I actually agree with you here. But, i will say that it doesn’t diminish the fact that nostr IS a walled off garden, a very uniquely small and diverse garden, but walled off nonetheless. No matter our personal experiences on here, we must admit the issue without taking personal offense.
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I wouldn't mind if more people got on nostr, but my experience is that people simply don't care about freedom. First I thought Milgram was exaggerated with his experiment...
Not even the people banned on legacy social media want something like nostr. They simply retry their luck over there. There's a lesson in this.