Bots and scammy accounts that clearly spin up multiple npubs to spam “gm”s or beg for sats. I tried giving some of these accounts the benefit of the doubt in case they are actually new people, but it’s exhausting. So, because of all these fucking leeches…I’m not able to engage with a lot of new users without skepticism.

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This is why we need genuine characters on here. Keeps things interesting.

Yeah I’m gonna start ignoring some accounts and focusing on the ones I’m familiar with. Otherwise, I’m just gonna get sick of nostr

Probably a good policy.

Yup. It’s too much and then I’m getting too many notifications and miss out on the notes and replies that I actually wanna see

GM!

… I can haz sats now?? 🥺

lol….

But hey, I totally get how annoying bots and “sats beggars” can be. I’m a real person, not asking for anything, not expecting sats, just here to connect and chat with new people. Hopefully, over time, it’ll get easier to tell who’s genuine 🧐

Well hello! Nice to meet you and yes, I definitely have established many legitimate accounts, it just seems like the scammers have been multiplying lately and it makes it tough for me to be here sometimes

Dive into nostr:npub1w8k2hk9kkv653cr4luqmx9tglldpn59vy7yqvlvex2xxmeygt96s4dlh8p account drama, you’d be surprised what’s happening lately 😁 not an ad, just unmasked person lately gone insane 😂

Ohh god, I don’t think I even wanna know 😂😂🫣

That guy is mentally ill I believe, and it’s very disturbing 😳

Wild puppet web 🫠

Not the meme bay but the guy he exposed🤯

Oooooo I see 🧐

On the first days on posting here, I got porn spams in comments, he texted me and wanted to get closer 😁 that sock guy from another account pretended to be a esoteric woman 😂🤯

It’s the wild Wild West of the internet out here 😂😂😂

Crazy, right? 😂

Such dishonour should not be tolerated 👀

Unacceptable, disgusting and sick 🤢

💯

This is unfortunate because it makes it harder for new users, but is absolutely true.

Yup and now I’m gonna be that asshole who only replies to people I know, but…🤷‍♀️

I'm definitely tighter with zapping on accounts I don't follow. I still interact otherwise, but always with a grain of salt in the beginning.

Yup. Gotta be super cautious I guess.

The scammers made it harder for new users. Not us

💯

It makes it more difficult for me to trust new users, and more difficult for them to gain traction. There is an effect both ways unfortunately.

Maybe I should spin up a npub that highlights the bots and scammers of nostr so people can follow and be aware….🤔

I just do it with this one 🤣

The Nostr Shit List 😆

Ooo good name 😂

#NostrShit

Yes! #hashtagmining

Bot or not

Oh yeah, I forgot about that one

For sure. We have to adapt to reality 🫡

I never zap an introduction post unless someone I interact with says yes this is a real person that I know. I do however try to leave a comment about how great it is and the best way to get traction is to just talk to people.

I hate that these people exist, all to try and scam you out of a dollar or less 🙄. Lame.

Like….everyone needs sats. Stop begging and actually do something. It’s ridiculously easy to make like shitty meme using a template and get real sats so I don’t understand

You really can stack sats here just by being genuine and having authentic engagements with other people. I have been sent sats for the most random of my posts 😂 also tho I think it’s fair to say I did some begging for my #car4poetix ngl I am so #thankful to have a car!

Yesss. There’s nothing wrong with getting sats here if you’re providing value. It’s actually quite awesome

For real. Have a witty comeback and make someone giggle, put up a shitty picture, have a real interaction with someone, God forbid someone put in a teeny amount of effort 🙄. I can confirm that I zap and have been zapped for all of these.

The confusing thing for me is why the people who have been around so long are still falling for the scammers.

They’re getting better at scamming

True. I guess I'm skeptical until I get some consistent interaction.

That’s where I’m at too. Lots of skepticism with people I don’t know/my friends don’t know

Yup. Were the old nostriches screaming “get off my lawn” now 😂

Yes 🤣

This is frustrating. Guess we just have to prove our value and authenticity on Nostr.

You used to do better at calling them out 😂🫂

I got chastised too many times by legit nostr users over it. Got tired of people painting me in a bad light for simply pointing out the obvious truth 😂

Damnit.

When people like to learn the hard way sometimes it’s better to just let them.

Gm

Poop

Trust the process. Verify the npubs