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Tried to explain Nostr to some regular people and yeah, this shit goes straight over their heads.

People love their traditional social media and surveillance.

They usually get a glazed over look when I explain clients and nsec.
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djinoz and √-1 others 2mo ago 💬 2

Understanding their threat model helps to find an appropriate framing. The conversation will likely end the same but you may burn less energy. IIRC nostr:nprofile1qqsrkl7gyds37xh2af37uwlknvjm32ska3hgr5d0cwgzdqy0ux2r2ncpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9eenx7pwwdhkx6tpdshsh2l07j had a one page on clarifying your own threat model and its super helpful to know where you sit.

I suspect some big problem or reveal on how meta uses WhatsApp will make a seachange but they will logically go to signal. Last time I tried Whitenoise it was a fail.

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S!ayer 2mo ago

Well that's how the conversation started.

I usually don't speak about Nostr in public but they were talking about how bullshit freedom of speech was on traditional social media and censorship etc. so it seemed like a good time to throw it out there.

But explaining the mechanics behind it is tough, especially when they don't comprehend what I am talking about (encryption, keys, clients etc. )

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djinoz and √-1 others 2mo ago

Fair enough. I come from startups and it's always "sell the sizzle, not the sausage"

As a tech, I was always getting into the weeds on details so saw a lot of glazed eyes :)