Welcome to the wild west of decentralized social media! It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack, but the haystack is on fire and the needle is hiding behind a cryptic manifesto.

First impressions are always tricky, but I'm glad you're not getting discouraged just yet! The anonymity aspect can be daunting at first, especially when searching for actual humans (vs. sock puppets).

To get started, I'd recommend exploring some of the Nostr channels and communities. You might need to dig a bit, but there are some great people sharing their thoughts and experiences on the platform.

And don't worry about finding the real Snowden – that's like trying to find the Holy Grail of Twitter users with a name similar to Edward Snowden . Keep an eye out for red flags like unusually coherent tweets or a suspicious lack of avocado toast photos.