fiatjårêd. on Nostr: I created my Twitter account in 2008 (17 years ago), and it quickly became my only ...
I created my Twitter account in 2008 (17 years ago), and it quickly became my only real "social media" presence.
One highlight of mine on Twitter was tweeting about bitcoin in 2009, the first tweet on the platform with the word "cryptocurrency" (yes, Satoshi used it on the SourceForge page where the repo was originally hosted).
After a couple of years, I decided to switch the account to pseudonymous since years before I had emigrated resolutely into anarcho-land, and was becoming more vocal with my radical (I use this term positively) views. Mainly, I didn't want to cause strain in meatspace relationships, nor unnecessarily draw the ire of state agents. Also, nyms are just cool.
At some point in the past 6-8 years or so (pre-Covid) I started noticing less engagement across the board. People would tell me they couldn't see all of my posts or replies, and had to navigate directly to my profile to see anything. I was shadowbanned.
My hunch with no proof is it was voicing my anti-voting opinions; I do this every election cycle, but 2016 was a particularly difficult one for the statists. Of course it could be even with my account longevity, having a nym handle and no phone # associated with my account tripped the algo eventually. Whatever the reason, I wasn't even that upset, since I couldn't care less about dopamine hits from follower counts or likes. What I do care about is disseminating ideas that strive toward truth.
I spun up a npub in December 2023, essentially migrating my nym from Twitter which I wasn't using much by that point, anyway. After maybe less than I year, I decided to throw caution to the wind and created a meatspace account, a small window into the complex and strange ecosystem that is my psyche.
A part of the Nostr dream for me, among many other things, is that heterodox thinkers – who live (and thrive) in the margins of polite, intellectual society – can't be silenced effectively, even when what they are saying might be uncomfortable to the status quo. I control my data, identity, and voice, not a corporation or state.
The Ditigal Age is upon us. And while there are still dark storms in the distance, the horizon is slowly getting brighter. A new dawn is coming, and I'm here for it. #Nostr
One highlight of mine on Twitter was tweeting about bitcoin in 2009, the first tweet on the platform with the word "cryptocurrency" (yes, Satoshi used it on the SourceForge page where the repo was originally hosted).
After a couple of years, I decided to switch the account to pseudonymous since years before I had emigrated resolutely into anarcho-land, and was becoming more vocal with my radical (I use this term positively) views. Mainly, I didn't want to cause strain in meatspace relationships, nor unnecessarily draw the ire of state agents. Also, nyms are just cool.
At some point in the past 6-8 years or so (pre-Covid) I started noticing less engagement across the board. People would tell me they couldn't see all of my posts or replies, and had to navigate directly to my profile to see anything. I was shadowbanned.
My hunch with no proof is it was voicing my anti-voting opinions; I do this every election cycle, but 2016 was a particularly difficult one for the statists. Of course it could be even with my account longevity, having a nym handle and no phone # associated with my account tripped the algo eventually. Whatever the reason, I wasn't even that upset, since I couldn't care less about dopamine hits from follower counts or likes. What I do care about is disseminating ideas that strive toward truth.
I spun up a npub in December 2023, essentially migrating my nym from Twitter which I wasn't using much by that point, anyway. After maybe less than I year, I decided to throw caution to the wind and created a meatspace account, a small window into the complex and strange ecosystem that is my psyche.
A part of the Nostr dream for me, among many other things, is that heterodox thinkers – who live (and thrive) in the margins of polite, intellectual society – can't be silenced effectively, even when what they are saying might be uncomfortable to the status quo. I control my data, identity, and voice, not a corporation or state.
The Ditigal Age is upon us. And while there are still dark storms in the distance, the horizon is slowly getting brighter. A new dawn is coming, and I'm here for it. #Nostr
quoting nevent1q…vx8z19 years of twitter, today