I always find it hilarious though when they spent less than a week here, wrote 2-3 notes, didn’t engage but complain about lack of engagement. Hard to take those seriously. And if we’re being honest, there’s a lot like that
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This is true.
But at the same time there are dozens of npubs I used to love interacting with that are no longer posting. Running plebs vs zombies monthly is eye opening to how many interesting accounts there are who used to post non Bitcoin oriented stuff that have fallen off.
A lot who saw the promise of Nostr as a freedom protocol, not a Bitcoin chat room. But I think they just eventually get bored of the meta, have few interactions with their posts, so they leave because it's boring.
I think there is something to be said in general that modern life is pretty niche, there really is no such thing as main stream anymore. It is in general just hard to connect with others about your interests because nobody gives a shit. 😂
I don't know, i don't think that is fair.
They are probably looking for topics and aren't finding it or not finding very much of it. If you are into a particular topic eg trains or warhammer, how many accounts will you find on nostr? how many posts can you reply to? how many people will reply to you with an in depth knowledge on the topic?
a lot of people aren't looking for "general chat"
I don’t think it’s fair to dismiss the entire thing when they didn’t even try. Many of us speak about Bitcoin sure. But we’re not one dimensional either. It’s not because there aren’t many accounts that speak just about trains that you can’t have that conversation with someone here. I disagree
You can speak about bitcoin on The Trains Forum, you might even like it to begin with. But you will go somewhere else other than The Train Forum when you want to discuss utxos. And you probably will eventually stop talking about bitcoin on the Train Forum. And if you only use a train once in a while, you dot have a trian t-shirt and have not that much of an interest in trains, you'll probably leave The Train Forum.
I disagree with that premise. This is not a Bitcoin chatroom. Sure, a lot of people are from Bitcoin Twitter. But most of the time I talk about other subjects with people here. I took the time to get to know them and didn’t dismiss it after a week 🤷🏾
You're right, it's more of a "general chat" sub-section of a bitcoin forum.
Until the price goes up, then it's actually a bitcoin price ticker.
I agree that there needs to be ways to attract non Bitcoin people. But you’re sipping on that haterade bro 🤣
I actually really like nostr ATM lol.
Believe it or not.
But in the back of my mind I know what is lying dormant until the price goes up 😭😭😭
I do believe you like nostr. Or else you wouldnt be here 🤣
Bear markets are always more interesting in a way.
not dormant
Sure, I should've said *more dormant
😭 i want nostr to be social media like how colgate is a replacement for the word toothpaste in some parts of the world. or like how Listerine was replacement for mouthwash. 🤺
What are you doing to make it like you want it to be?
I guess nothing. I support three paid relays and i zap people and I’m a user… name.
It’s cliché but it’s up to us users to make it how we want it to be
Yes for example node here is organising a hardware music festival called knobfest which will happen fairly soon;)
And 7fqx is taking heroic doses of DMT and shitposts. Elite level shitposting I must say 🤭
although I don’t think that’s a problem. I’m a kind of a wanna be coder, but I don’t really code anything and haven’t had any real projects of any kind so supporting relays, three of them, is enough right?
You said you want it to be social media. Just talk to people about what you want to talk about lol. That’s what I meant 😅🤣
