Hi. I'm new to nostr. I dont really like bitcoin, or encryption or whatever, but I got mad at BlueSky for political reasons and I'm looking for a new home. P.s ... All I see are bitcoin posts, surfers and a few pics of naked dudes with their butts in the air on sunny days. Is that normal here? #asknostr

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twentyone 4 days ago
Welcome! There is a lot of bitcoin on Nostr but there’s also some other really cool stuff like pottery, leather works, cooking, food products, rug makers, artists, homesteaders, permaculture, and much much more. Just May take some time to find and follow people that share your interests and passions. It’s worth the effort especially if you are more draw to the simple yet important things in life and especially authenticity.
Welcome, new 7 month old account! Hope you have a good time, and have fun staying poor.
I dunno. I'm looking for an echo chamber with strict moderation. Mayne I'm in the wrong place. Loke, it didnt even recommend anything for me. I think I've been shadow banned.
No protection for anything. You can post anything. Individuals may block you if they don't like what you say. There's no central servers or admins that can block, ban or censor you. There are groups you can join. If you're interested in movies, Ford V8 engines or land rights for gay whales, you'll find like minded people. One problem, or benefit, depending on your view, is there's no algorithm to push things to you. You have to explore and discover shit for yourself. Nostr requires more effort by you to find shit you're interested in than other social media. But, it's worth the effort.
Maybe, maybe not lol...the good thing is you can create your own mute lists and curate your follow list to only see stuff you want. Mute users and keywords you don't care about and you're good to go.
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Phil 4 days ago
Not true (as I mine Bitcoin while surfing naked)!
Like xrp except it's Bitcoin using a 2nd layer network to transfer money, which xrp can't do because it's nothing more than a MySQL database run by a scammer.
haha! relatively normal, but you can choose who to follow, and you won't be fed stuff through an algorithm Just do a search for stuff you like, and find your favorite follows that way. And post!! post stuff that you're interested in so that the next people who join and look for related topics can find you. Welcome!
When you will be deep in the rabbit hole you’ll understand. In suggest to stick around until then.
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Sunami 4 days ago
You can also enjoy some music on apps like ours!
simply put, bitcoin users and developers are the community that most abounds in 'nostr' but you can easily avoid bitcoin and focus on other things. I'm more of a cartoonist and the months I was here it's really worth it, so don't worry
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Super Fresh 4 days ago
Hey, we post cleaning vids from time to time.
Yes its a very bitcoin centric platform which initially put me off to. Make sure your on relays like mostr.pub to also bridge in non nostr content. That helps a lot when you then search for content you like. I don't know what app you picked but global timelines always suck on any app. Use aggregation feeds and search instead. Follow people who arent coiners and then you can enjoy it more.
Hey welcome 👋 to Nostr. It’s awesome here! If you’d like something different follow us. My wife and I live aboard a boat and try and share what that’s like ⛵️ hope it inspires others to ditch the system and to live their own life.
The trending feed on primal is just hodl and corndalorian trying to zap farm. It's a shame that primal hides content from other clients. Because it makes I feel like nostr is empty
“P.s ... All I see are bitcoin posts, surfers and a few pics of naked dudes with their butts in the air on sunny days. Is that normal here” So wait… it’s not like this over in Bluesky? What do they even talk about? 🤔
The best stuff. How gay life is. Trump. Post-capitalist collectivism. But this one guy was totally a nazi. I could just tell. But when I reported him the moderator blew me off. So now I'm here.
It is not official yet, but we did sign some messages together and all... then I got a node of approval, lightning fast too...
This note made me think about why bitcoin is important to me and if it is getting a bit too one sided... spoiler: I am truly happy I found bitcoin... let me explain why, it is not about the money or getting rich. Learned from bitcoin from a friend, who was mining. So, I jumped in with him, as a developer, my skills where a good addition. He just went mining because of the financials back then. We had a great time and made some (lunch) money with it. When at home mining got less and less profitable we called it a day... he started trading and I went on with life. Still, after a year or so, bitcoin popped back up on my radar by chance and started to read up on what it actually was and solved. It blew my mind! It made me rethink all I knew and learned about miney and financials. But it did not stop there, once I figured out what effect fiat has on all other things... food, media, education, politics, war and all other things it touches... I felt unrooted. It took me quite a while to get a new footing. Because of this I made a lot of changes in my life. No tv, no "news" websites, started to make my own bread, healthy food, more independence around the house (garden, firewood, small mortgage and shrinking, etc). Reading a lot more books now... it got me to a point in life where I have a beautiful family, crazy dog and created my oen company that is fully automated. It gives me 100% control over my time, creating the way to do whatever I want, whenever I want it. To me, this is true freedom, call it true wealth. Forever greatful 🫶 View quoted note →
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Peace K 🪙 4 days ago
Like anything that interests you. From philosophy to architecture
welcome to the #nostr tribe. #introductions Majorirty of the people here love to talk about #btc bcoz of cypherpunk tech that nostr is built on. However, not everyone. There are niche in here too. But you have to do a more effort at finding them by engaging and searching bcoz there is no active algo that pushes content for you or personalised for you. If you can check my profile and if you are interested on my content, you are welcome to join me in my journey 🫂☺️. Otherwise, keep finding the content you fancy. 👌c u around 😉
You’re going to be Orange pilled here. I caution you that the Bitcoin rabbit hole is endless and rewarding. Welcome.
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Ankh- Morpok 4 days ago
Yep. Pretty much sums it up. Also there’ll be an occasional ‘war’ with one group of bitcoiners calling the other group of bitcoiners retards.
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KrP 4 days ago
Get ready to be Orange Pilled 😆
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I dunno. Its all decentralized and stuff. Perfect money seems like it will cause problems for the systems I've grown to depend on. Encryption is for drug dealers. Its just like beanie babies. Quantum will Crack it. BTC is just digital tulips. Is it even legal?