Enjoyed reading your article. I came to Nostr having avoided essentially all social media. I'm also Gen X and used IRC, icq, bulletin boards and newsgroups in the early 1990s but by the late 90s the corporate direction and the loss of that early "it's our internet" vibe, disillusioned me and I avoided all the big platforms from then on.

I have felt that same early enthusiasm and excitement on nostr and I share your positive view on it's potential. I do also share your view that it will change, to what degree and in what direction, who knows? Your insights do provide a clue. As a "naive to social media" user I notice there are obvious behaviours that frankly I haven't been aware of. The attention farming aspect and with it a somewhat detached "communication" with other users is something I didn't see on nostr in the early days but it seems to be evident now as more users who are probably using other platforms in that way start to join nostr. I am frankly a bit in awe of the narcissism that I have probably avoided over the last twenty years.

I look forward to reading more of your work.