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Same as most people, on here. There's a few of us that weren't "in" Bitcoin Twitter and we came over because of other reasons.

I kept having my account reported and locked because German left-wing activists would report me for hate-speech, so I switched to writing in English, but then I would get caught up in "mass reports" (where they report someone and everyone in the thread with that person), so I got frustrated and moved here...and nobody here wanted to talk about that stuff. And I don't talk about the popular topics _in the right way_.

Theoretically, I'm precisely the sort of person that Nostr was designed to help. In reality, I'm the wrong kind of activist.

The Pentographer 1y ago

I personally find you to be one of the more interesting people on Nostr because you don't just harp on about Bitcoin all of the time.

Don't get me wrong, I love me some Bitcoin. I recommend it to people a lot.

I'm just not here to discuss the same singular topic every day.

And so I talk pens.

I don't always understand what you're taking about because I'm not a software engineer but you often touch on other topics as well. If it makes you feel a little better, I tend to seek you out for this very reason.

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Laeserin 1y ago

That does make me feel a bit better. I'm constantly giving everyone the vapors. 🙄

The Pentographer 1y ago

YOUR UTERUS DOES NOT CAUSE ME TO FEEL FAINT OR EMOTIONAL

Laeserin 1y ago

🤣

Laeserin 1y ago

The social and algorithmic pressure to simply mimic the people around me here, rather than engaging my own mind, is quite high. Ironically, it's much higher here, than on Twitter, because this place is so controlled by one narrow ingroup, that they can easily suppress dissent or discussion with shunning. It's like a church.

The Pentographer 1y ago

Huh.. I hadn't really thought about that. Maybe I'm suffering from that same thing without realizing it?

See this is what I mean. You actually make me think whereas most are just talking Bitcoin and that's not really why I'm here.

Laeserin 1y ago

Most of the people here don't notice it because they never write anything contrary to the majority opinion, or they have such a large number of followers that everything they post is automatically the "new majority opinion" that everyone repeats, as if it were holy scripture.

Other, smaller npubs may have said the same thing, a few days prior, and paid the price. It often takes the "right" person voicing an opinion, for the opinion to be "right", but then things can change on a dime.

The Pentographer 1y ago

Alright, yeah definitely hadn't noticed that. At least not here.

I can see what you're getting at though.

I'll try to be more mindful of that dynamic.

Rand 1y ago

noticed & acting! just busy with other stuff 4 a bit

mike 1y ago

Humans are both individual entities AND part of a collaborative group driven by consensus.

Your experience mirrors this constant conflict and is probably overall a healthy situation.

There are always corners to be found online / offline where common dissenting voices can be heard.

Laeserin 1y ago

Not here, there aren't. 😅

mike 1y ago

I think this IS one of the corners, just not ALL the corners (not yet at least)

7fqx 1y ago

Any excuse for me to repost this lol:

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Laeserin 1y ago

😅 Yeah, a bit of a mental prison, and I'm not good at caging my mind in. My thoughts meander to wherever they wish to meander.

The Pentographer 1y ago

I SAY THIS AS I ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY TALK ABOUT FUCKING FOUNTAIN PENS EVERY DAY.

Accidental hypocrisy is still hypocrisy.

Lol.

eee8f902... 1y ago

well said and agreed 👍

stache 1y ago

Hmm…a smart, devout Catholic, black young women who seems to be a devoted wife and mother with a sense of humor and biting wit

…sista u are obviously dangerously toxic and must be dealt with🤔🤣🤣