nostr seems to have a bit of an identity crisis from time to time. im sure there's a joke here since many people, including myself, like to boast about nostr's portable digital identity. anyways, nostr seems to be hanging out in the discovery phase for an extra long while, building, lurking in the shadows... there is plenty of work to be done with growth, onboarding, and community building. find your flock and push forward.
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I don’t think we have an identity crisis because Nostr is what you want it to be - can build so many different experiences for so many different types of uses and audiences. It’s a protocol so it makes sense that it can be used for many things.
As a general, the bigger picture take, it’s only limited by “what is it you want to sign up for.”
That's definitely true
Sometimes I look through all the stuff I still need a username and password for and think can we just use NOSTR instead?
the similarity between the adoption curve of nostr and Bitcoin is telling in my mind; people will adopt it when they realise that they need it
Though, the flip side to this is that without Bitcoin's sexy NGU-tech, mainstream marketing campaign, will nostr catch on the same way? It's still possible, because no one trusts the news anyways, and real Bitcoiners are rarely brought in through the media "roller coaster report" pipeline.
As a matter of fact, I am planning to make a short introduction video and a few youtube shorts targetting Indian audience in my native languages - #Malayalam and #Tamil. Another reason is, we have better FOSS traction too.
Scholars in science and technology studies call this ~interpretative flexibility~ this means that a technology’s design, development, and use are not fixed. Instead, they are shaped by different groups, like engineers and users, who interpret it in their own ways based on their needs. These different interpretations can change how the technology evolves. While most technologies evolve this way, Nostr is different. The discussions are open to everyone, and anyone can interpret it however they want, which makes it unique and amazing.
Permissionless building 🤜🤛
Working on it 🫡🧡💜
Nostr has yet to explain what the ”Big Mario” *actually* is. Nostr is still experimenting with different products in its ”Small Mario” phase. But once the ”Big Mario” emerges organically, it will become evident that it is not just a new social media which happens to be decentralized.
It’s natural for a project in its early stages to go through an identity crisis. But the key is consistency and vision. Nostr has the potential to grow into something unique, and with the right community and development focus, it will carve out its space. The challenge is in the execution, and that’s where we all come in. Hi derek 🤟⚡️💜🏴☠️
It is pretty murky, I agree. There are a series of ethical standards that are too ambiguous and exploited which lends to serious credibility concerns and long-term foundational aspects. Skeptic, putting in effort to not become cynical. ✌️⚡🧠
It is pretty murky, I agree. There are a series of ethical standards that are too ambiguous and exploited which lends to serious credibility concerns and long-term foundational aspects. Skeptic, putting in effort to not become cynical. ✌️⚡🧠
#bitcoin #community #nostr
IDENTITY CRISIS IMPLIES AN INDIVIDUAL IN NEED OF PSYCHOLOGICAL INTEGRATION
NOSTR IS NOT AN INDIVIDUAL
TO IDENTIFY?! LABELING?!? COLLECTIVIZING!!??!!
WE ARE AS WE ARE, FLOATING AMONG GUITOOL, ASCII, AND A QUILT OF CERTIFICATION AUTHORITIES, REGULATORS WITH REGULATIONS ON ONE HAND AND ENFORCERMENT ON THE OTHER, AND MEMES
WE SCULPT OUR SELVES OVER TIME, HONED BY EACH GM AND GFY IN THE ETERNAL ABYSS
BUT WE STAND! OH WE STAND. STAND AS INDIVIDUALS, NO MAN IS AN NPUB, NO NPUB IS A MAN, AND NO TWO NPUBS HATH THE AUTHORITY BEYOND ANY ONE. BUT EXPERIENCE HATH SHEWN, OUR IDENTITIES, WE OWN.
EXPERIENCE HATH SHEWN, MOTHERFUCKER!
thank you.