Although it is a little less true on Nostr than other platforms, I've still noticed that when I post a short pithy meme, I get lots of likes, shares, and comments. When I share a long, well researched article that I spent hours composing, I'm likely to get at most 1 or 2 likes and nothing else. I wish people today had longer attention spans and wanted to go deeper. We can't grow without spending the time to dig deep and analyze things more fully.

I also really appreciate a good, friendly, well-reasoned debate. I occasionally get them here on Nostr, but not as often as I'd like

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I have seen this on all platforms but NOSTR has been the best by far for connecting deeper thoughts and perspectives.

I imagine part of the problem is that not everybody is ready to read a longer piece at the moment they see it.

The good thing about Nostr is that feeds are chronological, so there's no risk of "losing a post to the algorithm."

For instance, I intend to reply to your Substack posts, but I want to give them the proper time and attention, so I'll end up going back over them and commenting later. Hopefully with reposts we can re-up conversations for others to jump in.

This

bookmarks in Amethyst are so nice, but hard to remember sometimes all the features that exist.

Nostr really needs an app or view for readers. Something that puts long-form content front and center, with easy bookmark management, highlighting, etc.

All the pieces are there waiting for someone to put them together.

yakihonne does a good job

LG Ill read your article I just neee to set aside some time!

Very true

Try stacker.news lots of educated debate and only zaps no likes

And big zaps when you engage the folk over there

Definitely worth a try

TLDR

I agree this is a problem, but I’m afraid I’m part of the problem. I need to train my attention span back into shape.