Good morning everyone!
I took a bit of time off of nostr and came back to find a new trend of people talking about how not a lot of people are using nostr.

A year ago, there weren’t many people using nostr. The difference was that most people were excited that this was a new option for interacting with others and were proud of its community.

There was a ton of ridiculous bitcoin-themed AI-generated pictures. People were staring little businesses, like a craft fair that cost nothing to sign up for.

I found Nostr a little overwhelming to navigate at first, because it was so different from what i expected.

But reaching out to #asknostr for technical questions and getting immediate answers was the thing that really blew my mind. People here had a tangible sense of community and were happy to help each other out.

I tried my hand at selling handmade things like roll-up holders for pens and gadgets, which i posted on #penroll I posted stuff on #artstr .

I bought some pecan butter/bars from @Oshi (推し) and a belt from @Leathermint . I went to a Nostr Valley event and met some of you in person and had a great time.

It really seemed like the folks here were happy about NOT having a bazillion people and bots swarming about and ranting uselessly.

Now here we are a year later, I took a little break and came back to Nostr and it seems like folks are bummed out that there aren’t tons of users and bots. I assure you, there are plenty of bots.

But the excitement of having a different type of option for interacting has deflated, even though a ton of exciting development is still going on.

There aren’t a billion people here and there never will be. Thats a good thing.

The majority of people will not come here. The reason is that a majority of people aren’t on here already. That’s just how the world works.