The saddest thing IMHO is that many of those "elite nostr users" like you call them, are a default follow on #Primal..
Without that, they wouldn't have or grow as bigger in n. Of folower, because on #nostr if you don't actively engage your npub will not be organically visible..
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That's how elitism usually works. It's an attention funnel. More people arriving hardly changes who the elites are, it merely adds more people deferring to the same elites.
Celebrities are famous for being famous.
But there are actually large npubs who rarely engage. They got a lot of follows when they arrived, and just kept them because most people never curate their list.
Also, newbies often copy other people's lists, so they take on and follow those npubs, even if they're not actively engaging.
Absolutely true! I have started to unfollow any hig users that doesn't reply to comments or never boost others..
So true, and Primal first follow list is like free farming for them..
Yeah trending feed is also something I don't like.. easy to fake, and often same people because large follows number and so more replies and reactions.. vicious circle.
I'm almost exclusively on #amethyst... Since I'm on my phone more than anything. Plus I like the functionality of it. I get frustrated with other platforms.
Why does that list exist and how is it maintained?
Th why I dp believe was because of the issue for new users to not follow anyone.. but I do believe would better to create a list that changes depending on hastag, or topic or words nost used. So like "Show me the users that use #bitcoin words more, or "economic" "nature" "art" and so on..
A static list is nosense..
That's yucky. There should be no default follows except maybe Tom from MySpace.
There should be only DEV as first follow.. the main one that worked on nostr clients and protocol.. that's the only "elite" I would be ok to be shilled.. they do the work, they often are not acknowledged.
they deserve it ... selling your soul to the devil should be rewarded with follows 😂
Since we are the devils, we could at least follow them 😂💜🫂🍀🤙🔥😜
