As usual, politicians and parents refusing to step outside the box and look in.

"You cannot change the system from inside the system."

Social media companies with a predatory business model need to be thrown out the country first, and let back in when they mend their manipulative ways. Simple.

🧵 The long version

Social media addiction affects kids and parents alike, but proposed bans miss the real culprit: toxic business models.

🚫 The Problem with Bans

Banning kids from social media criminalizes families while ignoring adult vulnerabilities. You really think adults can bat back the influences of 10,000 psychologists trying to addict then manipulate us to vote against our best interests?

Governments dodge the core issue—platforms like Twitter and Instagram amplify rage for profit, harvest data, and turn users into products – all good for governments in 2026.

🤖 Rage Machines vs. User Control

• Algorithms push toxic content and farm our attention
• Invasive data sales to advertisers (you're the product)
• Government surveillance via blanket data dumps

Nostr reverses this—users own the network, content, and privacy. No real names, emails, or IDs required. Apps compete on trust; misbehave, users switch instantly.

⚙️ How Nostr Works

• Interoperable: Posts work across apps (social, e-commerce, music, chat)
• User-curated: No algorithms—you follow people, not rage-bait
• Market-driven: Talk shit? Ignored. Add value? Likes, reposts, real money tips

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 No Chaos, Just Adults

Without central control, you'd expect anarchy. Instead, Nostr's raw global feed stays surprisingly civil. No forced outrage = calmer discourse. Adults treated like adults behave quite well!

📱 The Old Twitter Was Better

Pre-2014 Twitter felt like a social club. Algorithmic greed killed it. Nostr revives it.

🛤️ Path Forward

Skip bans. Promote user-sovereign platforms like Nostr. Central owners slide into censorship and data grabs. People naturally gravitate to healthy spaces.

Will parents try Nostr? Not en masse. Will governments ban social media for under-16s amid applause? Damn right. Will young people realise the internet isn't FaceBook,TikTok and Twitter, it's everything else outside those walled gardens? Hope so.