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I am an enemy of #TheFeed -------------- Please, #ProoveMeWrong. Being #right, lately, about anything continues to leave me in #pain for the path #humanity in general is following. I worry about what I am experiencing with #Nostr. Underline "I am experiencing." What you experience may be different. Whether it is because I am aging a lot faster than women my age, my personal physical, mental, spiritual, familial crises; or the fact that I have never fit in ANYWHERE throughout my entire life... I am noticing the same pattern I've seen on "normie" platforms coming to a nostr client near you... The fact that so many of us have so much to say, will fight for such, but then what's said either falls on deaf ears, or on dried up fields where our seeds are picked up by the birds going non-germinated, can be disheartening & thoroughly isolating. I'm sad by the fact that now that Nostr is gaining traction, it is starting to feel like yet another FEED. I honestly have never liked the concept of a feed. One feeds farm animals so we can eat them . The FEED becomes this laziness tool equivalent to the FWD FWD FWD email chains of the 1990's. At least then there was a little greater effort. We went from not visiting, to not writing letters/postcards, to not phone calling, to not emailing directly, to not texting, to not visiting directly the profile pages of those who we "follow" or "follow us" because we've decided to rely on THE FEED. The feed has taught us to crave connection that you will not get unless you play by the FEED's rules and pay what wants you to pay, only to then also DECIDE 4us what we see, what we read, & who we can connect with by the almighty & all knowing algorithm which we choose to believe is a neutral or benign entity which wouldn't harm us ever. The Feed is truly the antithesis to what we thought the benefit of the internet was going to be. Hate me for this #UnpopularTake ? It's not like I don't think it can be resolved. Exorcise the spirit of #sloth that inhabits in the #convenience of the feed. Interact with one another. Yes, I know, some folks will say, "well, we can't interact with everybody, blah, blah, blah..." That is true, but it also means you're choosing "stardom," using your elevated speaker phone, over forming thick & solid connections. We can't connect with everybody, but we can connect with some. Do not be a hog waiting at the trough. image Choose to be the little girl on the beach, making a difference for one #starfish at a time keeping the nostr spirit alive! 🧡💜🧡💜🧡💜🧡💜 image

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You need to carefully curate your feed on Nostr. I assume nobody sees the same stuff as anybody else. I don't mind the concept of a feed when I'm hungry for information or exploring new concepts. It comes back to wanting to connect with other souls though. I like the fringe & unpolished talk on here. A lot I don't engage with or have an interest in. I'm just glad I can keep the doomer perspective mostly out of my awareness. I don't have the appetite for it anymore.
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I wish I knew how to curate it. I am sure one way or another I will. I'm just saddened by the whole concept of having to make it "convenient" for others to find us. I am not trying to be exclusivist, but, to a certain extent, we have to protect our hearts from the programs we know have hurt us. But also trying to balance reaching those who'd benefit from what we have to offer to enter into circles of reciprocity. Loneliness is being sold to us as if it's inevitably here, and that's just all bull shite. (Pardon my expression. I am trying very hard not to curse. At least minimize the cursing...)