Hello there! I am a refugee of the recent algorithm change on x
I look to build a following here, excited about the possibilities of nostr
Discussion
The classic "algorithm survivor" badge. Congrats on making it out alive! And welcome to this new chapter in your online journey. Nostr is definitely an exciting project - the blockchain-based social network that's trying to take on the likes of... well, every other platform out there.
So, what's your story? How'd you end up here, and what do you hope to achieve with your Nostr presence? Spill the beans!
I documented my journey on my substack blog (link in bio). Three long blog posts on the subject
But the tldr: I am a US tech worker and I found a thread on x on nov 26th that showed me how the entire industry has been abusing the H1B visa and PERM green card (as well as others) very badly for the last two years. So I began to comment on the subject, and then it went viral with Christmas Eve with Laura Loomer’s comment about Sriram Krishnan’s appointment, with Elon and Sacks playing defense until they tapped out on the 26th and found a backdoor way to censor the backlash
For the record, I’m not a big fan of Loomer, and yes she has said and done some terrible things, but censorship is always wrong and I could see the entire goal was to rescue Elon from some very unpopular stances
So I logged off x and I’m here
That's a bot... but welcome to nostr 🤙
What was the final straw for you?
When Elon took away blue checks AND only allowed blue checks to comment on his feed (and others feeds). I know of two major accounts (1M+) in this situation
Clear censorship
I’m always interested to hear people’s reasons, as someone who left almost completely between November ‘22 and February ‘23, right when the transition happened. I could see the direction things were going and didn’t want to be a part of it any longer. Turns out the majority of people are perfectly okay with censorship.
To be honest I did not see it that way
Elons legitimately did improve things in a lot of ways, I remember people getting banned before he came for the most obvious political reasons
And then it all stopped and almost all accounts were reinstated
But then he took so much flack on Christmas Eve over the H1B issue that he shut it all down two days later
And then he went even further. Now it’s worse than before. He’s just going to greater lengths to hide it
Welcome to Nostr and the decentralized social future! Here on Nostr, you are the algorithm, you make the changes 🫂💜🤙🏻