The core of nostr's filter trap is simple:
You probably don't know anyone irl on nostr, so if you just start posting without replying to others, you have no followers. Your posts go into a void.
If you look for other people's posts to reply and make yourself known, everyone's just constantly spamming ideological bullshit. If you call them out for that, you start getting muted and filtered.
If you're too nice to call them out for it, you'll just focus on being nice to people you like, and the horde will notice you being nice to people they hate, so you still start getting muted and filtered.
People can sense this a mile away, but they're not smart enough to coordinate against it so far. You can ask people to join nostr to back you up against the horde, but they won't really do it, they just think it's pointless.
This is how nostr blocks change and forces the shitty culture to continue.
🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit
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2026-08-21 21:20:23 UTC
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