I'm that someone and I'm working hard to make my mark on Nostr 🫡

Followers on Nostr is nice because they follow you everywhere, but it doesn't mean they always read you, and the latter thing is so everywhere.

So a post can go viral and increase your followers but you can't make a living without making interesting content.

I have worked and still work constantly to get quality followers, quantity does not interest me.

This is my opinion.

Is it a bad thing? Draw a parallel with bitcoin. Early adopters have more time in the market, and reap the benefits thereof. Firrt couple years on nostr, there was an opportunity cost to staying here...but those who believed tn the principles (embodied in the tech), and who had a lower time preference (in a manner of speaking) are reaping the behefits for having done so. I think it's simply the nature of the free market.

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I think the demand for newer content isn't as frequent right now, or at least the systems (none) in place make fetching new content harder on Nostr.

That being said, I think maintaining a social media presence is work, and some content creators can get complacent.

However, I will say the game is slightly different on Nostr in a way but it can still fall victim to conventional social media problems due to the conversations function (which isn't inherently good, or bad, it just is).

if life is fair it would be boring

The GM cliche is garbage. Agreed.

this is very accurate.

It is ok if gaing follower is difficult on nostr. I don't have many people knocking on my physical front door demanding driblets of wisdom, if nostr is truer to life then it is truer full stop.

Or you can just do whatever tf you want and don't care about being viral. I take breaks often, because nostr is still—at its core, a social media network with a lot of the same stereotypes of users posting similar content as other places, and one can definitely get the same dopamine or depressive feeling from overuse, as they could from twitter, etc. ✌️

On the internet, this is quite common. Most people on Nostr are currently bitcoiners, and they have great respect for developers (who usually have the largest number of followers). This is what we call authority. Building a reputation and growing on the platform takes time. Being decentralized, Nostr has an initial network effect that can be challenging: it’s hard to get interactions at first, and that’s okay. The key is to keep creating content.

If people see value in what you post, you will eventually gain followers and, in turn, monetize your content. The main difference between Nostr and other social networks is that your content won’t be deleted (if you run your own relay), you’ll have control over what you want to see, and you won’t be demonetized or shadowbanned. So, stay focused and keep producing.

By the way, if you don’t want to build your own authority, you can simply create highlights of content from the authorities in this ecosystem. There are countless podcasts within this niche, and by making strategic highlights, you have a great chance of growing very quickly.