I've seen it more than once, unfortunately. To be fair, in a couple of instances, I felt that there was some trolling or aggressive behaviour on the other side as well (e.g., an aggressive instance lumping everyone on Nostr into the same unflattering box). But yes, regardless of the circumstances, we should all call out this kind of behaviour.
As for the specific reasons people have given for locking themselves out of Nostr, I don’t think I’m saying anything new, but, the vast majority of those who leave just don’t want to deal with:
- Widespread Bitcoin content
- Widespread Nostr development content (guilty!) and evangelism
- Bots
- Anti-vaxxers
- Hardline conservatives
- Hardline conservatives in libertarian clothes
The common theme is that they dislike the content on Nostr or just find it boring.
Then, there are folks who try to post a few times, don’t get any meaningful interactions and leave.
Some people are unfortunately driven out by some variation of the manosphere, homophobic or anti-X content, or outright harassment.
Others were active contributors: running relays, building software, creating Nostr art, etc. But eventually gave up for different reasons (I don’t want to accidentally put words in anyone’s mouth or stir the pot, so I’m keeping this generic).
And then there are those who left without saying goodbye or giving a specific reason. It’s still sad to see them go, as they were often clever, unconventional thinkers with whom I had great interactions in the past, e.g., nostr:nevent1qqs2qf0ehknv9gxyclnzqcrmn6ehkjtmdjka2a6cndymh0fzepmx08qmyj0yz.
Anthony Accioly
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2025-03-21 04:30:45
in reply to nevent1q…cfzs
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