I have not seen any depressing conversations 🤷♂️ Where?
All I saw was bluesky growing, nostr not as fast. And people talking about marketing.
So far, from what I've heard, most people are pleasantly surprised with Nostr, so it seems it's just a matter of getting the word out. Marketing can help. Marketing doesn't mean not building. You can build and market at the same time.
Comparisons to bluesky are so shortsighted!
When Meta/X announce their next new innovation bluesky will be left in the dust. It is incredibly narrow and has no depth. Nostr is a replacement and an advancement all in one.
Like you said it is just going to take time to build - build the tech, build the community, and build confidence.
Maybe freedom tech will always be behind because most people don’t care about being free and just want to be a part of the largest group.
Nostr bootstraps off Bitcoin which got wings in the last two years with the maturation of Lightning. It's not going to "beat" the silos but it's big enough that it doesn't matter. We have our cyberspace back now.
Reposition it from freedom tech to ultimate network effects tech.
Side of freedom anyone? 🍽️
Why not both? Is that not what the original incarnation of the internet was?
Could be right about this. Folks assign value based on others having already assigned value (piggy back) 🐷
Then they’ll stay with a bad decision as long as there’s not acute pain (boiling frog) 🐸
I believe we are fighting for our own little slice of sovereignty, paving the way for more to come.
This is most likely the correct answer. We're humans. Humans have an inherent need to be social. Most gravitate to where the largest groups of other humans are located.
I agree, but it also feels like thinking AOL will win just because they have the most people. Keep in mind a lot of people did think AOL would win!
Safety instinct is very strong. It's for the safety of the whole species that "many" will not take any risk lest the existing order go to hell altogether. A "few" will take all the risks on behalf of the whole species. Change instinct among these few is very strong. I think these two sides, along with some others on the spectrum, make the "whole" of human nature. Life is not binary. This is the way nature keeps balance.
It's the all out indoctrination engineering (propaganda, advertising, public relations, so-called culture, schools, organized religions etc) of the Establishment that the defensive safety instinct gets momentum. That is, the change instinct is also about safety but this one is offensive safety mechanism. And to counter the indoctrination engineering, we need mass education creating an awareness of freedom, but I remember "propaganda by deed" examples of the 19th century anarchists. Everybody knows action speaks louder than the words.
The electronic frontiers of #Bitcoin and #Nostr are indeed pushing the boundaries of freedom. They are the freedom living people. Freedom is their passion, innate nature. The "many" will follow them once the frontlines feels safe.
yea, also its good to have competitions. Keep things exciting lol. But i wish people are talking more about Nostr vs Blusky instead of Bluesky vs Twitter. Because then, it will build public hype for protocol based social media.
Jon's also right, Nostr is a long term project and Nostr dev's have it harder because unlike other competitions, Nostr is a place for everyone with all kinds of mindset. Like you said, it will be the real public town square.
One thing I appreciated really late in entrepreneurship is the influence of marketing on everything. I have been sharing a lot of marketing books of late and i have 2 more and i hope nobody gets upset by it!
Oh, shouldn’t get upset at something at the core of successful apps.
