Hey Jo,

I don’t know you or the background to this. But I will say that there is probably some reason why you were banned from contributing. When this happens, in general, it’s a better idea to reach out to the people involved directly and have a conversation about what’s happening. If you keep trying to get around the bans without addressing them, it doesn’t look great, and probably makes the issue harder to resolve.

Sometimes the reason folks are asking you to not participate might not make sense to you. But it sounds like folks asked you not to solicit funds and you kept doing it. Ultimately, there will be times when their reasons make no sense to you, but sometimes you’ve just got to accept it. Effectivily nostr operates as a commons, that doesn’t mean it’s a free for all, rather that it’s not owned by a private company or the state, instead held in common. There are going to be rules and norms that are expected of people in this space, and as hard as it may be to accept, people are going to be excluded. It’s the primary way of coordinating and enforcing behavioral norms.

So I say, reach out to the organizers, with humility, listening to understand how things got to this point, once you understand their reasoning, ask for forgiveness and what can be done to repair the relationship. Knowing that people are under no obligation to forgive. It’s ok to not be involved directly in some projects.

-rabble