After 146 days of thoroughly scouring #nostr every single day to keep up with news, updates, and other goings-on for nostr:npub19mduaf5569jx9xz555jcx3v06mvktvtpu0zgk47n4lcpjsz43zzqhj6vzk , I find there is a very noticeable weekday/weekend cycle similar to working in an office. Weekdays are full of app developments and new features, people working and building, #zapathon, scheduled Nostr Nests, and then the weekends are much more leisure activity, cookouts, very few updates from developers, no scheduled programming. For a decentralized network of people, #nostr has interestingly organized itself as a microcosm of “normal” society.

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We work hard and we play hard. I rarely use social media on the weekends. That's family time. I'm sure most people are the same way.

100% same here. Weekends are my time with family and friends. Just interesting how noticeable it is when scrolling on weekdays vs weekends. I don’t remember sensing that on Twitter, but I also spend way more time on Nostr than I did on Twitter. I wonder if that difference changes as the network grows and there are more users, or if it’s perhaps another effect of not having algorithms.

I have such a hard time breaking away from NOSTR. Pure signal, pure addiction 😄

What's this talk of breaking away from Nostr? 🧐

Are you calling us "normal"!?

The entire internet has both a circadian cycle and weekly cycle.

If you ever see the traffic of a large site as a histogram, you can always easily see the Pacific Ocean in the data, also the Atlantic Ocean on closer inspection.

I always find these things satisfying when you notice them.

It’s very interesting to notice it. I never really noticed it on Twitter, but I also spend more time on here than I did there so maybe that’s the difference. I also wonder if lack of an algorithmic feed makes it more apparent.

We are the algorithm

💯🔥

Almost like spreading fun and love is the answer. 🤙🫂

At the moment #nostr is my connection to people. Yeah there’s work and my family but friends are hard to find as I get older. I’m not a dev and don’t understand what y’all are taking about sometimes, but I enjoy the conversations and watching y’all make amazing stuff. Y’all make me 😂 more than I thought I would. Those are some of the reasons I keep coming back to #nostr and trying clients.

Thanks for allowing a #pleb to jump into conversations and not be treated like a weirdo

🤙🏼💜🫂

As it should be!

Don’t be fooled by the Rock N Roll haircut.