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ok stupid ass spell check. DEPEGGED is the word I've been trying to type.

ok stupid ass spell check. DEPEGGED is the word I've been trying to type.

Someone asked the question what would happen to Bitcoin if usdt depended from the dollar.

I'm not really smart enough on this subject to answer so can you please explain?

#asknostr

guys i think i'm gonna become an extremist this year

we are so back

I realize I’ve never written an introduction, though I think I am still within the statute of limitations to do so.

Until Nostr, I hadn’t been active on a social network since probably around 2017. This place is chaotic, messy, changing fast, and totally euphoric vibes. I love it. #Nostr is what the internet should have always been.

Being offline for as long as I had, it’s still strange to post, share, and discuss ideas so openly.

I’ve been fortunate to check off a pretty ambitious bucket list early in my life, which is liberating. Faced death… more than a few times, did interesting things, met interesting people.

I Benjamin Buttoned my career, starting off managing billions of dollars in institutional assets in my early 20’s, receiving all sorts of awards and recognitions, then worked towards progressively reducing my responsibilities over time until firing myself completely.

Since this is Nostr, I feel obligated to add that yes I do think about #Bitcoin constantly. No, I do not know why.

Please don’t hesitate to say hi! My life is pretty obscure, which means you’re probably going to be interesting, no matter how typical it may be to you!

#introductions

What I enjoy most about #Damus is its organic, connection-driven content display. Can you confirm if there's truly no algorithm curating what I see beyond my personal connections? #asknostr"

yup that's correct, although this is also a huge downside as most users prefer an algorithm. we're going to have it as an option eventually, but the algo will be privacy preserving and only run on the client.

It’s not really the best metric though because influencers will continue to receive a hugely outsized portion of zaps, even if in many cases they produce less than other creators on nostr. In the end all that seems to matter is # of followers rather than quality of content created.

At the moment I don't think that as a content creator your goal should be to recieve do zaps. Zaps are more a symbolic apreciation of a post and a loving gesture. If your goal is to make money, other platforms might be a better choice at the moment. Participation and interaction in this new social media concept of #Nostr is fun though, especially if you don't use X, FB, TT or YT. Some are here because they got banned there.

Not really a creator, just won one time a sats giveaway before getting completely rugpulled by the custodial lightning wallet provider I used which resulted in a total loss. Had to change the wallet, but oddly enough the total amount of recieved but rugpulled sats is still shown.

yes follow the hashtag that you are interested in and take it from there . i can say i love this better as social media , no algoritme or ads or coentent push into your throat

yes follow the hashtag that you are interested in and take it from there . i can say i love this better as social media , no algoritme or ads or coentent push into your throat

What I like about #damus is it appears there is no algorithm for what is shown to me other than connections I have with others. Is this correct?

#asknostr

I don't think of NOSTR as content creators and consumers. For me, this concept has already been overcome and proven not to be functional in the long term.

I see NOSTR as interaction between people, some seeking help or opinions and others helping and giving opinions. ZAPs come from this interaction; those who help receive ZAPs and those who receive help make ZAPs. Therefore, more ZAPs were made than received, and clearly more people were helped than they helped, which is a good thing because many of their questions were clarified.