My main issue with nostr is that it seems like the people here are almost exclusively laser-eye maxis.
When I want to reach those guys, I donโt need a special app: I just tweet on Twitter with carefully selected trigger keywords, and sure enough, one of them will screenshot it and post here and make sure all laser-eyes see it.
Are there some non-laser-eyes here? Make yourself known in the comments!
Just because we are bitcoin maximalists mostly over here doesnโt mean we donโt talk about other things in the world โฆ just not crypto. Stick around, you might like it!
What's up with the divisiveness
Sorry. But wouldnโt you agree that the userbase here is fairly homogenous?
Thereโs other options: blue sky, mastodon, etc. Maybe youโll find your crowd somewhere like that
Thatโs his grift. Heโs basically a human wedge issue attempting to divide the bitcoin community. Spook or organic is unknown. Not to be taken seriously regardless
Miladys are on the way 
I do the best bad jokes around here
Why did the coffee file a police report?
It got mugged! โ๏ธ๐
So it's so maxi in here that I'm not sure how to answer this question anymore.
I follow people who are bitcoin but...more normal. And use mostr to follow other more punk people ... And also a few libertarians. Matt taibbi is here sometimes.
๐ Hi! It is me, Sur Degen! I have no laxer eyes and I canโt manage to get to called maxi either โฆ or maybe maxi Degen into shitcoins? ๐
Iโm not a maxi at all. I own zero BTC or any other cryptocurrencies. But you are correct that there are a lot of maxis here and they are also noisier than regular people.
The ethos of Nostr is the ethos of Bitcoin - thatโs why there is so much overlap.
#DecentralizeEverything
What's a laser-eye maxi?
Bitcoin maximalists
I don't think so, otherwisre he would've just referred to maxis.
I think it might be somehow related being "laser-focused" or "sharply correct" or it maybe some Lightning related reference ๐ค
No, they are just Bitcoin maxis. It was en vogue a year or two ago to change the eyes in your Twitter pic to laser eyes as a way of signaling being a Bitcoin person.
You'll leave when you figure out blocks only keep you from seeing their posts. They can still follow you and debunk your bullshit every post and everyone else will still see it.
This is true for all social media. I remember when I first signed up for CompuServe all that everyone talked about was computers. Then gradually people started talking about other things as more users joined.
Bring more of your friends here and that will be less of an issue!
Present ๐ซก
I don't call myself a maxi as I enjoy learning and using other crypto platforms. I even invest in them because I believe in the project or projects.
There's a lot of great tech out there and use cases for other blockchains and etc
Thanks for replying
Did you miss me, you piece of shit?
not really, i visited nyc recently, filled my mental quota of depressing bums over there
I know you didn't. It was rhetorical. I'm just so excited.
Yes, but I am not very interesting.
๐
Not sure it's Lazer eyes that are the issue. I'm Definitely not a "Lazer eye", yet you still block people for challenging your ideas.
where did i ever say that i only block laser-eyes?
So just people with dissenting opinions?
To each their own I guess.
i think you're only frustrated because you didn't take the time to think this through from the other person's point of view (mine)
i have 170k+ followers on twitter, most of them are actually happy with my content (naturally, otherwise they wouldn't have been consuming it) and are mostly positive
but i'm just a person like anyone else - i do not owe anyone my time or attention. i can't reply and entertain anyone who happens to feel angry about something and furiously reply about it. i have better things to do
and it's not just about my own time and attention. when i go into arguments on twitter with the angry minority, that arguments gets viewed by the rest of my audience. i have a responsibility to broadcast to my audience the content they want to see, not arguments with haters.
so when people repeatedly take cheap shots, especially when it's related to topics that i've addressed before and have no new information to add to, i tend to just block and move on.
it's not personal, it's just something that people with large accounts tend to do in order to maintain a quality standard
Lol so now you're an influencer and you do it "for your fans" ๐.
I appreciate the responses today, but you sound an awful lot like the scammer you used to call out.
You block people for proving you inaccurate or incorrect, because you are worried about your rep and your clout, because you now have monetized it.
Don't hide behind it being some other lofty ideal.
Guess after all this time in crypto you realized becoming an influencer and cashing out was your true passion.
