I have been really wondering the same thing & have been thinking on a combo of things recently:

• The global feed really works and distribution is solved by simply casting as wide a net as useful into the relay space and then aggregating what is found at each one.

• The simplicity. It doesn't have a specific focus, or brand, or audience, it simply gets notes and other stuff from user - to relay - to user. It exists and there was a hungry market for not being put in a box, I think.

• It isn't being sold to anyone (and thus there's no feeling of dependence or being surveilled by default), it feels more like it's something that we are part owners in (and operators of). No one wants to be sold on another fucking social media platform. But I was excited to explore #Nostr and become a part of it.

So maybe together this makes Nostr feel like a genuine chance at a solution that we can be a part of, rather than another website that moves the problem to a different place while having a drastically smaller network? 🤔