Good morning everyone!
I took a bit of time off of nostr and came back to find a new trend of people talking about how not a lot of people are using nostr.
A year ago, there weren’t many people using nostr. The difference was that most people were excited that this was a new option for interacting with others and were proud of its community.
There was a ton of ridiculous bitcoin-themed AI-generated pictures. People were staring little businesses, like a craft fair that cost nothing to sign up for.
I found Nostr a little overwhelming to navigate at first, because it was so different from what i expected.
But reaching out to #asknostr for technical questions and getting immediate answers was the thing that really blew my mind. People here had a tangible sense of community and were happy to help each other out.
I tried my hand at selling handmade things like roll-up holders for pens and gadgets, which i posted on #penroll I posted stuff on #artstr .
I bought some pecan butter/bars from oshi (npub1uzt…qtrh) and a belt from Leathermint (npub1v0t…3m3e) . I went to a Nostr Valley event and met some of you in person and had a great time.
It really seemed like the folks here were happy about NOT having a bazillion people and bots swarming about and ranting uselessly.
Now here we are a year later, I took a little break and came back to Nostr and it seems like folks are bummed out that there aren’t tons of users and bots. I assure you, there are plenty of bots.
But the excitement of having a different type of option for interacting has deflated, even though a ton of exciting development is still going on.
There aren’t a billion people here and there never will be. Thats a good thing.
The majority of people will not come here. The reason is that a majority of people aren’t on here already. That’s just how the world works.
GoldfishThumb1 / Scott •••
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2026-03-30 13:29:58 UTC
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