I have realized overtime since switching from Twitter primarily to Nostr, I have realized that really all traditional social media has the same vibe, “Like me, follow me, Buy my course, Ect.” When I was on X and first came to Nostr, I was stuck in this mentality, really wanted people to notice/like me and was desperate for attention. I tried this approach on Twitter for a while but although I had 2000+ follows on there (most bots) I got no attention and everyone ignored me, except one user I was kinda friends with, don’t know what happened to them now anyway.

When I switched to Nostr I again tried this same approach, wanted to get attention any way I could, it was bad and I did many things that came across spammy and annoying and it really hurt the trust the community had in me.

Many people called me out and honestly most of them were right in doing so, some are my friends now today and some still call me out. That’s their call and business and I don’t have a problem with them.

The reason I am saying this isn’t to try to get attention, the reason I am saying this is because I have noticed Nostr slowly adopting these same practices largely like X, and I don’t want that to happen.

Nostr should not and is not meant to be a place to farm engagement, it’s supposed to be a decentralized place for people to share their ideas and thoughts with each other.

So please new Nostr users, don’t do what I did. Build genuine connections with people and share your passions, and you will find your tribe.

That’s it, love this place. 🐶❤️