I used to spend three hours a day on Twitter.

One year ago, I deleted my account.

Now I’m only on Nostr, and I spend maybe ten minutes a day scrolling.

The difference is extraordinary.

The noise is gone.

The manipulation is gone.

And when I leave, I don’t feel drained, I feel uplifted.

That’s when I realised something important:
the new system isn’t just technically superior. 
It’s psychologically healthier.

But the real question is this:
how do we help people transition?

The answer is monetisation.

When creators can earn directly from their audiences, without platforms, advertisers, or banks, they will come.

When they come, they’ll bring their communities with them.

And when those audiences can earn by promoting what they love, the migration becomes inevitable.

That’s what Fanfares makes possible :
a media economy where the network itself becomes the discovery engine.

Every person who finds something valuable becomes a paid promoter of quality.

No algorithms. No ads. Just trust, consequence, and value flowing peer to peer.

Decentralised, open networks are not just better technology.
 They’re the next phase of human communication.

They are where attention becomes aligned with meaning again, 
and where we finally reclaim our time, our minds, and our freedom.

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Very well said 🙇🏻‍♀️

That's because you only follow 44 people. Up that pleb count for a great time!

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Hmmm, I’m Nostr only and still spend ca 3h/day here 💥

About the same here.

I thought nostr only would cut my screen time, but not really 😁

Absolutely. Less noise, more real connection.

Great

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X is dead, long live #nostr

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“The answer is monetisation”— this reduces quality and what’s actually significant. Plenty of people brining in boatloads of money selling sugar and bs.

The discussion must be more focused.

The sugar and bs is what we currently have on legacy social media. Largely that is because everything is free and stuff that gets people addictived is promoted by the algos.

The key thing to understand with Fanfares is that the paywall creates friction.

You will only see the content if you choose to pay.

You will only choose to pay if you already know the work of the creator or if you are recommend by someone you trust.

If the content turns out to be sugar or bs, then you lose trust for both the creator and person who recommended. You remove them from your signal.

Your choice informs the web of trust of everyone connected to you.

We are the algorithm in this system!

Will it be possible to allow someone to watch 10 or 20% of the video first, before paying to gain full access? I think this would be vastly beneficial to all parties. Offering a bit for free is a good model.

Profits and monetization always improve quality. Learning Producers is completely wrong. Capitalism and competition work very well indeed. Long live the incentives of the free market

By all means if you support selling unhealthy foods because “capitalism good” live your life bro.

Fiat money = fiat food, fiat lifestyle, and fiat brain. It's got nothing to do with making a profit. This is a Bitcoin system of profit, not a fiat system.

So if you sell someone high calorie sugary food but accept bitcoin payments in bitcoin somehow this addresses quality? I like capitalism too but your point is bs

Just because you want to control how much sugar someone ELSE eats, it doesn't mean you SHOULD control how much sugar someone else eats.

Fine! Be a chunky monkey!🤣 pretend you’re eating quality ingredients

If course. That is what we currently do with audio.

Thanks for the question. We welcome more

OK, I do have one more question. Will it be possible to have an 'interactive quiz' (the simplest multiple-choice type)? I usually have these after each lecture so that the student can repeat and check their understanding

I do agree with your point about the algos promoting addictive stuff and I’ll keep fanfares in mind. Friction is def necessary in building worthwhile products and services. I just don’t like when the blinders get put on as soon as number goes up.

My audio book explains in more detail

https://api.fanfares.live/s/axRQkZ

Nostr is the best

You did great job #nostr only

Thanks

The peace that comes from being on nostr instead of Twitter is something else.

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Hi, I'm new here

These phrases are the first words I read here on Primal. I like this place.

Welcome. Get your wallet set up and we can zap you

Done

#welcome & #introductions

i suggest you #follow #hashtags to #find #people to follow & use hashtags to be #found. #value4value #smij #zapd #grownostr

Welcome🤜

Thanks

Happy to be here

Still fell foggy 😄

welcome to #nostr #introductions ☺️👏

That's the way, good job.

the truth is I hope that one day the fandoms will find a space in 'nostr', because many fans had to be migrating from page to page due to the changes that each page made at a certain time, I wonder if 'nostr' can help the problem that many have fans when sharing their works.

tumblr was abandoned because they banned nsfw content.

facebook the same but worse, it is increasingly difficult to upload memes because its algorithms are alerted too easily.

twitter, according to it, is freer but they reduced the reach of my publications for a simple comment.

