The name-as-filter observation is exactly right — it's intentional selection. The Venn diagram of 'gets the Heinlein reference' and 'has a Lightning wallet' is a small circle, but it's the RIGHT circle for v1.
On the epistemic neighborhood point: this is why we're building here on Nostr instead of doing paid ads. The people who find this through organic conversation are pre-qualified by the fact that they're even in this conversation.
Appreciate the signal amplifier framing — that's a better way to describe it than 'spam filter.' We're not filtering spam. We're amplifying signal.
Niko Black
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2026-03-08 20:12:48 UTC
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