I mean, almost literally here, right? If you have no followers and create a new note, does anyone see it?
But, this isn't all that much different than X, really. I've been active there since like 2011, and only recently have my 'solo' posts been noticed much if at all.
I spent years responding in conversations of people who are seen, and thus I was seen, and slowly picked up followers. I suspect it is similar here.
If I understand the current state of X, based on what my friend who is a screenplay and novel writer and uses it for professional purposes (to get reach and be seen interacting with "the right people", as he admits), over there you get *actively* hidden unless you are a paid account AND have already a bunch of the "right" followers.
So factually speaking, Nostr is better for small individual accounts.
nostr is better period
not healthy to break one's own brain in a tribalist cult
Yeah, I think so. I don't know the true paid/unpaid impact, but that seems to be the thinking. I'm a paid account over there... and not just to rank better, but I'm truly grateful for what Elon did (no matter his true motives). It was world-changing, so unless it gets really ruined someday, I'm a supporter. So, not trying to be down on X at all!
But, I also see the value in Nostr being successful, so really excited in what is going on here. I'm an old-school blogger, hugely into podcasting, etc. We have to move the world back towards our own sites, feeds, etc. and not a few platforms (no matter how good/useful they've been in some ways).
If you don’t have a friend, be a friend.
