When you lay it out that way... Side note - isn't it strange how little of an idea we have what is on the minds of the average Chinese person, in this super-connected age? Boggles my mind often.

Do indians care about freedom of speech? Most Americans don’t care enough to use NOSTR or Signal.

Instagram is huge in India. Like incredibly huge. Think hundreds of millions of people easily over half a billion. Besides multiple organic ecosystems of businesses, freelancers and artists, there's also a lot of political content over there making fun of, memeing and criticising all sides of the political spectrum. And people speak multiple languages, lot of them with over tens of millions of native and exclusive speakers, so they likely wouldn't understand things in the first place to be able to know what to censor. They can't censor all of it simply because of the sheer numbers and diversity 😂 Adoption-wise, the ability to make accounts private is a big deal for people like me who aren't public personalities and just want people in my circles alone to see my posts.

I'm an Indian and Bitcoin, Nostr and freedom tech, Libertarianism and Austrian economics are on my mind 24/7/365

everyone is an individual except when they relinquish their autonomy

Signal isn't sneaky