I guess I could consider myself in that camp. Honestly, what got me hooked here was my first zap. After a few months of grinding on YouTube to meet their minimum cutoffs for monetization (still nowhere close btw, nor will I be in 100 years at this rate... And I notice deliberate algorithmic throttling), I got zapped almost right away on my first few posts here on nostr.
I think that this freedom of association is the main selling point of nostr, and it applies equally to creatives, political dissidents, and more: you can build a community on here and remove the artificial barriers instantly. You might not be rich (I know that my content is pretty niche and not what some people want no matter how good I get), but the lack of boundaries means I can get SOMETHING for my work without asking permission from anyone but my audience.
And that is a powerful message for all sorts of people struggling through artificial barriers of all kinds right now, be they YouTube or their national government.
npub1td…tqjsm
2026-09-13 21:31:24 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…6tjq
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