This is an interesting feature that I think nostr apps should incorporate. I view nostr as a tribe building engine. In legacy social media, users are algorithmically inventivized to follow and prop up influencers, and everyone is in a rage baiting rat race to get more engagement for potential revenue from social media overlords like Elon. The result is slop, predictably. I think things are arranged differently here on nostr where people naturally gravitate toward a group of like minded people. I mean this happens on legacy SM, but the algorithm isn't geared toward that type of community building. I have a feeling that "influencers" don't really thrive here, and we should be building around that and cultivating an toxic environment that rejects legacy influencer behavior. Growth on nostr should be about which tribes you're affiliated with, and your reputation with them, rather than how many mindless followers you've got. View quoted note →

Well this essay explains what's happening:

Amjad Taha, Muslim Brotherhood Maxxing and the Emirati Dysinfluencer Factory

Inside an AI-powered influence network linking Emirati influencers, pseudo-news sites, and the European far right

"The pseudo-news sites examined are low-quality content mills: opaque editorial structures, AI-generated material, recycled accounts, and a focus on social media reach rather than readership. Crucially, they often drop pointed propaganda and disinfo" View quoted note →

Bismillah

Dave Chappelle is correct in pointing out that influencers are a negative because they're "internet people", Charlie Kirk included (sorry if this pisses you off, but influencers have no souls) It almost seems like Chappelle would be the perfect candidate to onboard to Nostr, but I think he's just anti internet in general. But he may be swayed to make an anon nostr account. Would be an interesting conversation to have with him.

Another one. Zap em View quoted note →

Total SAIF victory https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/british-influencer-misnamed-misidentified-online-alleged-bondi-beach-gunman-2025-12-18/

But seriously what the heck is happening with the UAE recently?? It's like they recently cut their propaganda funding or they're using some shit tier promotional/marketing agency. I don't remember it being this egregious, or maybe I'm just now noticing. It's comical how bad it is.

"Whereas May derives both his meta-ethics and his political theory from the same source, namely, anarcho-capitalism, Assange shares his meta-ethics with virtue ethics and the romantic tradition but draws upon cybernetics and communication studies for his political theory. If one of the primary meta-ethical insights of crypto justice is that unjust societies tend to destroy the virtue of justice that is part of humanity’s inherently good nature, then the political theory of crypto justice diagnoses the institutions of power in an unjust society through a cybernetic theory of the state." View quoted note →

Bookmarking this for when I install @GrapheneOS soon View article →

Tim May just like me fr 😊 View quoted note →

Brother and I are printing some @SeedSigner cases Just need the rest of the parts to build my own hardware wallet!

Currently reading. It's interesting to note that there are essentially two overall cypherpunk paradigms: "crypto anarchy" and "crypto justice". The former was promoted by Timothy May and the latter promoted by Julian Assange.

Once again I'd like to remind everyone that the ebook is free If you found it to be beneficial, please send it to your families, communities, and local imams and whoever else would be interested This is THE book to orange pill any Muslim! View quoted note →

Can't wait to try this! The interface looks smooth View quoted note →

Interesting, and predictable, to see governments everywhere sprinting toward mandatory ID checks for age verification just for people to do anything online We're watching the internet get fenced in platform by platform. I suspect this crackdown will end up accelerating Nostr adoption inshaAllah. Get ready for the next wave!

Allah karim