I can start a bot army if these numbers are that important to you. #nostr is a niche and it stays a niche cause it can't deliver the value of a public social network. Don't care 😑
Discussion
Getting absolute numbers might be quite difficult in a decentralized network, but I still think it would be good to have estimates of growth. If we are plateauing we should know about it, and investigate the reasons for it. You mention that nostr can't deliver the value of a social network, what do you mean by that?
Who is "we"? You and your friends or is it the people you don't know and can't reach cause they use their private relays?
"We" is all of #nostr
Then why should I care if nostr is plateauing? My friends are still here, and they don't care about plateaus 😁 Free yourself from central metrics.
I care because of Metcalfe's law, and I care because I want more/most people to use non-captured networks. That's why I think diagnosing stagnant growth (and identifying bottlenecks) is important. But I'm glad you're satisfied with #nostr as it is.