Jimmy, why you never answer to questions in your posts? People are asking interesting questions but you never come back to discuss your posts. I find this quite odd, especially on SN, where engagement and discussion is much easier. What is the meaning of posting something on SN and never answer ?
At a certain point, you have to make a choice between engaging online and living life. Once you get to a certain audience size, answering questions takes more time from your day than you have. I used to engage and answer questions and like all the comments and so on, but it just became unsustainable.
Take this post, for instance. I posted it and then went to bed and I wake up 8 hours later with 20+ comments. If I thoughtfully replied to each one, that would easily be 2 hours (even this comment is a good 10 minutes). Now multiply by all the other platforms (I post on 6, and this place is one of the least populated). Do the math, it's unsustainable.
But also mentally, it's very hard to be doing that much writing and thinking and arguing. My mind also needs breaks. And frankly, I need that willpower and energy to play with my kids, do deep dives into new signature schemes and work out. You only have so much in a day.
So like a Bitcoin node's mempool, I pick and choose. I engage once in a while on what I think provides the most value. Sorry if your question or comment doesn't make the cut, but honestly, you're a stranger on the internet. My family, friends, faith, finances and fitness all take priority.
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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @OT 20 Apr
I think he just likes to earn sats on SN.
I don't think I've ever seen him comment here.
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I think you do not know who is Jimmy Song and for how long he's into Bitcoin.... He is not posting on SN to earn sats, that's for sure. SN is not an assmilking tool for him and he's not interested into this.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @OT 20 Apr
Then why does he never comment? Is he above the plebs?
He posts the same content on nostr BTW and probably his website too.
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Also Twitter. I'm assuming he's looking at all of these essentially as publication platforms and not conversations. Which is fine to a degree -- he publishes great stuff -- but it would be nice if he engaged for some follow-ups.
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SN publishers can engage as they wish. I still appreciate Jimmy's contributions a lot even if he only publishes.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 20 Apr
Yeah, I mostly agree. Its just that I think he has a bad take sometimes and it would be better if he could discuss it more with the SN community. This is how you refine ideas and develop new ones.
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