Silberengel on Nostr: Well, neighbors aren't necessarily friends, right? And they're not fans, right? But ...
Well, neighbors aren't necessarily friends, right? And they're not fans, right? But they're also probably not our enemies.
They're just people we tend to be near, because some accident of fate located us near to them, and we bump into them or cross paths, regularly. We say, "GM 👋 ". We stand at the fence and tell them about our last hike or how we've changed our diet and which books we're reading. We really like each other, or we sort of don't, but we prefer to keep on good terms because humans are social animals and we like having someone familiar respond to our "GM" with a "GM".
And we instinctively know that the people we keep bumping into, over and over, are somehow more significant than a random selection of people. And we also somehow sense, that the people they choose to hang out with, would probably be people we'd be interesting in meeting, than a random selection of people. So, if they invite us over to their house for a party, we'd be more likely to agree, than if some complete stranger did.
And where do our neighbors live? They live in the place next door. Well, what is "next door" to a relay? A different relay, of course! That's where our Nostr Neighbors live: they live in the relay next door.
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2024-09-25 16:35:53Event JSON
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