Which strategy we are missing to bring the masses on #nostr?
We are lacking Trust?
We are not spreading words properly?
We are not positioning the right way?
Discussion
Having fun
How we can bring fun to Nostr?
What type of activities and content will add fun to nostr?
What features we can add to nostr?
Can we add a scribble game on Nostr?
Not enough original stuff people would want to read of watch.
Usually just entertaining myself, on here.
Got it, Who do you follow for entertainment stuff on nostr?
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Okay, that's probably some high-brow entertainment, but still.
There aren't actually that many people writing original content that really adds to my knowledge base, so I just scroll past almost everything in my feed and I'm tempted to start using lists, again.
nostr:npub1nxa4tywfz9nqp7z9zp7nr7d4nchhclsf58lcqt5y782rmf2hefjquaa6q8 and nostr:npub1995y964wmxl94crx3ksfley24szjr390skdd237ex9z7ttp5c9lqld8vtf are also good follows.
It's also not enough for someone to be interesting. They have to be interesting, on a regular basis, so that I'm tempted to open the app up regularly (preferably daily) and see what they've written and interact with them.
That is hard work and takes talent and time. Can eat up hours every day. Like being someone who writes a daily column for an online newspaper and responds to comments from the public.
I realized this when I took a break for about a month and some of my followers left Nostr because there was "nothing on". It's been hard work getting them back into the habit of coming here.
I try to repost interesting people, so that my followers add them and their feed doesn't die when I'm gone.
Nice
People don't want freedom and #VforV exchange. Also it's hard to figure out at first. No email sign up... Key pair what? Nodes? Clients? Oh my. I post on big tech social all the time, have had very few come over.
Can't fix stupid.
Drug addicts can't understand the value of healthy food and a healthy lifestyle.
Same like this
Dopamine addicts can't understand the value of Nostr and freedom.
We need rehabilitation centers to teach people about the importance of Bitcoin and Nostr.
Incentives. As the money continues to break, and the corn 🌽 booms up = Nostr becomes more valuable.
No doubt Nostr is a stepping stone for better social platforms.
They need to see the importance of open-source stuff.
We should write more content about the benefits and importance of open-sourceurce and decentralization.
They are hyperconsumerists adicted to the constant bombardment of advertising and antagonizing algorithms.
No doubt about it.
Compared to other social media.
Nostr will have less retention and less addictive behavior.
Good for society.
I see the challenge as two distinct audiences / strategies. Receptive audience, and non-receptive.
Reaching the receptive audience is a communication challenge. These are freedom advocates, privacy advocates, those who have been banned elsewhere - pretty much anyone who has ever had an account on Odysee, Bitchute, Mastodon, Minds, Truth Social, etc etc. It would be trivial for these folks to set up an account here and see if it's a good fit for them - there's no selling them on the value proposition, it's just a matter of making sure they know it exists and how to do it.
For this group, it is only a matter of determining a) what the most effective way to communicate 'what is Nostr' I.E. 'the new uncensorable freedom social media that is easily monetizable with bitcoin + open source development protocol + that jack and snowden and lots of devs and bitcoiners are flocking to - no one can ban you there', and b) what is the most effective way to reach them with that message, I.E. advertisements on other social media, individuals posting to other social media, invitations to zapathons, etc.
Reaching the non-receptive audience is a popularity challenge. The biggest obstacle to their using Nostr is the fact that it isn't where their followers are. This challenge is only a matter of time and critical mass.
Assuming more Nostr signups is the goal, a) how to incentivize and or encourage people who aren't already doing what they can to reach out to the receptive, to do so? and b) how should those who have an incentive be focusing their efforts for maximum effect?
Thoughts:
- Building out the protocol and allowing organic growth that results from more desirable function would resemble the principle of using attraction over promotion
- Directing effort toward prosthelatyzing the non-receptive may be wasteful
- It might be effective to create a cultural institution, Zapathons model - by choosing a day and time for getting signups, for doing purple pilling. Incentivize it somehow, if not just socially.
- Be aware of the tools that already exist that explain Nostr and how it works and how to start using it. No need to reinvent the wheel, just direct friends to what already exists.
- Enjoy the vibe as it already is, we'll look back nostralgically -- Pura Vida Nostriches :D
I appreciate your detailed answers.
Liked your perspective on attracting vs promotion
Categories of audience perfect fit.
nostr:npub1vvlnzl5eh3d9tjzassncfxy690xuxxl283xqrl0usr7ngravegaqk9la5v , What are your goals with Nostr?
Leverage network effect to maximize the benefit of whatever I might add to help others, and summarizing the knowledge I've gained, rather than let it be stuck inside my cranium forever :D Participate in a level playing field for competing talents, to provide fuel for individual growth. Curate a high signal feed so that I can surround myself with geniuses virtually, where locally is not possible. Virtue signal liberty and sovereignty, to be one more voice for good and in support of freedom. You?