I could care less about your fans, you never cared about them before either. I used to enjoy the open discourse and intelligent conversation. Now it's just believe what I post as truth or get blocked for questioning it.
if you donโt enjoy it, donโt consume it
why are you in this thread? you donโt seem to want to have a conversation. you make assumptions about my intents and motives, based on nothing but pure speculation. are you enjoying this? do you think this anger is healthy for you?
I'm trying to understand those motives you say I am making assumptions about, but you seem to prefer to deflect rather than answer.
So you are telling me there isn't financial motive? I'd like to understand what it is if it isn't that.
You went from preaching sovereign ownership of crypto, decentralization, and freedom, to promoting centralize custodials, POS, and NFTs.
That's a pretty big 180. From being on CT for years it seems strange that you would change your stance so drastically.
PS I have no issue with ordinals.
Before this reply you didnโt ask any questions, so how can you say Iโm deflecting rather than answer?
I tried to explain my point of view, and then you made a bunch of assumptions and assertions about my motives. Where did I deflect anything?
I think everyone has financial motives. It would be silly to pretend that I donโt. But I donโt think thereโs anything wrong with that. I also had financial motives when I chose to get into bitcoin and tell everyone I know about it.
My thoughts on custody evolved after spending thousands of hours helping people learn about self-custody. Iโve seen countless people choose to pass on investing in bitcoin early, because they found self-custody confusing. If they used coinbase instead, theyโd be way better off.
So my belief today is that self-custody needs to exist as an option, and power users like you and me will probably use it, but MOST people will not. They need good custodial options.
I assume youโre probably referring to some specific one but this reply is already very long so Iโll let you say what is the specific thing youโre bothered about and we can continue from there
That's not an argument... ;)
Bien pensรฉ si on y connait en com
You live in a world where the people with incentives to build something like nostr are laser eyes maxis. You may not like it but its how things are.
the people with incentives to build a cesspool of laser-eye maxis are laser-eye maxis? that's not particularly shocking
Are those macis rustling your Jimmies?
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/nostrcheck.me_5156421541652185701688316738.webp
Leave it to this mouth breather to completely ignore the protocol and the principles it was designed with and to instead focus on "the maxis". Deja Vu
Iโve been accused of my profile pic being just a laser eye. Does that count? #bitcoin
haha i kind of like it
shit i have laser eyes ๐ณ
youโre kinda right
itโd be nice to see things grow beyond bitcoin stuff
No.
Depends... what is a laser eyes person? The Nostr equivelant of a redditor?
Welcome Udi
Considering those are the people who are working on this protocol amd being centered around bitcoin lightning payments, what did you expect? But it's an open protocol, you can do whatever you want. ๐ป
you can fuck if you don't like it. Build your own protocol or something who cares!
Who hurt you?
Learn about the #grownostr initiative. https://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/lets-grow-nostr
โI just tweet on Twitterโ
Yeah you lost me there
I like btc but not sure have I yet enterd the laser eye stage.
Parasite
Typical engagement farming trickery. Ask yourselves why Udi needs to try to influence so much?
Not a laser eye. I havenโt seen anyone I follow care about what you say, twitter or otherwise. Iโm also new here. Who are you?
Heโs a troll, but donโt trust me. Youโll see as such from himself. Welcome BTW! We are friendly, but donโt take too kindly to Bullshit. 
Cope and seethe, faggot.
I'm here, here is a picture of green beans.
Are you here for freedom or not bruh!
hmm no i wouldnโt say iโm on this app for freedom tbh
What are you here for? Just curious
just visiting for now
I think udi gave up on freedom a long time ago in place of grifting to make a buck. To the extent that is was ever anything other than that in the first place
I have fought hard for the freedom to say what I want, and not what the mob wants me to say
Been flourishing ever since
One day youโll understand
Moi non et la plupart non, la libertรฉ par son individualitรฉ est propre ร chaque quidam
Heyo. Gamer, weeb, techie, vtuber, among other things, and pushing for those content here on #nostr so that others would find them and grow it =3
If you can't find the content you desire, create the content yourself and be that person for another =)
C'est ร ce niveau nous les Hommes ne sont pas รฉgaux donc nรฉcessitรฉ de mettre au niveau afin qu'il sent รฉgal ร tous ๐คฒ
I don't personally use any cryptocurrency. Nostr seems like a wonderful place to meet and interact with people, regardless of their interests or walks of life. If people want their laser eyes, why not let them be?
