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215 sats \ 4 replies \ @SimpleStacker 11h \ on: Why people leave nostr (and SN?) nostr

It's hard for me to comment because I don't understand why people use Twitter, much less Nostr.

I find Twitter's interface to be confusing and hard to sustain a conversation with.

The only thing it seems good for is shareability. Tweets are very shareable, I guess. Perfect for hot takes.

I much prefer SN's more traditional message board format. I must be in a minority though.

When that person said people are leaving Nostr and going back to their algorithmic echo chamber... I wonder if it's even that. Maybe people find that they can't leave Twitter because they get stuck in an endless loop of responding to hot takes.

72 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 10h

I don't think I've ever had a good conversation on Twitter. I've certainly discovered a lot of information (either links or people or events or products) that have been useful to me. Twitter is good at discovery. But nothing like SN for conversations.

30 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 11h

I think dunking on "the other side" is part of the echo chamber dynamic.

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 10h

I think the other aspect is if you're genuinely trying to influence public opinion. Some Twitter users are actually at that level. Obviously, most are not. But that could be why some people just prefer the place that has the most users.

80 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 10h

Agreed. I often wish that Dave Smith and Michael Malice were hanging out on nostr (or even better on SN), but then I remind myself that they have legitimately enormous reach that might be making some impact on normies.