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Last week, I was stuck in an airport for six hours and ended up talking with a few college kids about Nostr, mostly about diVine. They were shocked when I told them I deleted my Twitter account with 30K+ followers three years ago. They were even more surprised when I said follower counts don’t really matter.

They were very focused on numbers and influence. They’re young, and I don’t think my perspective fully landed, but they did say I seemed pretty zen and surprisingly chill about it all.

I hope we reach a point when more people feel this way.

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🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit 6d ago

Lol, I just remembered when diVine was supposedly gonna keep getting media coverage and drive user adoption to nostr lmao

The_Crin 6d ago

not even they expected their page to receive much attention when they are just finishing their Android version.

Kingbee 6d ago

Gm zen master 🙏

Lucian Marin 6d ago

You should have promoted Nostr on that Twitter account.

Derek Ross 6d ago

I did for a few months. Many people joined Nostr in the beginning because of that promotion. After a while though, I realized that it was no longer worth the effort. I wasn't going to reach new people and I didn't want to grow an audience on Twitter in which I didn't care about.

Mark Penney 6d ago

That where I’m at

Little interest or participation in platforms

Feels too early to abandon entirely - but I have no interest

You’ll never remember that last fax , the last cd burn, or ever returning that last videotape.

Lucian Marin 6d ago

Or the last time we booted Windows XP...

Patrick 6d ago

I'd love to hear what those kids were saying afterwards. That crazy old man! 😆

AUTISTIQE 6d ago

after joining nostr, i think being crazy is cute

Derek Ross 6d ago

Well, they did all ask me to drive them back home, a three hour trip, and they weren't old enough to rent a car, so i couldn't have been too creazy 😂

I agreed to drive them, but shortly afterwards the airline announced our plane was in finally inbound and we'd be taking off in bout an hour or so. If I drove we would have gotten home at the same time.

Dev Dave 🧑‍💻 6d ago

Actually "chill and zen" beats "pissed off, and raging".

Derek Ross 6d ago

I enjoyed the compliment because my favorite Overwatch character is Zenyatta 🤓

fractalchris 6d ago

👍

Jack Maxi 6d ago

I am new to Nostr yesterday but it is similar to how i felt when I lit up my first bitcoin miner. "Where have you been all my life?" feeling. Had to zap this 💪💪💪 post. It's just another world here in Nostr of value for value without all the getting strung out on white sugar

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Sérgio Oliveira 6d ago

This is the way!

bartholomeus 6d ago

Today I left my eX, fully embracing my new Nostr love 🧡

MoChiChiu 6d ago

Deleted? I'm close to deleting my X.

bartholomeus 6d ago

Yes!

There's too much noise, negativity, and clickbait.

No zaps.

Milan Ljepoja 6d ago

I am also shocked 😊😳

R 6d ago

Your “here’s what I did, and it’s working out” story is powerful, they’ll be thinking about it for a while.

FREEDOM 6d ago

Influence fades. Calm compounds.

alimeno 6d ago

Follower counts matter less when content syndicates freely across a network. These metrics became a fixation only to counter algorithmic bias favoring media monopolies. While following once guaranteed reach, that hasn't been true for years, rendering the stat largely meaningless.