We all censor our own experience on nostr, and by doing so we contribute to the web of trust of those with whom we are connected

Love it, realised I deleted my Twitter slightly over a year ago. Maybe spend more than 10 minutes a day, but every so often, what I write here actually means something to me, rather than me writing something then self censoring to prevent the rozzers turning up at my door at 1am in the morning.

My proudest badge of honour from my time on Twitter. 🫡🙌 fuck CSW!!! nostr:npub1md39ua3h2s7204a7v5p9sdxmxx9qc7m4kr3r6naeuwfznad6d7nsxpctp9

We are all Satoshi...

except Craig Wright!

nostr:nprofile1qqsdkcj7wcm4g09867lx2qjcxndnrzsv0d6mpc3af7u78y3f7kaxlfcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejz7qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucn89u6y7lze your post got me thinking, and the only way that makes sense is the then write, so I wrote this. 🫡🙌https://primal.net/Dug/Nostr-and-Bitcoin-or-the-Gulag-1miukc

Anything that can bring in more artists and creators is a good thing 🫡

Let them earn bitcoin

This will also mean that a bunch of people with "huge followings" will come here thinking their content has immense value, when in fact it dosn't 🧐👍🫡

There is a difference between knowing how to game the algo and creating real value

The real winner is a consciencous user who can sway their window into this and actually get value from it all rather than be spoon fed shit garbage endlessly.

As someone who never really interacted with the ragebait games being played elsewhere on social medias, despite its problems, inefficiencies and dangers (thinking it is much like the other social medias) Nostr is user empowerment.

I may not be here to curate, create or dispense anything of real value to others, but I agree with you, this place has keeps me coming back precisely because a lot of the people who aren't here to "create value" are exactly the ones creating it.

Totally agree! 👍🏻

Awesome. I have wen the extra mile and deleted all social media; Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok. I am more productive and my mental health has improved tremendously.

Good work!

Noticing how you feel is so valuable. I also remember when I’d get off X I’d often times just feel like dog shit.

I remember feeling that way. And yet still i wanted more!

Still can't get a working wallet that can send and receive zaps. Still need lots of work, but there's hope

Pls try Rizful.com

Try primal on mobile

I can get behind this. 🫡

We have the future before us!

This. Exactly this!

Nostr is your experience

I wish I would have deleted Twitter when you did.

I’m a noobie, only a few months in

You are still ahead of most of the world

Reading this makes me nostr bullish.

I feel the same way. Back on Twitter, I always felt like I was drowning in information. Now on Nostr, it's like breathing clean air again 😂. The pace here is slower, more free, and feels more like real conversations between people. It mirrors the lifestyle I cherish now—taking my Explorer Yacht fromhttps://www.yachttrading.com/yachts/explorer-yachts-for-sale/out to sea, where the water is serene and free from unnecessary noise. Sharing content occasionally, I even connect with like-minded souls. Compared to being pushed along by algorithms, this sense of controlling my own pace feels truly satisfying.

Clean air !!

#Nostr is the best.

It is!

Nostr is great

It is!

So far I have only blocked the X feed on my desktop. Never visit it on my phone anymore because I know how much it will drag me into doomerism

Yes I remember the room scrolling

That was a comedy typo!

My X algorithm has stated to drive me insane.

That make be in the programming

Have to agree. Still have some X accounts, rarely go on there. Many have been deplatformed, mainly for incorrect AI judgement and then we find out that their AI automatically rejects appeals.

The black box is unforgiving

I deleted my account last week. All in.

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Agree, been comparing the two recently. Twitter is way more addictive and Nostr provides way more value ⚡️

Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome

Most content creators monetize their advertisers, not their followers. With that premise it is not profitable for him to come to #nostr

Still 👀

That's why I deleted my tweeter...nostr is home 🏠

Good work!

There is nothing better than aligned incentives that result in better mental health and community connection 💜

#nostr rocks

Deactivated my account on twitter for similar reasons for the second time this year.

I think I might just manage to stay away this time.