Subnostr

Just to play the devils advocate here, maybe we can reveal something:

1. Is it easy to find information on nostr? If not, what justifies the effort to do so if not the belief in nostr?

2. True, however, do the general people who uses instagram, tiktok, for short videos, doom scrolling all day care about politics? How much are these people of the general population? Why are they doing this?

JamPower 2y ago

1. It's a relatively new protocol, and there's definitely room for improvement at this stage. While hashtags are a useful tool, the real challenge lies in the limited amount of content available. Once something emotionally compelling triggers a shift toward #Nostr, we'll see a broader range of information coming in. This could include accounts being disabled, people having to pay for social media services, or simply interactions becoming dominated by bots. This, in turn, could provide strong incentives to take action. Whether it's building new discovery algorithms or witnessing influential news channels adopting #Nostr, change is possible.

2. Personally, I believe that people do care about politics. Think back to the time of the coronavirus – everyone seemed to have a solution, as wee recently discussions about topics like the Ukraine war were prevalent. Additionally, the concept of money is becoming less of a taboo subject as we grow older. With age, we tend to become more interested in the world around us and begin questioning the status quo. It's a natural progression of our curiosity and concern for the world we live in.

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Code & Psychology ⚡️ 2y ago

Thank you for this well put answer. It's a really nice discussion.

1. So do you think the lack of diverse content is a bigger problem, than the search itself? Do you think most of the available content is searchable via hashtags? Or lots of content can be there, but as it is not indexed nor hashtagged it is not searchable?

2. Can it be, that the current media taught people to be more ignorant due to the high amount of bullshit, causing them to care less about politics? Maybe this can be highly different in different countries though.

JamPower 2y ago

1. The lack of content is indeed a problem. For instance, today, I saw nostr:npub1wv79gfl4tn46qxs0vcr6kr73rqethvna0kchk4cw06mmdzsgrkdqmkxye0 asking for other pro athletes to follow, and there don't seem to be many. I could only find a couple of Stoic thinkers here, and that's limited.

2. I think all of us have a bit of poetry, madness, philosophy, and politics in us.

From my side i keep on being patient and gradually building my network here naturally. It's likely that this protocol needs more engineers to discover and develop profitable and interesting ideas.