Nostr should be fostering new connections, not begging for influencers to come here for copy pasta content.
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Why can't both be true? New connections require new people, and there has to be a reason for people to come here. The major 'connections' on Nostr occur between people who care heavily about Nostr and Bitcoin. There isn't much else here outside of those topics. Every other topic is statistically irrelevant in comparison. We need all sorts of people to copy pasta here so their community has a reason to explore Nostr. There's no point to being here if you aren't satisfied with a complicated Bitcoin and Nostr forum.
Copy pasta content doesn't do well here, because their audience isn't going to migrate to watch their content which is already available to them on the platforms they're already on.
If a fan base's favorite content creator actually came here to interact & socialize I think that's valuable.
Shit, I think anyone who comes here to interact is valuable.
Nostr will differentiate itself due to being a place where you'll actually get thoughtful responses to your questions.
Nostr is social oriented, not content oriented.
There is Super-Node term in network theory that describes how very few nodes connect to everything else, so creating the network effects that are so important to the health of the network.
When people call for those influencers, they are intuitively calling forth those supernodes to the new network. It does make a difference.
To me, you are my supernode (no homo)
I like your framing of Supernode 💗.
I am in full agreeance, but it has to be someone who is socializing here.
NOT (only), copy pasta content.
I believe Supernodes will surface here, but they will come from unexpected places.
It could even be a place for big names to come & be part of the "regular people" discourse.
For ex, Eliza came here & she can just have normal conversation - I bet on Twitter that feels less so - as she has a very large following.
I know for me, with only 10k followers I was definitely censoring a lot - that's why I nuked the account to the garbage 🗑️.
I would posit that I'm one of the only ppl here who willingly disposed of that type of following - before Nostr existed no less.
Odell was shadow banned & uses Marty Bent / RHR handle for sure - but imagine if they just came here to copy pasta content?
Wouldn't work - they have an actual presence here with socialization output. This is why they're successful in monetizing their audience.
Sure, I barely post any content myself, but I reply a lot. That is where conversation grows and feels real. There could also be new supernodes here and there without us noticing it.