I think the real question is “why do we spend so much time talking about nostr on nostr?”
Why not just post cool shit?
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I post cool shit every day.
But it's also the place to talk about Nostr development and the overall meta. Should I go discuss it on BlueSky? 🤦♂️😂
I guess it depends on what you’re looking for. I don’t go on Twitter to see people talking about Twitter. I don’t go on the fedi to see people talking about the fedi.
If you want to engage with people about the platform I think you’re inherently limiting yourself.
Also. Damus has a Twitter account….theres tons of other accounts dedicated to nostr on other platforms…not sure what your point was with that. (Actually I do. I’m just giving you the benefit of the doubt)
Nostr development discussion largely happens on Nostr, and that's a good thing. Discussion of the overall meta will as well. If you don't like my notes, don't follow me, IDGAF 👍
To be fair, nostr is a deep topic on nostr. A network with10-20k daily actives can only really have 2 or 3 topics with enough depth that people think that network is a worthwhile place to talk about them. The rest would be just Potemkin topics.
Sure a few people can post cool shit about, say, cars here, but that will not make nostr a rewarding place to talk about cars. People will go to Reddit or somewhere where they feel there's actually a depth of conversation to be had, and one on the specific car niche that they're interested in. (Here it would quickly devolve into a much of "that's cool" or "love it" comments from people who don't know what else to say.)
In perspective, there are many Facebook groups and Reddit subreddits with more real people dropping by each day than all of nostr. So it's pretty understandable that conversation here circles around just a few topics.