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What do we need to happen for Nostr to be moved more into the realm of acceptance by Mainstream people who are on X and Threads?

I like the idea of the overton window, also known as the window of discourse. If looked at under that lens, one could see how Nostr could possibly fall into the realm of the radical and unthinkable.

If this is the case, what could be done or what might happen to make Nostr more accepted?

Is it an implementation at the protocol level?

Will it happen gradually through normalisation?

Are there external factors that need to be in place?

Is this more of a marketing concern?

Would a social unrest or overreaching censorship on other platforms be one of the only ways to change Nostr's perception by the mainstream?

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Sovereign Matt 2y ago

Early adopters of any technology are always seen as crazy at the beginning.

Eithier nostr stays weird and niche or eats the whole internet.

B-line 2y ago

I think a lot of people I know like the idea, but aren't motivated to take part if they are the only one in their social network on the protocol, there are possibly only a handful of people in my entire country using nostr at this stage. I feel people need a reason to change, and nostr is acting as an important solution to an unrecognised problem.

yakosuba 2y ago

I can see why. The feeling of emptiness and loneliness when you don't have your regular social circle can be difficult to deal with. #nostr is really niche right now.

There are some efforts with things like #plebchain and #grownostr to improve this, ultimately it will take time.

B-line 2y ago

Sad irony that I found it easy to delete my traditional social media accounts and move over here because I never really spent much time on social media, now I feel I need to be more of a content creator to help nostr grow 🙈

David 2y ago

Not too be pessimistic but I see two problems. One can be overcome.

The first one is that it is newer slower and buggy at times depending on the clients. A little more effort is required to onboard new users and all this can be overcome with time and development.

The second is that curated dopamine hits addicting users doesn't appear to be apart of the philosophy of those developing nostr. I think this might be possible if nostr clients niche out and become entertaining, educational, and life changing to small groups but will not likely become individually massive.

Burcgravius 2y ago

On the "soft" side, probably reducing nostr's "cultural" dependency on Bitcoin, and more into the realm of normalness.

On the "hard" side, simplifying account management a whole lot (even, sadly, through some form of custodial service) - most people can hardly remember a single username-password combo, and understanding the concept of keys is waaaay put there.

yakosuba 2y ago

all amazing suggestions so far, I hope #nostrdevs get to read some of these if time permits