I disagree with this. Nostr is about inclusion. If you want a niche community, you can stay niche on relays that only talk about {x}.
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I've played with both those apps that just pulls memes and that other one that pulls recipes. I lost myself for hours in both of them.
This is the power of the nostr protocol.
I can see communities built around customized nostr clients focusing on specific topics, subjects, hobbies etc becoming very popular. You can have all the advantages of a subreddit, without surrendering control to a 'for profit' organization.
THIS!
I believe so as well..but I also think that we are setting up tone early and it won't get hijacked by stupidity, troll armies and influencers. The vibe is different.
Another one who doesn't want to take the time to moderate what he consumes
100 percent agreed….👍
If it were any other social media publication or platform, then yes Eric would be right, however, Nostr is unlike any other.
Others have failed where Nostr cannot (not "mustn't", actually cannot, in the space of impossibility) because of how it was built.
I think the toxicity on X is a function of their algorithms which are designed to constantly trigger engagement. Especially now that it's being further monetised, quantity has become much more important than quality.
I think the lack of depth in conversation is also to blame. It’s easier to get engagement on one-liners which tends to trigger the outspoken. Everyone else just moves on or responds in a shallow, fake manner.
One liners I can do.
If you want a thousand word essay for a reply, I'll have to use ChatGPT for that.
This. The whole point of this is to not be trapped in an algorithmic echo chamber.
+1
The cool thing about nostr is that it can be both 🤯
Thanks for highlighting my comment. It's not about being a niche community or not being inclusive, but rather about being a place for respectful and interesting conversations.
I've seen plenty of other social networks start the same way and then slowly grow and devolve into places that you want to avoid. It happened with Twitter, it's happening with several Mastodon instances, and I hope it doesn't happen here.
I hope Nostr turns out to be different.
I was on Twitter since 2010 and I did not share your experience of seeing it as a toxic place. This could be due to the fact that I curated my follows carefully. To this day, I can go back to see what the design or startup community talks about and I do not see any toxicity. I do see the toxicity in the Bitcoiner tweets and anything trending related (usually politics).
Nostr already has communities, though imperfect, and people can create very narrow discussions based on a specific topic. We don't need to guard nostr in any special way from anyone because they can always create their own community or curate their own feed. We have the benefit of no algo, and eventually algo choice so rage-inducing content doesn't stand the same chance of making it to the top.
But, generally speaking, the more people join, the more varying opinions you'll see and someone will naturally start posting negative crap. This is true of anywhere. I think nostr is better positioned to handle this type of activity because it does not reward engagement in the same way. You are more likely to get blocked than your note "go viral". It may land into trending, but won't last very long.