Nostr Web Client

Normies usually go for convencience, heavy moderation and where pop culture leads them. Nostrs big selling point is freedom of speech, privacy and decentralization. Normies mostly don't care about that. Especially lefties want censorship. Mainstream media also shunnes platforms with no moderation. Just because we love nostr and see the potential doesn't mean everyone else will.

You can of course say fuck em we don't want those people here anyway. But then you have to accept that nostr won't overtake the big centralized social media sites.

nen 2y ago

oh, i see!

i do think that we need “normies” here tho 😤

as a person living in a dictatorship, i can tell how even the most uninterested generic public get tired of government-controlled socials, tries to avoid using them and seeking for alternatives.

with time more and more people realise that – it happens when person’s point of view suddenly becomes not-welcomed in those curated socials. and the stricter government acts, the quicker the transition to uncontrolled socials wilhappen.

now, to all the things people will miss and want from not-controlled socials: those are headaches for creators of nostr clients and apps – they should care of how to make it more intuitive, easy to use, quick and secure and etc.

i have mentioned how people would stay on their theme-related relays – this is how i see censorship issue resolved – because it’ll be the relay problem to manage the notes and decide which one should and which one shouldn’t be posted.

but i liked your statement of “mainstream media avoid platforms with no moderation” - not because i think nostr needs to be promoted, but because it can made it – well – a reputation 🥴

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Shawn 2y ago

An important perspective that most of lack.

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SatsTonight 2y ago

Absolutely. I admit I still might have too much of a western view where opinions aren't as surpressed like they are in some countries. Free speech platforms gain in importance for normies the more it is surpressed because the need arises. In countries like yours I could see nostr become a big tool for people to communicate. Just not for the Western world unless they start censoring so much that even normies would notice.

nen 2y ago

nah, your opinion is also valid, since we haven’t such a precedent yet! that’s still up to debate if – or then – western communities will also arise

but i still have big hopes – because actually in nature the famous boiling flog situation doesn’t happen