I feel really bad for people whose personal economics are tied to closed platforms.
They need freedom tech like nostr far more than shitposters like me. If I got kicked off nostr my day job would be better off not worse.
Discussion
A. Yes, and this is only a problem for open platforms
B. Even if there was not an economic incentive to be there, it may still be worth it to meet people where they are
I deleted my Twitter account a whole ago, and maybe there's a lot fewer people with freedom tech now as a result, but it was more important to me to stop letting someone else directly profit off of me than it was for me to spread the good word.
If I were actually trying to build a movement, I'd have brand accounts absolutely everywhere. Facebook, TikTok, Threads, YouTube... you name it. Without going to these places, you're largely preaching to the choir. Not very effective at spreading your message.
I'd question the effectiveness of those platforms for converting people. Any freedom minded people are quickly silo'd off by the algorithms or shouted down by idiots.
In person face to face is the only place I see real changes in people. Getting on nostr is more about preventing backsliding into normyness by associating with the right kind of people regularly and filling that old normy social media fix without the algo brain rot.