Lurking on Nostr is fine. Many people love to just lurk, scroll, read, etc. The lack of algos and ads make lurking on Nostr a much more palatable experience. That said, Nostr is a Proof-of-Work protocol too. If you want social interaction and engagement, you'll need to also put in the effort to make that happen.

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That's why I took over the #penstr tag.

hmm... could this be a hashtag for pen testing? a hashtag for chicken pens? or ink pens? hold my quill, i'm going in!

I've gotten into fountain pens so that's the kind of thing I'm posting but I suppose you could post a chicken pen if you wanted. It would certainly stand out!

but not doing it just for the sake of doing it either. I tend to see through the engagement farming style note senders. will unfollow pretty fast if that is the case.

there are different levels of engagement farming. posting a thought provoking note because you want to debate or discuss a point is different than posting controversial content hoping to have rage replies.

it’s true, nostr also feels small enough that if you want to reach out to someone, you can without getting drowned out. there’s a lack of noise here that I prefer

Absolutely. Reach out to devs too. They love your support 🥹

Instantly noticeable; instantly preferable. Arriving in #nostr was like returning to the 1995 'Net. How nice. Everyone polite and ... intelligent again. hehe

Well, not everyone 😄

There's always one ...

For which these days ... we built #WOT

Careful, now. Writes the #newbie

And we'll send you freedom money if you let us!

Absolutely! What you put in is what you get out of it. Although that said you also get to meet some intelligent and interesting people on here who are fairly straightforward with their opinions.

Agree. You'll see many people with large followings on Twitter come here and post and get little interactions and then say that Nostr is dead. They're just not putting in the work.

Users make the value for other users, big deal. Nice post.

can't activate more than 1%% usually

I have no idea what a noob can do, I would put effort or help if I knew how

Hello Derek,

I'm new.

Hi.

Don't go too berserk

Over those who lurk

Since their Proof-of-Work

Is their scrolling/reading quirk

#poetstr

Not bad.

🫂💜🤙

Apologies still mostly lurking. Still recovering from legacy social media dystopia.

That's fine. Keep lurking. We're here when you're ready.

You're right