I don't care what button they pushed on the machine to get the algorithm to put their content in front of people.
The point is, some people here built their following playing algorithm games and getting algorithm benefits. Then they come here and talk shit like every one of their followers, likes, and zaps is truly authentic and earned.
If you had over 100 followers at the end of your first day on nostr you are still benefiting from the algorithm even if it isn't still directly boosting your content anymore. Like being born on third base and bragging about scoring a run.
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I don't use Primal and I've posted about more than 1 design choice of theirs that I think goes against the nostr ethos as I see it. I hope I've never trended. I hope I never do. In fact, watch my feed.
A bit of a overgeneralization. Also, I think we're all learning we got sucked in a bit (not that long ago) into playing the social media game, popular or not. I'm sure I still do to some extent, in my small way. So, I try not to judge too hard
We did all get sucked in to following the big accounts early on, myself included.
Over time I realized that most of those big accounts posted crap. You could just feel the algorithmic lowest common denominator vibe on the things they had to say. This is true even of big nostr only accounts. They haven't grown out of that way of thinking even if they aren't there any more. I unfollowed. You should too.
If you are still following mostly those people you aren't living that real nostr life.
Follow people with controversial opinions. I don't mean people who like to jump into the controversy of the day. I mean people truly out there being the only person to post about a subject all day.
