Everyone i personally know who isn't paying to nostr doesn't really care about circulation of bitcoin, and only is here for the NGU or paper bitcoin. I haven't met any IRL people in meetups in the last few years that have been worth connecting to, its been more of an extractive than mutually beneficial exchange.

I disagree with the praise many give to "big visibility" platforms like X and Meetup.com, mostly because these are algorithmically driven sales cesspools that want people to stay addicted to and aren't organic experiences

but, its their decision what to choose how to spend their time and money.

Spend your time with Trash and you will end up becoming Trash

I look for quality of Signal and minimization of Noise.

That Signal is obviously clear on Nostr and its not just tech folks, its all types.

My Time is Precious.

I have no time for a 1-way extractive relationship; unproductive low signal is present in most of mainstream media and meetup groups off nostr.

So I have no qualms just cutting them out of my circle. And IDGAF what they think either.