Thoughts about follower counts on nostr. On my phone, I don’t have any way of knowing how many people have saved my phone number/email addresses/etc. in their contacts. And even if I could know, it wouldn’t really have much meaning. What I do know, and what DOES have meaning to me, is that I can quickly access and keep in touch with the contacts that are most important to me. My phone even shows me who I’ve called and texted recently, and has a favorites list, because those are the people I’m likely to contact again.

That’s the direction I wish nostr would go with contacts, instead of trying to track followers and follower counts.