During Covid is when I deleted every post I had ever made in 15 years on Facebook because I could see the direction it was going. I would not call it worse then than now, though. They are still banning and shadow banning like crazy. We still can’t even say the word “vaccine” pretty much anywhere. Maybe X now, but still there is no organic reach on X anymore. View quoted note →

Just as an update from “normie internet” for those who are Nostr-only: Perhaps the most dangerous thing that is happening is the psychological manipulation of public opinion through siloing users with interest-or-outrage algorithms plus providing near zero protection against AI-driven bot armies in the comments, that give the illusion of consensus for extremism on both “sides”. I read the JFK files, so I have my suspicions about who this benefits and it isn’t the American public. The second most dangerous thing happening is the censorship. The content moderation (or “community guidelines”) on other social media apps has gotten absolutely insane. I have to speak in code to keep my videos up because even saying the word Trump or Palestinian, for example, will get me throttled or flagged. Saying Russia or Israel gets me bot-swarmed and then flagged. Smh. Political topics have become completely blacklisted (now that the election is over 🙄) and now conspiracy topics are also being shut down. I’m attaching an image of my “saved videos” tab from TikTok so yall can just get a feeling for how many videos are being taken down. I have garnered 100k+ followers, but an average video of mine gets about 2k views, so what’s even the point of having that large of an audience? I’m not monetized for views on tiktok because when I tried their monetization program, my views went down to 200. I suppose that’s “legal censorship” of employees, so I quit taking their hush money. But yeah if you’re looking around wondering what is happening to our culture… that’s what’s happening. We need a true public square, and that’s what I think NOSTR is helping to create. Keep ya head on a swivel. Love yall. #grownostr

I’m about to make another NOSTR recruitment video over on the ol’ Tickety Tok before it’s decommissioned (for Americans) on the 17th. I’m not even sad about TikTok getting banned this time because the censorship is truly out of control over there. (It’s out of control on meta too, but they’ve really cracked down on TikTok in the past 23 months). It’s not fun anymore honestly. But I will miss my mutuals. Maybe I’ll convince some of them to come here and hang out.

The mainstream social platforms have gotten so tiresome. The algorithms have everyone in their own filter bubble so that it’s like no one is experiencing the same reality, and everyone is convinced and self-righteous about their version of reality. The “moderation” has become so intense and sensitive that I got a strike on my account for saying “ku klux klan jokes really aren’t funny right now for white or black people” yet hundreds of actual bullying comments calling conservatives klansmen were given a pass? What? I’m not even conservative, but I think the whole “all conservatives are extremists” bullshit is unhelpful and not in my own self interest as someone who doesn’t want us to have another civil war… but apparently that’s controversial and I just need to shut up? Nostr is the only place that makes sense anymore. Smh.

My book in the wild! 🤩

POLL — when my new book Nontoxic Masculinity: A Celebration of Good Men launches on Aug 1, I get to add a teaser chapter to the listing. The book is a collection of stories about men (real & myth) who represent the 12 archetypes of masculinity and what we can learn from them. My question to you is: which chapter should I post as a teaser? 1. The Warrior 2. The Magician 3. The King 4. The Lover 5. The Joker 6. The Hero 7. The Caregiver 8. The Sage 9. The Explorer 10. The Innocent 11. The Rebel 12. The Creator