Should the concept of follower be replaced with subscriber in Nostr?
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Nah
Who cares / what is the difference ?
I find it weird but I am having trouble putting it into words. I “follow” people I don’t necessarily agree with, so I like to think I subscribe to their content because I still value their perspective but don’t particular “follow” them as in a leader-follower dynamic. Of course words have multiple meanings depending on the context. I am probably splitting hairs to would love to see others perspectives around this probably insignificant difference.
Subscriber to me seems less loaded than the word follower, whose counterpart is just publisher.
My 80iq brain no understand sorry
I follow you because I want to see what you post on my main feed
Sometimes I do that so I can argue with you when you say something stupid 🧡
That’s exactly my point I guess, you are subscribing to my posts not following me as a user/person.
I think we borrowed that from FB and Twitter without much thought.
Btw pilgrimage starts at 8 am tomorrow and I expect all my followers to be there 😁
Should depend on the client, no?
think follower is the Facebook name for subscriber...
No ! It needs to be as is … friend
But sir
Follower and subscriber have a kind of negative vibe. What I’m proposing is that we use positive affirmations within nostr… just name um different and make people feel connected just through a word. ‘Fren’ will do , if we’re going to change the way socials work then let’s not use the language of old.
Does the name matter?
Call me Jims
How about "fren"
Depends on if the person pays any attention to what other people say, or if they are just representing and corporation
Some synonyms for "follower" are:
1. Adherent
2. Supporter
3. Acolyte
4. Disciple
5. Partisan
6. Loyalist
7. Appreciator
8. Estimator
These terms may vary slightly in meaning depending on the context in which they are used.
Follow is lame for sure.
I would like clients to use a more assertive term.
Even 'add to feed'.
associate?