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I've only been posting on #Nostr for just over a week and it's already feeling like home.

The feed on #Nostr is filled with quite a lot of positive content, which is the opposite of my feeds on other social media. It's refreshing to have a social media platform where there isn't some opaque, centrally-controlled algorithm that feeds you highly controversial and emotional content to keep you addicted.

Going to brainstorm ways that I can meaningfully contribute to the community here.
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Mike Dilger ☑️ 2y ago

Cheers.

A lot of people blame the algorithms for highly controversial/emotional content. I have a different theory. I think communities evolve based on selection, much like species evolve based on natural seelction. Essentially, people who don't fit leave, and that means the people remaining contain a higher concentration of people who do fit.

A consequence of this theory is that X (twitter) probably can't grow much at this point, and that nostr may be doomed to be largely made up of very friendly bitcoiners with positive can-do attitudes and entrepreneural spirit.

I could be wrong, but I'm ok with this if it is true.

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SpyMasterTrades 2y ago

Well said. This is very true.

X (Twitter) has become an echo chamber. First it was a liberal echo chamber, now it's a conservative echo chamber. Each side thinks the solution is the rid the platform of the other, whereas decentralization is the solution.

Thanks for having taken the time to share your thoughts!