The lovely part of being a non-entity on the fediverse is that no one pays me any mind. I'm there, but also, I am not there. I have been on the fediverse, running my own instance for nearly 6 months now and I can tell you confidently that I have thought more about what I have posted to nostr (cumulatively) than I have about what I have posted on the fediverse, and even in a few weeks of nostr the volume of writing is probably equal. I honestly credit the design of this nostr client (gossip), for breaking me out of the scroll-repost-scroll loop of non-participation participation through its deliberate lack of certain, more normified features.

I don't think of myself as a social media veteran, so to speak. I'm not 100% certain what that means. I'm just a sour, cynical online person who has a relatively healthy, and thus somewhat hostile, relationship with the technology I use.

I likely do not seem to be a nostr native as I am not one. It's neat and generally calm, bordering on pleasant, to use. I think that the chief the difference is that I (try to) use it deliberately. I think good social media is hard to use if you do not use it deliberately, and that bad social media is easy to use flippantly. Nostr natives seem to use it flippantly.

The more I consider this, the more it is why I appreciate the lack of "friendly" features on gossip. I cannot upload media, I cannot send zaps. The encouragement present within the application is for me to read, and to write, especially long-form. I've always been more accustomed to writing more on my desktop than my phone. Nostr natives, even -- and perhaps especially -- if they are new, are part of a bloc that seems to favor the mindless use of the platform. One that relies on platitudes, conforming to cultural attitudes, and being a part of the 90 in the 90-9-1 distribution.