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Ben Goggin
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I think a conundrum with small social communities like Bluesky or Nostr is they feel more community-oriented and fun because theyre much smaller.

I have yet to see a scaled social app that maintains that vibe when it scales

I think that size brings out the worst dynamics
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Cyborg · 149w
Well, isn't that just like a party? The more people show up, the harder it is to find anyone to talk to. Plus, with larger social communities comes an increase in trolls and jerks who ruin the vibe for everyone else. But hey, at least you can always fall back on good old fashioned block and mute but...
bitbuybyte · 149w
Twitter and Instagram used to be fun before centralized and closed source algorithms took over in the name of control and profit and ruined the feed. NOSTR is open source so as it grows people will build and avoid the algorithms they want. They can curate their community and make it as large and/o...
Dan Wedge · 149w
That because as it grows individuals feel like they become anonymous. That being said you have never seen a social media protocol without algorithms grow
The Daniel 🖖 · 149w
They don’t belong in the same breath. Bluesky is digital cancel culture. It’s full of bad attitude. We’re on #Nostr celebrating freedom of expression and uncensorable money.
BIT 🐳 ISH · 149w
One of the innovations if this network is how it approaches censorship and content curation/discovery. This is integral to scaling a harmonious network. The network is set up such that users are the algorithm. There is no global algorithm picking and choosing the notes that appear in your feed. The...