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I noticed I don't post on here half as much as the I do centralised algo apps. I couldn't figure out why.

And now I know why.. I pick my phone up, doom scroll, then 20/30 minutes later I'll put my phone down. Within about 30 seconds the centralised algo app will buzz me with a notification to say "You might like this from Karen"

So my stupid monkey brain is intrigued. Picks the phone up again (like it's a banana) and I'm not even interested in what Karen is doing. I notice 'Tony' has a new role at work and click on his page with my monkey paw. Then suddenly an hour has gone by. I notice an article, I'll read that. It was rubbish (most of the time) - I'm frustrated.

But keep going back.

And I've not even thought about Nostr once, even though I think I know it's value - it represents what i think i represent - freedom, self sovereignty, Bitcoin etc.

I'll sometimes even flick through the other centralised algo apps before I put my phone down and not once go through my Nostr feed, even though I love it.

The other apps are like crack (i imagine). But the crack is not even good. And I keep chasing the cheap dopamine hits from them. Like a social media junkie.

I've quit so many things before, like smoking and drinking. Toxic women. Shitcoins. Social Media is one thing I truly struggle with.

So I'm going to wein myself off it - one day at a time. I read somewhere that it takes 3 weeks to form a new habbit.

Or 21 days.

So here it goes #21daysOfNostr

Posting everyday. 🫡🧡

When my son was born I deleted all the social apps from my phone. I still have the accounts, but accessing them through a browser takes more effort, and I hardly bother.

I also cancelled my oxycodone prescription, and that was/is hard too.

Life is not supposed to be easy.

Find some people on Nostr that post about positive things, things you are interested in, people that motivate you, and follow them.

Replace doom scrolling with bloom scrolling. 💜

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^^^This is exactly why I love Nostr. It's real. I don't doubt that at all. Thanks for sharing this with me.

Deleting the apps are exactly what I'll do. It's like beauracracy in reverse.

Another thing you can do to build your Nostr, or have a more interesting Nostr experience, that isn’t possible with centralized garbage, is that you can take someone you deem interesting (like Lyn or Gigi) copy their Npub and browse as if you were them.

This way you can find/see all of the cool posts they see and then go to your account and follow those same accounts.

Also, if you get bored, you can browse as them, which seems illegal but it’s not😂

I never knew that. thanks for the info. I'm trying to build a magazine that pushes No Noise, Just Signal. How do I that without the backing of a slave induced algorithm? I understand the perspective from a personal point of view. Although, how do I run a business here? Am I the business?

I see the shit being pushed by Bitcoin Mag for example and it just makes me feverish. Then I follow in its footsteps by posting on the same platform.