GM verbiricha. Agreed. I have an interesting relationship with Nostr myself. It's been a while since I’ve spent this much time on any social media. The protocol itself is genuinely interesting, but…

Honestly, in a year, I’ve made very few meaningful connections. There are maybe a dozen people at most who even try to interact with me about anything (aside from technical support for HAVEN, I mean).

The fact that I’m not a Bitcoin maxi (and am vocally allergic to the scammy behaviour of some of the Nostr celebrity accounts pedalling paid services and "Bitcoiner busy boxes") doesn’t help either.

And yes, the culture of shutting down any "unapproved" ideas, only to later adopt them once one of the Nostr celebs "endorses" the criticism, is really annoying. It’s funny, for a bunch of folks who see themselves as free-thinking, sovereign, libertarian techno-enthusiasts, bla bla bla, most of the few humans still on Nostr act like a bunch of 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑.

I hope that one day, when someone mentions Nostr’s toxicity and its 20-year-old-crypto-bro monoculture, I can reply with something other than “Yes, but…”.

The best I can do right now is:

“Yes, but… there’s also half a dozen artsy and techy folks mostly talking to themselves with hashtags that I really like. Plus Japanese Nostr.”