Ha… funny story.. about 2 months ago I got obsessed with the idea of “de big teaching” my life… It became incredibly concerning to me how much of my identity was out on the internet and how much data these big tech companies have on me. So I began looking for ways to self host as much as I can and go with much more privacy centric services for the things that still make sense to have on payed for services. Additionally I’ve been hard core into Bitcoin for the last 4 or 5 years.. so I’ve been down the Web 3.0 rabbit hole a bit… So I actually think I asked chatGPT if there are any decentralized social media platforms… and I believe that’s how I discovered Nostr. And the idea just kept blowing my mind in different ways over the last month or so. It weirdly has captivated me wayyyy more than any of the other alternatives… I think because the protocol is just so much bigger than pure social media. I can think of dozens of amazing applications for this network.