So much of this conversation reminds me of the early days of the Internet when articles often stated that they didn’t see how the Internet could last. It was just a fad and there wasn’t enough ways to make money from it. Some of us laughed at these thought processes. I could see that there were plenty of ways to monetize it, but even I am amazed at how things have turned out. There’s lots of stuff for Nostr to unleash and much of that will be from people who haven’t even started using it yet. Will be curious to see the next few years. Just think that up until 2023, Nostr was barely being used. Only a few short months and wow.
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As someone who has been on here for about a week, I couldn’t agree more!
Yes 💯 We are the testing ground. Nostr is great now and has even greater potential. Imagine when a billion people are on Nostr 🤯 It is not the current user base alone that will support that level of growth. It is those billion users who will support it, whether that be through monetary support, further development, bringing content and audiences and commerce, etc. Great things to come for those willing to take the long view of the road.
True! 🐶🐾🫡🫂
What if we implemented ad-like features in which the revenue was paid in percentages to the relays for hosting the ads, then some small amount to each user who viewed the ads?
That’s value to the end user for their time, value to the relay for hosting to their audience, and value to the marketer by deciding how far of a reach they want based on how much they want to spend.
We could even evolve it to an opt-in system (on the client side) and maybe a self-directed algo where I truly see ads for content I am interested in, and how many a day or specified time, not what someone thinks I am based on rage posting.
Way more effective in my opinion and generates a properly aligned incentive model for revenue generation without selling out users.
Good idea! 🐶🐾🫡
I don’t use other services like Twitter Facebook etc etc as I detest advertising amongst other bullshit. I am happy to pay a premium per month not to see it at all. Just pay to be part of something I see value in
I am fan of premium subscription without ads too! 🐶🐾🫂
Some people don’t mind ads and they should make that choice!
I agree as long as I have an option to totally opt the fuck out
Exactly. I said relay, but I guess really this could & should be more client-based than relay based. Allows an income stream for #[10] #[11] #[12] #[13] and others but also gives the users autonomy to opt-in and get paid while providing a cost incentive not to spam the crap out of everyone. Think Brave browser-esque design.
