Farley on Nostr: Old world trained everyone to think: If there’s no engagement, I failed. So when ...

Old world trained everyone to think:

If there’s no engagement, I failed.

So when they post on NOSTR and don’t get:
likes
replies
algorithmic amplification
dopamine feedback

…their nervous system reads it as rejection, not freedom.

And they drift away.
Not because NOSTR failed them —
but because their conditioning hasn’t unwound yet.

The old system trained dependency on response

Engagement platforms wired people into:
feedback loops
validation cycles
performance identity
social reward addiction

So expression became transactional:

I speak → I receive → I exist.

Take away the reward loop, and many suddenly feel:

Why am I speaking at all?

Which is heartbreaking, honestly — because it shows how deeply external validation replaced internal voice.