I am not sure how to feel about nostr's loss of Snowden. Do we let him be, or try to solve his technical problems? It seems like tor is an excuse to move away from nostr and not a reason.

Widespread success of a social media depends on adoption by big names because that's the majority of people's reason for showing up in the first place.

For now, I say its not important to draw big names. We have a technology that is bigger than any group of celebreties, and it is continually expanding its capabilities. Eventually nostr will naturally consume and/or force adoption by all private platforms.