nostr:npub1f4faufazfl4cf43c893wx5ppnlqfu4evy2shc4p9gknfe56mqelsc5f7ql has a really good article about nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m’s leaving the Bluesky board, support of Nostr, and the recent interview.
I mostly agree with the article but I think there’s more than just that Bluesky is taking on a corporate platform prespective with the roll out of the atproto. It’s that Bluesky is engaged in a kind of closed protocol design that feels heavy like xml and java. It’s open source like Android is…
My hope is that nostr:npub1pu3vqm4vzqpxsnhuc684dp2qaq6z69sf65yte4p39spcucv5lzmqswtfch can be the super easy to use for normies app for Nostr. We’ve got a much bigger and more interesting ecosystem of apps. Nostr is a lot easier to work with than atproto for developers. But it’s also super confusing to new users. Wallet setup is hard, registering a username is hard, understanding how to login to nostr web apps with browser extensions is hard. We can solve these problems, but it takes work.
We’re about to launch the creator and journalism residencies to help bring a diversity of content beyond our core bitcoiner community which is sustaining Nostr.
Take a read:
> understanding how to login to nostr web apps with browser extensions is hard.
I didn't realize this until recently. It's something that I've taken for granted apparently, assuming this is secondhand nature for people. It is not! It's sad because most of the cool stuff of Nostr sits within this web app category. Innovations are being made and it will get better.
A wise person once told me:
> no one uses extensions
> normal people don't even know what extensions are
> I believe normal people can learn everything
> except how to use extensions
> they don't even install adblockers
I was initially skeptical as well, but that is indeed the case.
Our lifeline is NIP-46.
