is this a new my space?
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Sadly no, I donât believe so. This is Xanga.
Remember Xanga came before MySpace? Neither does anybody else. I donât know if nostr will continue in primacy among this type of media, but if it doesnât we have the leg up. Just the same way as early adopters of Xanga became the cornerstone influencers of MySpace and Facebook, we have a seamless transition. Imagine all the Karens waking up and realizing they needed 20sats to angry face a FB post. They wonât know how to fund their wallet, they probably just wonât react to any posts, and theyâll wither away societally. They will have a hard time adjusting. We are already there.
Iâve seen a lot of things come and go. Bulletin boards, and then forums. Xanga, and then MySpace. âEmailâ over ham radio, and then emails on your smart device. The biggest example, intranets, and then the Internet. Welcome to the future. Itâs already here.
Like creating a bar to entry for the 0 INT people. You want it, you got to earn it.
But we have to help the people who want in if we want it to "succeed." That includes the average people who don't know how to use bitcoin or sats.
And I'd rather enjoy having some average people around. Maybe I'm crazy.
Oh and I have no idea what Xanga is.
"That's the generation gap for you *shrug*"
MySpace was basically a Xanga clone but it tried harder. Xanga didnât have image hosting, so it was doomed to the way of the dodo but nobody knew it until it happened. Everyone used imgur or photobucket and just used html script to imbed the photos in their Xanga posts. Drastically different times on the Internet.. There may have been other functionality added, but when Tom said âhereâs a platform you can host pictures AND talk about themâ everybody migrated immediately.
I suspect Nostr has blind spots or is tone deaf in some aspect. I think since it is a protocol instead of a platform, Nostr can adapt way faster than Xanga could have. We shall see.