On most platforms, ideas don’t win. Distribution does. You either pay the platform to promote your posts, or the platform pays you if you already have massive reach. The incentive isn’t truth or insight. It’s engagement, outrage, and noise.

This is why shallow content spreads faster than real ideas. The system rewards attention, not value.

Nostr works differently. There is no platform to pay, no algorithm to please, and no rent seeker sitting in the middle.

If people find value in your ideas, your work, or the information you share, they can support you directly, peer to peer. There are no fiat gatekeepers, no approval layer, and no drama economy. Value flows where value is created.

That’s the difference. Nostr isn’t about chasing followers. It’s about building, sharing, and earning trust, one idea at a time.