the noise level on nostr is rising every day.

the major nostr clients are favouring and promoting certain accounts.

these accounts become more followed and engaged with

these accounts then become "popular" and infect everyones feed with noise.

the use of trending algorithms is inducing other clients to favour the ones being favoured by other clients.

this is a dark pattern that is the root of how social media is orchestrated to propagate an agenda.

i'm purging my follows of those who frequently engage with these popular accounts, and focusing on building my network at the edges where i'm more likely to find original and valuable and authentic users.

scammers are attaching themselves to these "popular" accounts as well, and the noise from them is also increasing.

there is a problem brewing in nostr that is going to be very hard to avoid without intense vigilance.

it will just be virtually another twitter in 6 months time the way things are going.