I feel you but do you think there are two forks. Or a fork and a knife. 🍴
I think that having our own space socially is good. Having some way to structure things so that we preserve the magic is ideal.
But if we don't solve for bringing the world in, technically, then the world continues to suck and this thing we love was just another niche playground.
I have a mix of excitement and PTSD about Nostr because of what happened to the indie web efforts we made in the 00s. It was so similar. Same hopes and dreams, same energy, same promise.
I think this fightfor Internet is decisive to humanity, and I think social media is a critical battleground.
Let's figure out how to save the normies from themselves this time. If not for their sake, for ours. We've gotta scale to win.
That doesn't mean we should pander and build garbage though. You are totally right. "Twitter with more steps" loses anyway. Be should build something new and far better.
But we DO have to solve for adoption too. Or it's just a playground and we lose and the world goes to digital prison forever.
Sorry if that comes out a little dramatic, but not sorry because I mean it.
Take heart! We can win!