This is a high quality post. Have a zap.

Yes, I absolutely agree that “friendships” for many have become commodities online. My circle online is very very small for that exact reason. There are 3-4 people I’ve met online (all on Nostr) that I genuinely think are concerned about me enough to stick it out through the shit.

That being said, the other reply to your post also makes an interesting point about choosing one’s own tribe. I would say though, that without the village being physical where life, death, trial and bounty are not shared in the physical sense, it becomes very difficult to reach the same level of knowing and caring that we did when we were a part of our physical communities.

What are your thoughts?