Yeah, the question is more:

Do I need Nostr to chat with my friends?

Apparently not. My GM note is not going to be censored on SimpleX, after all.

Nostr (kind 01) has to provide sufficient reward, to cover the additional risk and effort of chatting here (in public and without deletion, and with a new tech stack), rather than off-Nostr.

Rewards (for me) can be:

-- meet new frens, to chat with

-- be able to make Nostr-specific public announcements and have lots of people see them

-- easily find interesting things to read, on topics I care about

-- find people who are interested in the same things I'm interested in

-- chat with people I'm not frens with, but that can provide me with information or help on specific topics

-- see other people's Nostr-specific announcements and stay informed

Nostr needs to be able to provide me these things, smoothly and reliably, or the value-added is in question.