The comments on this post show me the numbers are enough. Nostr also represents an active core in a world that he says has become passive with Bitcoin.
Discussion
If nostr:npub14mcddvsjsflnhgw7vxykz0ndfqj0rq04v7cjq5nnc95ftld0pv3shcfrlx wanted to ‘fix the money, fix the world’ (more specifically, fix Bedford) and use his online presence to assist, using Nostr only would be dumbest decision he could make.
Nostr has approximately ~20,000 daily active users. Most of these users are in the USA.
How many people from Bedford actively use Nostr each day?
1 person?
3 people?
20 max?
If you are someone like nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx being Nostr only works. His core audience IS every person on Nostr - Bitcoin phreaks and plebz internationally.
Pete is trying to fix a town in the UK where no one uses Nostr.
For everyone else trying to communicate a message to the masses being Nostr only is fucking retarded. You are quite literally preaching to the choir in one of the most potent echo chambers on earth.
I see Peter as one of the most pragmatic voices to come through Bitcoin. He knows Nostr is not mega-scale mainstream. You clearly do as well but here we are. I'm not even sure we can talk about Nostr-only on X. Ultimately, audience size doesn't mean anything if the people you're trying to reach aren't there. He's come to the right place to address raise this "People fixes this" point.
Audience size means everything.
Peter is taking a hands on approach to remedying the issues of his hometown Bedford. The best way for him to drum up support for his grand solution is to use Facebook, IG, LinkedIN and X. Using Nostr only is like taking a butter knife to a machine gun fight in Peter’s case.
nostr:npub14mcddvsjsflnhgw7vxykz0ndfqj0rq04v7cjq5nnc95ftld0pv3shcfrlx note about ‘taking up the fight against the establishment’ got everyone riled up because it tugs on the heart strings of the boys and men within the Bitcoin / NOSTR echo chamber. Pete speaks about:
- Seizing control
- Taking law and order into your own hands
- Running a shadow government
- Financing it all through stacking stats
- Taking personal responsibility
- Leveraging the Bitcoin males saviour complex
- Sticking it to the proverbial man!
His note blew up because nostr:npub14mcddvsjsflnhgw7vxykz0ndfqj0rq04v7cjq5nnc95ftld0pv3shcfrlx successfully tapped into the collective Nostr / Bitcoiner wet dream themes that permeate through this ultra niche microcosm.
If you want to lead a revolution you need to preach to the whole parish not just the choir.