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Hollistic Rabbit Hole ๐Ÿ‡๐ŸŒ€๐Ÿ›ธ[OG]

[Original] Listing some cool and/or controversial accounts on nostr. trying to put people in here with different viewpoints and vibes to keep it as hollistic as possible for debates, arguments, reasons, discussions, controversies and contradictions. open to suggestions as well.

Curated by Lysergic4cid

What Monnet.social Gets Wrong About โ€œEscaping Big Techโ€

New โ€œEuropean alternativesโ€ keep selling escape from Big Tech as if it starts with them. It doesnโ€™t. The Fediverse and Nostr already exist, with real interoperability and user control. If you ignore that and build another closed system, youโ€™re not offering freedom, youโ€™re just rebuilding the cage with nicer branding.

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Self-Help Gurus: Peddling Dreams, Harvesting Wallets

Self help gurus like Tony Robbins, Jay Shetty, Gary Vaynerchuk, Mel Robbins, and Tim Ferriss build brands by packaging simple ideas as life changing systems, often turning insecurity into profit while real growth still comes from consistent personal effort.

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When Attention Becomes the Point

Social media rewards sexualized content with more attention, training users, especially girls, to present their bodies for visibility. This creates a loop where validation feels necessary, identity shrinks to appearance, and self worth becomes tied to engagement in an attention driven system.

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The Sound Beneath the Static

SoundCloud started as a free and open music playground where anyone could upload and get heard. It helped launch SoundCloud rap and indie stars. Over time spam, legal fights, and Spotify competition weakened it. It still exists but lost much of its original underground magic.

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I Grew Up Without Anyone Showing Up

I function, show up, and seem fine, but when things get heavy Iโ€™m alone with it. Iโ€™ve spent so long not needing anyone that I donโ€™t know how to reach for people. I donโ€™t want a crowd, just one person who feels safe and real.

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The Machine Behind the Multipolar Myth

You have been told a story: the American empire is collapsing, a fairer multipolar world is rising, and nations like Russia, China, and Brazil are finally pushing back against Western hegemony. It is a compelling story, and it is the most consequential misdirection of our time. The question is no longer who runs the world. The question is whether enough people notice what is being built before it is finished and whether the only meaningful response, neither protests nor elections, but a technical counter-architecture that the machine simply cannot reach, arrives in time.

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What Happens After You Win The Voice?

TV talent shows sell instant stardom, but most winners fade fast. Contracts offer limited support, and labels move on quick. Only a few break through, often non-winners. Most shift to steady music work or leave. Real careers today come from independent, long-term, self-driven paths.

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Why Should I Listen to Your Music?

Music today fights for attention in a world that treats it as background noise. Artists are pushed to be content machines, optimizing for algorithms instead of expression. But real connection isnโ€™t in metrics, itโ€™s in making something honest and truly listening again.

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Nostr fรผr alles

Als Nostr erschien wurde es als Twitter-Klon angesehen. Tatsรคchlich ist es viel mehr, und seine Mรถglichkeiten sind unbegrenzt.

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The Zero Chokepoint Protocol

Every platform you trust has already calculated the price at which it will betray you. Your timeline is not a window to the world. It is a weapon pointed at you, built on surveillance architecture that traces directly back to a DARPA program cancelled the same day Facebook launched. The algorithm isn't showing you reality, it is constructing yours. What Bitcoin did for money, stripping banks of their monopoly over value transfer, Nostr does for speech. It strips Big Tech of its monopoly over your voice.

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Groover Is a Scam (And Youโ€™re Paying For It)

Playlist submission platforms like Groover & SubmitHub sell hope to artists: pay to be heard, mostly get ignored. Generic feedback, low ROI, and curators incentivized to reject. Itโ€™s not promotion, itโ€™s monetized desperation. Stop paying for rejections!

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The Great Streaming Exodus

Streaming gave us everything, and somehow made music feel like nothing. In 2026, more people are ditching algorithms for ownership, intention, and actually listening again. Less noise, more connection.

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