I left Facebook moments after Charlie Kirk was killed because I was afraid of seeing people I know and love celebrate demonically over his gruesome public murder.
I left X today because everything has gone full circle. The gaslighting, the fake outrage of text messages, the meaningless protests that leaves the average American at a loss when they’re late to work over traffic disruptions.
I need to get to know this app. I want to connect, stay informed and feel a little more free.
I’m no intellect or academic. I’m average. My moral compass is strong, my faith in God is becoming stronger as my hate towards evil goes from intense flames to smoldering charcoal.
Forgiveness/the art of letting go is the path to enlightenment and it’s really hard.
Letting go mid-bad faith debate on X just now wasn’t so hard, but I feel some empowerment.
Hope I can get to know all of this. Thanks for reading.
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@Derek Ross get in here, show her the ropes!
Welcome friend! I am another nostr wife, happy you’re here 🫂
Welcome 👋
my man!
welcome to nostr and the decentralized social future of communication!
Hello and welcome
Awesome!! Thanks for the warm welcome!
Happy to be here!
Welcome to Nostr 🫶🏻
Welcome, new friend! We love newbies here. Please don't hesitate to #asknostr if you need help. (Or any of us that have welcomed you today.) We seem a little rough around the edges here but we're mostly kind and thoughtful. Mostly.
Getting away from toxic platforms is great.
I hope you haven’t been lead to believe that this protocol is the opposite of what you loathe and despise, here every user is free to speak as they wish.
Not discouraging you but if you think you’re leaving one side of a coin, and arriving at the other, that’s not what nostr is. This is every side of the coin.
The positive part though is, yes we are free to speak.
But YOU are the filter, YOU control what you see. Curate your follows, and mute people who do not contribute to your positivity. You are the admin, the moderator… you’re the nostritch.
GMPV and welcome!
👊💯🫂🔱
Welcome to the #nostronly club 🫂 The next stage is #onlyzaps
Hi 👋🏾
Yea, I fully grasped that jumping in and thanks for putting into words so well!
Thank you so much! 😊
you're in for a treat
Welcome!
I just left as well
Welcome! Everyone is so helpful so just ask if you have questions. Use the #asknostr on your note And people will be there to help
Also,
Month 1: Ahh! This is refreshing and weird.
Month 2: OK… these people are all nuts.
Month 3: I am also retarded! 👀
Mute accounts that suck, reply to stuff that doesn’t, don’t be alarmed by temporary day-long threads on the most retarded stuff you’ve ever seen on social media. 😉
Governments suck. Libs are retarded.
Never underestimate stupid people in large numbers 🙃
I see this as you and me. Lmao.
But I think you're taller.
This is pretty accurate.
Welcome! Follow #coffeechain for a daily good morning & pictures of coffee cups. Just the way to ataet the day!
Welcome
Bahaha that’s totally us 😂
But I have shit posture so I shrink myself
Welcome! How did you discover nostr? Which app are you using? Happy to have you here!
Just the fact that you realized what those places were doing to you speaks highly of your wisdom. I didn't until after I had already left, although I suppose it must have been my subconscious causing me to do it in the first place 😄 Welcome!
Welcome 🙏🏻😄
WELCOME. #NOSTR is much better since I arrived 2 years ago. I am still learning, and can use some, but not all features. Trying to figure out ZAP & Lightning! So much better that X/Twitter, IMHO. Best wishez!
Lmfao
I’ll fit in just fine.
What was your reason? Just curious.
Thanks! Happy to be here!
My husband
@JackTheMimic introduced it to me awhile back, but I wasn’t super committed.
I’m on iOS so the “app” is Nostur
What a kind thing to say. Thank you!
It’s not my first time abandoning either of those apps, tbh. Facebook was easier on my mental health than X. I started X the day Charlie Kirk died to get quick news updates. I only lasted 6 weeks.
NICE 👍
Your husband knows what he’s talking about. This is the place to be!
Welcome!! This is the place to be. Take your time, be consistent and have fun. Feel free to speak your mind here and feel at ease while doing so
"I was afraid of seeing people I know and love celebrate demonically"
🤔
How does the sand taste down there? Nostr/life will be more fun if you learn to see things as they are not as you want them to be.
Welcome! We have all flavors here - no flavors are excluded.
It's the difference between "won't" and "can't".
🫂
Good reasons to be here. Welcome!
You left places; by using Nostr you did not enter another one, you just gave yourself the means to be at, or shape yourself, any place you want.
Goodluck
good writing 👍
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