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I think at this point one reason I haven't deleted my fb account is because I have a decent network that I hope to successfully pursuade to join me here overtime and because I have lots of family and irl contacts there that allows me to stay connected to and in the know of what's happening in their lives. Also, my business page was hacked a few months ago and taken over. Eventually access was revoked from hackers but not returned to me. So I am just gathering emotional strength and focus to start a small claims court and sue meta. As I don't really want my page of 16+ years sitting there on the internet with several months of explicit vulgar daily content under my name representing me for the unforeseeable future. As far as X. I've turned off notifications. But I have linked it to nos.social so anything going up there comes from my Nostr account. Other than that I don't have energy to spend time there. I built my audience there over 16 years ago and majority of those contacts back then moved onto other platforms as I did a while back too (so my following count has become obsolete). So I don't have much exposure there but even a little is still something... In directing people over to Nostr. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I used to teach and have online training products for entrepreneurs and marketers for all the social media platforms and how to effectively use for online entrepreneurs including Twitter, fb, IG. But at some point I got super burned out and super turned off by it all... And soon the universe just hit a giant reset button by burning all those assets I'd built, which I took as a sign it's time for a new chapter or more so book. And the opportunities which I may have had and held there slowly faded away... I tried to keep some kind of engagement as I was going through a massive internal rearrangement and life shifts of value systems and paths... But ultimately unless you are diligently slave laboring for the algorithm Gods and selling your soul eventually any momentum I might have had ultimately died. Which is why I am hungry and yet excited and committed in investing my life force energy and full devotion to supporting the stability and growth of a protocol that aligns with my highest core values of freedom on every level. There is seriously not a bone or a tissue in my body that does not say "Noooooooo"to that old outdated paradigm and world. The opportunities that might have been there for me are non existent as the dissonance to it in my being is too loud. In reality I left those places long before I found Nostr. 🤷🏻‍♀️🌹🕊️🫂🤍🧿

cannot agree more

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this is a good booster not a bad booster (0_O)))) hearsay/dyor 864323

"Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.” – John Perry Barlow,

So when are you gonna start paying all the big influencers on the dominant platforms to move to nostr because that’s all the normies care about and that’s the standard…

You think staying on Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, or X is the key to opportunity? That's the illusion these centralized platforms want you to believe. They're not just controlling your opportunities; they're controlling you. Surveillance, censorship, manipulation—these platforms are the backbone of a modern social credit system, where your value is dictated by a handful of corporations. Bitcoin fixes this by decentralizing money. Nostr fixes this by decentralizing communication. Both free you from control by centralized entities. When you embrace Nostr, you're taking control of your digital identity, your data, and your future. Live on your terms, not theirs.

Is there an easy way to import someone else’s follow list? I feel like it’s harder to discover new people on here.

I'd say, use those accounts or platforms to drive traffic here. Let me explain. You open a store but no one knows about it other than the people within the neighbourhood. If you want to reach out beyond your town and neighbourhood, you need to have online exposure. You need somehow to use your existing accounts(tikrok, x, fb, etc) to focus about #nostr and drive them to come here. Yes, #nostr has a lot of opportunities. However, all is good for the early adopters . But for non-tech savvy, non-bitcoiners and slave to the centralised social media, it would not mean anything to them unless it affects their livelihood or affects the stuff that they truly cares — access to those platforms, family and income. So how do we invite them? Use the same platforms to raise awareness. Btw, this strategy was used by Tiktok that made Tiktok the way it is now (one of). People love incentives, other than censorship-resistant, what else can we offer? How do we convince people with over decades of work built on those social platform to move here? This is worth a ponder that our community must take seriously if we want to expand. Lastly, let's not forget to focus on the fundamental non-functional requirements for #nostr — relays' security (not long ago we were bombarded by spams and from a decent source, we have not had pentesting done for nostr). Food for thought. 🫂❤️

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Makes sense

WE'RE #NOSTRONLY 🫂🫡💜

This

I’m a full time dad and husband and member of my local community. The spare time I have to be social online is now spent on Nostr because it’s the type of online future I want for myself and my kids. Even if I wanted to, I wouldn’t even have time to waste trying to run accounts on other platforms. Life is too precious. It would be time wasted.

