Every beginning is fanatic. If not genuinely so, it’s doomed to fail.

A matter of time.

Always starts with one niche and expands. A function of the features as well. I do think artists and creators will find a home here because of the global payments and as clients better highlight their work (little things like full bleed images and such).

Follow #grownostr lots of others are here!

How do you zap without bitcoin? ⚡⚡⚡

I mean, you’re not wrong. There’s room for growth, socially speaking. But, yes, there is definitely a certain tribal-ness to this place.

Yes to all of the above. I don’t think we bring people over on the selling point of decentralization, data ownership, zaps, and client interoperability. These are huge but I think most people don’t chase these things. They just want to use something that works well and it’s where they’re friends are. We bring them over because a superior product has been built and word of mouth spreads. If we have to explain why it’s valuable it won’t reach mass adoption. Great products and features will show why it’s valuable and on top of that you get those perks mentioned above.

Cypherpunks write code.

We know that someone has to write software to defend privacy, and since we can't get privacy unless we all do,

we're going to write it. We publish our code so that our fellow Cypherpunks may practice and play with it.

Our code is free for all to use, worldwide. We don't much care if you don't approve of the software we write. We know that software can't be destroyed and that a widely dispersed system can't be shut down.

are there any sites that categorise relays?

nostr=freedom=bitcoin. Most ppl seek freedom. Word will spread. I’m old enough to remember, hopefully young enough to see it.

There are lots of people on here already, maybe it’s just not a good search experience yet? And the bubble is perhaps just because the bigger accounts are obvious and visible and most other people are kind of invisible? I make music and post it here. Maybe that makes me an artist? Im not daft enough to describe myself as left or right though.

I'm an old school liberal, if that makes you feel any better.

Here for the tech, small talk, big talk and everything else

Sadly @peter is right I fear: We've been divided so much, the other side is a cult now. I highly doubt people from the we-want-censorship cult is coming over....

I am not a #Bitcoin maxi and believe in diversification across asset classes

I appreciate this note. This has been my experience after a few days. The folks here are the ones that already have a close proximity to the tech. Bitcoin, libertarians, etc.

My sense is that the artists or general pop won’t care so much about how the tech is different, just that it does in fact feel different. In a good way.

Hoping to discover, as well as, provide some diversity there ✌️

Great post, love seeing questions and discussions like this!

Agreed with Jack that it’s just a matter of time. Just need another niche to start looking for a new home.

Also, it’s early and I don’t think it’s been determined how communities organize (hash tags? specific relays for certain communities?)

I’m along for the ride, should be fun!

As a normie with left leaning tendencies I will do my best to spread the word in my circles. :-) Just arrived here and learning.

Start a relay for the people you want to see on your relay.

Nostr is in the red-pill, rabbit hole stage. I remember Bitcoin when it was in that stage. Nobody had ever heard of such a thing as a "price" for bitcoin. It just wasn't a thing 🤠

Nostr is a lot like Bitcoin. For many, the legacy systems do everything they need, are easier to use, and have already gone through the network effect. IMO, you won't see widespread usage here until media outlets, sports teams and players, or porn stars are using it -- the typical content that stirs the Internet's drink.

Reddit used to be libertarian before it became far left. Everything that is not explicitly right wing will eventually become far left