Nostr Web Client

Maybe this is a long-shot, but maybe not.

Lots of evidence recently about social media and its negative effects on mental health, especially that of teens.

https://richardhanania.substack.com/p/how-i-changed-my-mind-on-social-media?pos=6&utm_source=%2Fbrowse%2Frecommendations&utm_medium=reader2

https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/honestly-its-probably-the-phones?pos=3&utm_source=%2Fbrowse%2Frecommendations&utm_medium=reader2

It's pretty compelling stuff.

Does Nostr offer an opportunity to fundamentally change social media for the better?

I'm honestly not sure, but if we can do it we should try.

Tyler Burns 2y ago

I do think a large part of the negatives that come from social media is the virality and algorithimic feeds that keep people scrolling. It generally takes advantage of some of human behavior's biggest weaknesses. There is an insatiable mindset when it comes to posting and scrolling feeds that I feel social media today takes advantage of and people lose their mindfulness as a result.

Back when social media was really just your circle of friends and that was it, things weren't as bad and Nostr reminds me a lot of that time period. Whether it stays that way will remain to be seen.

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myles_snider 2y ago

Yeah I agree.

This quote from one of the articles is interesting:

"(Side note: Interestingly, teen loneliness briefly went way down from about 1996 to about 2006. That’s consistent with the idea that the old computer-based internet was a complement to in-person interaction — a place you could build an alternative social circle — instead of a substitute for it. Like I always say, the internet used to be an escape from the real world; now, the real world is an escape from the internet.)"

Tyler Burns 2y ago

Spot on.