Subnostr

Nostr isn’t just a reaction to what’s broken with legacy social media. Nostr is an active effort to build what comes next. We’re laying the foundation for a future where communities are owned by the people in them, where communication is open by default, and where freedom is designed into the system from day one. Every app we build is a conversation and every conversation we have is a brick laid on that foundation. Keep vibing.

Cookie Tin 1d ago

Maybe I've not kicked the tires enough, but I feel a lot of nostr's potential is sidelined by the fact that it's just far too free-of-charge.

Everything is free here, if you want it for free. There is some donation income and embryonic business models that I can see, but surely they cover only a tiny fraction of the wider costs. And clearly there's so much other money floating around that this shortfall isn't noticed.

I think the cardinal sin of the internet is to subsidise things at the start and then "find a way" to get them to stand on their own two financial feet later. This never works and that is a lesson that the internet has learned over and over.

You have to force everyone to pay to take part, you have to force the user base to cover its costs alone. This is the only honest business model there can be for social.

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