Nostr Web Client

I've been seeing that being built, and it really makes me nervous. I have hated advertising my entire life. And I don't mean a wavy hand disregard, I mean an active HATRED towards the interruption of whatever I was watching or reading just because someone wants to shove content in my face that I don't want to see. If I'm actively looking for a product or service, advertising in search results is logical and welcome. Show me your stuff when I'm looking for it. But get in my screen with bells and whistles when I'm not looking for it, and that company has very likely lost a potential customer because I won't support that kind of interruption bullshit.

I love Nostr because it has no algorithms, no corporations and no advertising. I hope that doesn't change, at least not in the apps that I choose to use. If an app I use frequently changes to allow ads or corporate takeovers of screen space and my time, that app can burn in the fires of Muspelheim.

IntuitiveGuy☯️ 11mo ago

Yeah I see your point, and I believe depends all about the optionability you can express while using your client. That's why I adore #Amethyst because I can set almost anything I need to be choose what to see or not.

With zapvertisment the risk could be about being spammed with mini zap of lower amounts, so muting notifications for zap under a certain amount solves that. This can be also a thing built by wallets in future.. so company that wants your attention will have to zap you higher, same for users..

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Chad Lupkes 11mo ago

I can certainly see the value of sending a zap to 'compensate' someone for screen space and time taken, but I really question whether doing that to random profiles. Something like that should absolutely be built into a search engine type app that operates on Nostr, which might be a specific feed where we type in what we are looking for and then have the ability to sort by zapped advertising so that when we click on a link to learn more it pays us a bit before we pay them if we choose to buy the product or service from them.

Chad Lupkes 11mo ago

...question whether doing that to random profiles is the best way to catch the attention of existing nostr users who don't want to deal with advertising...

IntuitiveGuy☯️ 11mo ago

Well.. I think it's kind an inevitable problem as #bitcoin is uncensorable itself, and zaps also as they just are a lightning transaction, so you are exposed to them the moment you publish on your profile you lightning address. Knowing that anyone from anywhere can send you ads as "zap". Like of someone knows your onchain address, how can you avoid him to send you a btc transaction with an Advertisement as note?

Chad Lupkes 11mo ago

No question that anyone can send me a zap, I'm just curious of anyone is thinking about whether they should. If someone sends me a zap, I usually try to track back which post or comment they are responding to. I've gotten many zaps into my wallet that don't seem to be coming from appreciation for something I said or posted, and I have not known what to do with those. I usually end up ignoring them, but now I guess it might mean that they're zapping me at random for some kind of zapad? Ok, thanks, whatever, .

IntuitiveGuy☯️ 11mo ago

Try using different client, I can trace almost any zap on #Amethyst. I check from there, because the wallet I use to receive them Wallet of Satoshi, just says "zap" as note but nothing else.

Chad Lupkes 11mo ago

well. ok then. You're right, it was able to bring up what Primal could not. Thanks for the tip!

IntuitiveGuy☯️ 11mo ago

You are welcome sir 🫂🤙🏼