Oh so that's why I can't zap your cool comment nostr:npub1euerarmncav5we7jxtdd6jc4mkej5sjzwl3txpdx3fmwrxj8tvuqg4yf4f๐คญ
Aidez le peut-รชtre pour la config d'un wallet? Je fus honteuse non contributive pour ceux de l'ombre les Devis ๐โโ๏ธ
Ai le sentiment des jours d'avoir un mixage de tous que je rebute aprรจs avoir explorรฉ les outils de outils de Meta, Snapchat,...sauf Tik Tok aux vues de certaines notes venant des mรชmes notriches ai peur pour eux car en danger pourtant tout est les mots usitรฉs
I have ironic laser eyes. agreed that nostr needs more non-plebs.
I'm here! We exist ๐คฃ
You can show your food here as well. We like food. But please donโt accidentally search foot. People reading this reply, you know who you are!
Try Farcaster
Le mot est trop technique et spรฉcifique pour le monde
It's based on your follows... Nostr still struggles with independent discoverability, so our feeds are mostly what we import from (Bitcoin) Twitter.
Nostr has resonated with others as well, but it's hard to find them without better discover tooling.
can you share some recommendations?
My follows are mostly bitcoiners, so I don't have a lot of specific recommendations for you, but I did have some success searching for hashtags #ethereum to find nostr:npub136vtgm9q3k2jkeveyhgl5mt5hjdvmcs8kcaf2nhd2d7thc4z5xaqru0qyr. Not sure if the #tron hashtag has really taken off, but maybe you can help ๐.
Another strategy to apply is to actually log in with someone else's Nostr pubkey. You won't be able to post as them, but can see exactly what they see and maybe find better follows.
Cette phase d'observation et analyse est indispensable
A moins de vouloir prendre nostr pour les outils de Mรฉta (un drame pausible sur nous nos notes ..(l'occurance de mots utilisรฉs, en soi, certaines curiositรฉs ubuesques recurantes..) rรฉvรจlent sont des signaux (maux)..je suivis puisque c'est ma came l'analyse des interactions humaines (une richesse ce terreau ) ๐๐คฒ๐ญ
Defi degens are also slowly moving to nostr, especially after twitter killed nitter.
Maybe instead of intentionally triggering the almost sensitive of maxis on twitter, you can engage in good faith discussions with the non-aggressive maxis here that are also willing to engage in good faith discussions.
You allow the aggressive maxis you attract on twitter with trigger words to shape your perception of the entire maxi demographic. Perhaps nostr could be a good place for you to learn that not everyone is as aggressive as you perceive, and many maxis are actually very reasonable in their approach.
Can be pretty cult-ish in here. True echo chamber
I legit have em cause I like em ๐ I do believe that Nostr & Btc are a good match to support each other in showcasing value4value and other decentralised communication apps. Only here on Nostr have I seen this play out as nicely as it does ๐ค
Can't help but notice your lack of total zaps on Nostr.
This is what happens when you surround yourself with shitcoiners and minimalists.
The mirror of bitcoin shows you what your followers think of you.
Ou incapacitรฉ de crรฉer un portefeuille ou les clรฉs de plus il faut passer par Github, sur cette phase j'ai moi mรชme rencontrer des bugs sur mes clรฉs et mon portefeuille vient tout d'รชtre crรฉรฉ mais d'รฉquerre. Ceux sur lesquels depuis dรฉcembre รฉtaient plus obnubilรฉs par leurs propres projets sur nostr
โCarefully selected trigger wordsโ? ๐คก
It's the maxis building nostr, for folks like you to express your opinion on...
Imo, vibes where better not having shitcoiners and woke blue birdies here.
That's a lot of butthurt from one post
The comments == ๐คฃ
I came here when twitter rate limiting started a couple days ago since there were a few big accounts worth lurking through nitter. Saw it posted on hackernews. Not a "bitcoiner" or "maxi". It seems to share the problem of most crypto sycophant spaces that most of the software is built primarily by and for people already bought into crypto ideas and can't figure out how to not shove it in the face of everyone else. I assume having a curated set of relays would address some of it but there doesn't seem to be a good way to find them. The majority seem at best overlapped with the bitcoin nutcase community.
that said there have been a few decent memes between soapbox sessions.
