Oh boy where do I start. #[3]​ wrote a piece on its issues yesterday but I can’t find the link anymore. So here are mine.

1. It’s not an open protocol (yet). They claim to be making it this way soon, but then one of the lead devs said they are baking in “content moderation” at the protocol level - so it’s not open, as in, not everyone will be able to use the protocol if content is moderated at the protocol level.

2. Its entire development is and has been done by a centralized company and they don’t want to open it up until *they* feel it’s ready, instead of using openness to its advantage to develop faster.

3. Current user base is extremely annoying. I used to think nostr was a bitcoin hive mind. Take that hive mind, multiply by 10 and make it a west coast liberal/socialist hive mind - that’s the user base. Everyone has a victim mentality.

4. It’s like talking into a void. Your posts can’t be seen by anyone but your followers or someone who goes to your profile page. (Unless you make the “what’s hot” page, which is apparently temporary)

5. The invite system and media attention have destroyed any chance at organic growth.

To be fair, they are operating under a lot of pressure because of the mainstream attention it’s getting, which means they have to be careful with how they build it - but the current path of development (i.e., closed) will be a disaster for them down the road because this centralized team will be blamed for any issues that occur that the media doesn’t like. In turn, this team will have to respond by either fixing the so-called “issues” themselves or trying to defend what they’ve built. If it was completely open, there’d be no one to blame.