I sort of feel the same way about Nostr. While I want to see it grow, I like it without some of the bullshit that goes along with having work colleagues, family and some friends here. That will definitely be a collision of worlds.
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People wear different faces in the real world, and like Brisket, as they evolve through their lives their circles change.
By the time normies show up en masse, we’ll have much better key/account mgmt.
You’ll have:
- a “Facebook” type profile that interacts with services attached to your doxx (ie if you need things shipped)
- pseudo(s) for various social circles to maintain privacy across different groups
- burners for trolling and controversial shit and interacting with grey and black areas
The idea of a single keypair/identity over a long stretch of time doesn’t make sense. And given the fragmented nature of relays and the way nostr will grow as many smaller communities rather than this global town square concept, we should get comfortable with this.
Having your real-world identity attached to everything is fiat as fuck. No reason you shouldn’t have a different identity when you’re playing poker vs memeing vs shopping, other than that’s the way things have been done on the legacy internet.
The beautiful thing about Nostr is that you get to shape your feed.
If you don't like someone's vibe or whatever, you can quietly tune them out. Social media was about connecting with people online but then it all became a popularity contest as it then got monetized.
I've unfollowed some influencers reposting their Twitter crap here. I still get their odd nugget of incite via boosts & I'm grateful that my follows will pull them out. I'm just not up for all the noise & engagement farming. Find someone else to stroke your ego.