Nostr Web Client

I posed the following question on X:

“If you are a Bitcoiner and you’re still not on #Nostr, what are you waiting for??

It’s a free & open protocol for speech, like #Bitcoin is a free & open protocol for money.

You need *both* to free yourself.”

The responses I got are indicative of how early we are, and also how the *first* experience someone has with #Nostr is so important. You can see that a lot of folks tried it and got frustrated (likely a year or so ago) and haven’t come back since. Their initial impression is still cemented in their mind, and they have no idea how much the ecosystem has improved in the last year.

The first touchpoint someone has is incredibly important, because like it or not, people DO just books by their covers.

Just some food for thought.

#grownostr

https://x.com/walkeramerica/status/1755341881213399291

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no₿ody™ 🧱 1y ago

“NY doesn’t allow us”

badonyx 1y ago

Are they confused about some regulation or?

no₿ody™ 🧱 1y ago

Probably referring to lightning/zaps tbh

retired npub 1y ago

This lot must have merrily jumped on to the BlueSky bandwagon. I dunno why they keep calling it decentralized when it’s federated at best

Ava 1y ago

Ici non plus c'est pas une décentralisation complète et puis ras le bol de faire des comparaisons avec mastadon, X, Bluesky voire Treads..

nicnym 1y ago

The internet has security issues Daniel

AK 👸🏻 1y ago

Perhaps we don’t want them here. That’s quite a lot of close minded laziness I’m reading.

Ava 1y ago

Non il était trop complexe il y a un an de créer un compte et de créer un portefeuille dissocié ainsi que de le configurer, sans oublier les relais et clients.. Je suis dans ce cas à ce jour, heureusement au fur du temps il y a des outils qui se créent de jour en jour et des modes d'emplois.. J'avoue que nostr n'est pas très aisé si vous êtes un utilisateur puis c'est un environnement dans lequel nous découvrons de jour en jour les outils et me connaissons tous les clients, leur éthique de responsabilité même si nous gérons nos clés je ne m'aventure point à ouvrir certains liens sur certaines notes car j'ignore s'il y a le respect des règles RGPD sur les données des utilisateurs qui est qu'à même primordial.. Un environnement qui mérite un temps d'observation, d'analyse avant de pouvoir créér voire contribuer au développement de cette plate-forme où certes existe cette dimension free speed mais à quele fin !? Pour l'instant il y a un mixage de tout ce qu'on a expérimenté ces 20 ans..

Ava 1y ago

Belle initiative pour obtenir un réel feedback 🙏👍

Chris Alaimo 1y ago

"NY doesn't allow us" made me laugh out loud

Nice and Kind Vic 1y ago

kind of surprised at responses from some specific accounts

corndalorian 1y ago

Enlightening on several points.

Ava 1y ago

Objectivement...

Deleted Account 1y ago

But this place isn’t a book. It’s more like a play set… constantly changing and in flux.

The user must take some self-accountability to creating the experience they want.

mrecheese 🧀 1y ago

Yeah, I don't really see anything of value lost in those screenshots. Just intellectual laziness.

Nostr isn't hard. Training your brain to work on its own again is what's hard.

Enchiridion 1y ago

I was one of these people until recently. I played with Damus and Coracle about 9 months ago and found the interface slow and frequently non-functional. Primal was the difference that made the difference, at least for me.

Canadian Progressive Bitcoiner 1y ago

I am thinking that perhaps Dick Cuckerson needs to do a story on #nostr

Tim 1y ago

funny answers😂

Bitcoinium 1y ago

Exactly

Stephen Burns 1y ago

yessss !!! I'm free 🙌

Cormac 1y ago

Its hard to see and not get overly frustrated. If only you could just shake someones shoulders and yell “listen to us!” and it worked 😂😂

But like you said, its all about the touch points. Same with Bitcoin, it just takes either hearing about it or reacting with 2-4 times and hopefully something different in your brain starts clicking.

I like to always try and spend some time in the introductions every few days. Sure, its serves my agenda to introduce myself to people coming on. But I also try to make it a really positive experience for them, and give them some links to info and suggestions on how to interact with Nostr. At the end of the day, its SO FUCKING IMPORTANT for more and more people to become exposed to more and more stuff like this. But what you mentioned is WHY i go about things the way i do with those posts. Because its not JUST about getting people here. They NEED to have a good experience, otherwise none of it matters and people won’t stick around or come back 🤷‍♂️

satsminded 1y ago

This is the way

Andy 1y ago

Same reason people don't use bitcoin. They trust and prefer the centralized service for convenience.

crany 👽🧡🗿 1y ago

UX and interoperable defacto protocols are key for the mass adoption

Duvel 1y ago

My most important issue was knowing who to follow.

Joe Santamaria, MD 1y ago

Wow. If you just read the screenshots without your post it's what I'd imagine the conversations around bitcoin were like a few years ago (damn maybe even today).