Something changed for me recently.
After having my X account suspended for two weeks — simply for posting two long DMs — I saw something with fresh eyes:
Nostr isn’t just a protocol. It’s a lifeline.
It’s freedom, rebuilt from the ground up. No gatekeepers, no shadowbans, no arbitrary rules enforced by faceless mods doing the bidding of governments or advertisers.
That’s when it hit me:
I’m now a Nostr maxi.
There is no second best.
I used to appreciate Nostr. Now I understand it.
I’ve felt what censorship really is — and I’ve seen how fast it can happen to voices that refuse to conform.
You don’t realize how fragile your voice is until someone else has the power to mute it.
Nostr changes that.
Permanently.
So to all the OGs in this space — those who’ve been building, relaying, coding, writing, zapping, and defending freedom before I fully woke up —
thank you.
I might be relatively new here, but I’m all in now.
Because once you taste uncensorable speech, you never go back.
The protocol is the protest.
Nostr is home.
@DownWithBigBrother
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Getting rugpulled is a fast way to learn.
I didn’t choose to become a Nostr maxi. The system made me one, though I knew deep down it was where it was going to end.
For a while, I was just starting to build a voice on X. Nothing huge — around 2,200 followers — but I was connecting with people, sharing thoughts, and gaining traction on some important topics. X currently is better for wider conversation and bringing people to the light.
One of those posts really took off. I was raising serious questions about the UK’s opaque central bank bailouts — secret rescues of unknown banks, pension funds, and insurers. It resonated.
And not long after…
I was locked out of my account.
No warning. No appeal.
Just two long DMs and a couple of uncomfortable truths — and suddenly I was cut off from everything I’d built.
That’s when it clicked: you don’t own your voice on these platforms. They do.
They give you a feed — but it’s not your feed.
They give you an audience — but only until it becomes inconvenient.
They give you speech — but only if it stays within the Overton window.
That’s not freedom. That’s conditional expression under constant surveillance.