Engagement ho
Cryptocurrency skeptic here
I think almost all uses of blockchain have been scams, and that that the fervent behavior of the enthusiasts is akin to a religion. There are a few idealist among them, which I respect, though I don't share their libertarian anti-government politics
So I dislike the current prevalent culture on Nostr
But I really like the elegance of the protocol
I'm trying to figure out if it is possible to use Nostr in a way that allows different groups to gather with more like-minded people, which is what Mastodon/ActivityPub is good at
Currently I'm working on a project to help people pick relays to avoid topics they are not interested in
Suivi d'office en vous attendant...
not laser-eyes!
I'm intrigued with nostr as it relates to sharing event data - chat/twitter-esque is interesting but the underlying architecture and relay/filter capability is more interesting.
Here
If you are around TLV I would love to link up
Your complaint is there are no scammers?
Well, you're here now
Il y a qu'ร mรชme des moutons noirs dans le troupeau
Maybe use your Twitter reach to encourage more people to come here. Posting annoying notes purely to get engagement from us cult members adds no value. Be better fren.
Freedom maxi! It counts?
Stay on Twitter then
inb4 the sunglasses are there to hide laser eyes
For some reason I like you on #Nostr and blocked you on Twitter. Here you are adding to biodiversity. :D
You should start a band called Udi and the Blowfish.
I would buy your cds and vinyls using the lightning network.
I think maxis wonโt mind you to fully express yourself. On the other hand, Scammers, con artists and marketers would rather prefer other popular platforms and newcoiners wonโt understand whatโs a maxi or a shitcoiner so you will have a hard time finding that diverse audience in here for the coming years. But we can talk about everything
I just want a high quality twitter alternative, damn.
Been over BTC since I lost all of mine to Mt Gox in 2014
The wizard troll has arrived I see.
Are you proud of this โskillโ you have acquired? ๐คฃ
Bitcoiner without laser eyes here โ๏ธ
Iโm here for being among those working hard to build future. I like this space because itโs rife with conceptual ideas put into practice by good people.
Love being around you peeps. Learning a bunch!
Keep on trucking. Happy 4th!
Donโt have laser eyeโs. Never bought into that mostly Twitter campaign. But still am just as committed as any to the ethos.
Iโm interested in other things. Example: I have a new blockchain-based token Iโm launching. You can buy it with bitcoin.
rent. free.
BITCOIN
grifting faggot
I don't disclose information about lasers I may or may not have.
I don't do Bitcoin, let alone laser eyes . . ๐ I'm here because I run nothing but open source on all my devices and online ecosystems.
I prefer a payment method that doesn't require electronic devices and/or a highly complex communications network. Goldbacks fit that bill, crypto doesn't.
They thought they could hide from me here
Hey Udi, let's get this ball rolling. What would you say the state of bitcoin and it's community be like in a year 2054? Will there be oficial bitcoin religion by then? Thanks!
Hi Iโm new here. I like bitcoin but not laser eye. Building decentralised telecommunication systems are as important as money itself.
Don't use Bitcoin. Don't think it's particularly useful for day 2 day usage compared to alternatives. Also think Vitalik is a pretty reasonable and intelligent dude, not a scammer.
I'm testing out this platform, alongside lens and some others for now, as I do agree with the need for censorship resistant, decentralized social network less prone to whims of a singular figure(s).
Right here. I'm also looking for more people that aren't entirely focused on bitcoin, though I like bitcoin, I don't particularly want to talk about it and only it all the time.
My avatar doesnโt have laser eyes, if that counts ๐
I am here for all the non-blockchain parts of the nostr tech. I think blockchain will eventually be niche and that some kind of likelihood of trust will prevail. i.e. The people I trust say this will spend so good enough for me. You can get burnt sure, but completely trustless is impossible, everyone else may agree on a change to your detriment. So why not rely on trust to begin with and loose the speed and energy use problems of blockchains and proof of work?
XNO all the way. bitcoin is ponzi.
