I could complain about Elon and Twitter, on Twitter, without getting shadowbanned. I didn't need Elon to follow me and recommend me, on Twitter, for people to see me. That's a distinction, with a difference.

This may well be an accurate description of the current status of the nostrverse. But, I don't think it's the big Npubs' fault. I rather think this is mostly the inevitable dynamic that occurs in a system that's designed in this way (no feed algorithms at all). And I think it's kind of a bootstrap dynamic that mostly characterises the beginning of the network. After this initial phase I'd assume that other dynamics will evolve. New social circles/ sub communities will form around high impact accounts that have nothing to do with the initial big Npubs. So I think we need patience and we'll get slow evolution, because every npub is slowly bootstrapping their way according to their interests.

The slow evolution of each npub's follow list is where I'd like more tools from the client devs. I'd like features that help me with systematic management of my follow list(s). Example: Give me a single button on each note (accessible without _any_ additional tap/click, so that it's minimal effort) to mark the note as "interesting/relevant to me". Then show me statistics from these marks so that I can directly see for all my followed npubs: - number of notes seen in the last x days - % of these notes marked as relevant - ...

Plot twist: I didn't realize I wasn't following you until just now because people I follow boost you a lot. 😂

Granted that visibility should not be a claimed right, the basic difference is that Nostr offers a basic feed (the fake “Global”) that is so chaotic that it is used by few to discover new content. I think the solution is to create one's own circle and with that go and merge with other micro groups, thereby growing the social graph. And at the same time enhance the discoverability of content through search and thematic structures. Shadowbanning does not seem to me at all the correct term for the current situation.

You must follow very clever people.

It's the correct term, when done in a coordinated, intentional manner. Even when I'm recommended as additions to the lists and etc. (which happens not infrequently), they just ignore the recommendations or explain that I'm not the sort of person who should be on the list. Who is "the correct sort of person"? Anyone but me. Anyone but me is the correct sort of person. Okay, that's fine, but that just means the client isn't intended for use by anyone who wouldn't think I was an incorrect person. I'm a litmus test. Perhaps they should write that in their advertisements: This client is not intended for use by anyone who might be tempted to read something written by Silberengel.