I'm quite impressed with it so far. The network effect is indeed a significant hurdle. Also, most people aren't especially ideological about censorship and favor familiarity, ease of use, etc. The BTC Lightning tipping feature could be a big difference maker if Elon won't allow.
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Agreed. For me as a Bitcoiner Nostr has everything I need. My kind are here and there are a lot of intelligent people of similar mindset to interact with. But I’m not sure how the experience on Nostr would be for someone who wasn’t a Bitcoiner.