I quit Facebook and instagram 5 years ago and I am not missing anything! But LinkedIn is harder to quit. As much as it’s terrible, full of spam, etc, it’s a great place to reach out to former workplace proximity acquaintances. Is there a Nostr LinkedIn? Asking for a friend.

They dont get it. They will never understand that they need to starve the beast. Some dont walk the talk

My man, I’ve done this … all in, only NOSTR … both with a ‘nym and a real account. This has not been the way. I have no followers on my real account and the engagement I have with this account is very low. All caps doesn’t make something true. We’ve got to make this platform more useful for the “common user.” The influencer class barely uses this place and it seems their NOSTR content is inferior to what they post on twitter. The content for the common user is far inferior to the content on Twitter. If you don’t have followers then the value prop of this platform is difficult to manifest.

Moreover these centralized platforms have been extremely unfair to most Africans creators. They can’t content in a way… THANK GOD FOR NOSTR 💪

All caps sucks to read and makes you look childish... just sayin.

Bang on you beauty collar wearing mullet(?) freedom loving mutant warrior. Left FaceBunk easily 15 years ago. Never had ShitTik Left BlueBird before it was X. Pulled the plug on LinkedIn where I had by far my biggest network. Their hooks are closed walled gardens of control and toe the line non-sense. New doors, new trails, new freedom. A closed mind opens few doors— an open mind builds new opportunity!

Live free

#Nostr is amazing. What is quite annoying about social media is that society changes the goal posts all the time. In the sense that what was said 20 years ago has become wrong and you get called out about it. Will future generations judge us by their standards and from a different perspective. I am sure about this.

The future is now, old man View quoted note →

No, I want to be there coz I can reach people not on Nostr 🫡 Nostr is so fecking niche. I love it. But TikTok and Facebook speak to billions daily.

I left Twitter, but I’m still on Facebook cause I have people there that I can’t reach different way. Especially older ones for those it’s only social network that they ever been to.

Caps lock god is back. That keyboard is mad 💜🧡

Facebook is fake and ghey. Full of NPC, who the hell wants to be on there??

This would be a good Udemy topic

I left Facebook years ago and I regret it. I lost contact with a lot of people that I now want to be able to reach. NOSTR has it's place and it's not going anywhere. It doesn't need to overtake other platforms, just be what it is and continue to improve and it will happen. Small moves. Just like bitcoin. No one ever expected the world's economy to switch to bitcoin as a primary means of exchange over fiat dollars. Looking back it will feel fast but were in the middle and it takes baby steps sometimes.

PERFECT! WE ARE LIVING IN AN ERA WHERE DIGITAL FREEDOM IS LIMITED BY LARGE CENTRALIZED PLATFORMS THAT CONTROL OUR DATA AND, CONSEQUENTLY, OUR LIVES ONLINE. NOSTR EMERGES AS A POWERFUL ALTERNATIVE, RETURNING CONTROL TO THE USERS AND PROMOTING A TRULY DECENTRALIZED INTERNET. IT IS THE PATH TO REGAIN AUTONOMY AND PROTECT OUR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. LONG LIVE A FUTURE FREE FROM CENSORSHIP! 🫡

🫡YES. PEOPLE JUST DON’T GET IT YET

Tell Them!!!

When* Wrote this long ago —— Other Social media sites are pyramid schemes but instead of purchasing product: Users: • collect dopamine hits via likes & shares • form friendships without every meeting • willingly feed our data to be used For those in the back: we are the product being sold ———

You nailed it! Why let a few control our lives when we can take charge with Nostr? Let’s zap the old system out of existence! ⚡ I’ll keep fighting to make true freedom the standard. Together, we win!

You ain’t disappearing for a looong time bruh💀

I much prefer nostr but none of my "real life friends" use it. I certainly hope it's tales the place of Facebook in the future

We need numbers go up to quicken the process

Create and find opportunities that don't require these platforms. Build for people who explicitly reject the corporate surveillance status quo. They exist and they are not going to take it anymore. We can confirm - we talk to them every day. Opt out. View quoted note →

big blocks of ugly caps didn't read

Just means we have to flood these platforms with Nostr messaging I would think?