I’m curious what some of the differences you’ve noticed are? I’ve definitely felt the same thing but can’t always put on exactly what is different. Sometimes actual great content gets no attention and other times real basic shit blows up. Offering sats as rewards seems to work well but you lose a lot of the genuine interactions with all the bots. It sure is fun to watch this ecosystem figure itself out.
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The difference is that nostr feels more human and social, whereas other networks feel performative and fake. On nostr, the people are the algorithm. It is the people that find what they like and share it, zap it, etc. This “people algo” if you can call it that, rewards people and content that form genuine and authentic connections with other people, because that’s what people want. In contrast, on networks like X or IG, you have a centrally controlled algorithm that pushes/rewards certain content and certain users over others to maximize views and impressions for advertisers, because that’s what they advertisers want, and those platforms need the advertising revenue.
Yeah this is bang on for sure. I love the “people algo” phrase, you can certainly feel the genuine interactions such as this one.