Oddbean

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 It's ironic that Nostr is "technically" censorship-resistant because people are "practically" reluctant to post anything controversial or personal.

It might as well just be GM bots and meme bots and anime bots.
Dead Nostr.

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 Yes lol Dead Nostr Theory.

There is hope tho :)

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 We need to end the mild admonishing the mild to be milder.

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 It just struck me that I was becoming "algo trained", like the worst sort of Tik-Toker.
Should I post a picture of a beetle or a rant about wealthy men being cheapskates?

That beetle post woulda done numbers, yo. Other post got me nothing but some new trolls. 🙄

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 maybe you just shouldn't care about likes. that dowry comment got a ton of interesting discussion.

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 The issue is that Nostr is competing with other channels I have to post stuff, same as with all other writers.
I can have the same interesting convo with the same people elsewhere. Nostr has to work to get me to write something publicly and take all the heat, so it has to add some value.

Npubs are taking the more interesting stuff off-Nostr to Telegram or SimpleX or whatever, or putting up walled gardens, and Nostr is stuck with the "post a picture of a pretty leaf" and "here is my software update" leftovers.

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 this is a strong point. the only way to naybe win is if censorship gets crazy elsewhere. but in that case people will start getting mad in person and not care about shit posting to nostr.

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 The problem is that censorship resistance only adds value if you have freedom to reach a large, interested audience.

You can shout whatever you want into the forest, but if there is little response, did you even say it?