Toby on Nostr: I find myself refreshing my Nostr feed in anticipation of new posts. Sometimes I ...
I find myself refreshing my Nostr feed in anticipation of new posts.
Sometimes I check back an hour later to nothing new.
At first I interpreted this as a downside to Nostr vs. Twitter.
Then I realized I’ve been conditioned by the Twitter algo to seek the dopamine hit of new updates even though they’re mostly just noise.
Nostr is the signal to Twitter’s noise and I feel like my dopamine receptors are now in recovery.
Sometimes I check back an hour later to nothing new.
At first I interpreted this as a downside to Nostr vs. Twitter.
Then I realized I’ve been conditioned by the Twitter algo to seek the dopamine hit of new updates even though they’re mostly just noise.
Nostr is the signal to Twitter’s noise and I feel like my dopamine receptors are now in recovery.