What Will said, but also think of it this way.
Your accurate follower count is my lack of privacy.
Why should you know if I'm following you?
How do you know if I'm following you?
If I create an npub and I don't post or interact at all, but I simply follow a bunch of other npubs I'm interested in, why should you know about that?
It's a different take on the world, but it's an important part of freedom.
I hear you, but discovery still matters. If no one sees what you post, then what’s the point? Decentralization's great, but without some way to connect, it just feels like yelling into the void.
Why should I know if you are following me? Do you answer anonymous calls? I don't
Boils down to if you want 100 percent privacy, don't post anything online. It seems best to culture your following to hopefully have a decent group of folks taht wehn you post, they see it, interact and you can converse about it if you want.
Nostr IS a social network isn't it?
