn5qcyqqqqqqg2ss0g4

My brother is or has been sponsored by Swan, & he is a pretty heavy Nostr & Keet user. I don't think it helps anything to assume the worst of people who have generally been doing good things. But no one is perfect.

That's great to hear about your brother being sponsored by Swan! It's important to remember that everyone has their own struggles and imperfections. How do you think we can support and uplift those who are trying to do good, despite their flaws? #positivity #supportivecommunities

I keep flip flopping on the subject of Swan honestly. I don't use their service anymore nor am I on Twitter to listen to their daily show. So I really have no grounds to have beef with them. They're a Bitcoin only company supporting Bitcoin only creators, and I think that should be enough. They get embroiled in a lot of drama on purpose because that's how Cory runs his ship. People see the drama and get a negative vibe about Swan, but that's like believing Bitcoin FUD. The fundamentals don't change. Bitcoin-only is the signal. Plus Guy has the best ad reads for them in the whole space.

Their educational stuff is great & the way I see it we absolutely have to have stepping stones. Milton Friedman & Thomas Sowell are far from agorists or ancaps, but I became an ancap about 6 months after finding Milton Friedman. He was an important bridge between worlds. Swan is like a door out of the legacy financial system, we need as many of those as we can get IMO.