You’re one of the very few people I follow because you post seemingly honest and thoughtful content and aren’t afraid to go against popular sentiment when it’s contrary to your opinions.

I don’t care about being nice so much as I care to find people who are genuinely thoughtful, engaged, and able to express themselves well.

Most on here, as can be expected given that #nostr is (appropriately) permissionless, are the usual parrots that one finds out in the rest of the world. It’s useful to have those people here too though, as it provides a constant reminder that the average mind is painfully ignorant, super easy to manipulate, and extremely resistant to change.

Not surprisingly then, these hive minds don’t interest me at all. What makes #nostr different is that those rarest of gems who are capable of thought, introspection, and change still have a voice here. Those who can make you stop and question your own thoughts and beliefs, however entrenched. Those who can make you say “Damn, I might actually be wrong about this or that.”

On every other platform, where the goal is to monetize (Ie: exploit) large user bases, these voices must be kept silent or risk alienating the majority. And the majority, as we see here and elsewhere, is almost always headed off a cliff.

So thank you for being one of those rare gems. I’ll keep trying my best too because the alternative is a world I don’t care to live in. None of us is perfect, or in possession of “the truth” so it’s always worthwhile to stay open to new ideas and ways of seeing the world.

#thinkdangerously

#getoffended

#grownostr