Subnostr

Here's what nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m learned from being CEO of Twitter:

There were single points of failure.

The #1 single point of failure was Jack himself, leading and making decisions for hundreds of millions of people.

Incentives around revenue.

Twitter felt the most special in the early days, it felt most like a protocol.

Things changed when Twitter took money from VCs.

If Bitcoin existed before Twitter, they would have been able to remove one single point of failure. Nostr fixes this with Zaps.

Regulators were also a single point of failure. A lot of this was exposed in the Twitter files.

We have the tools now to solve these problems.

💜 #nostrasia

You're a great human, Jack. I'm glad to have 🫂 at Nostrica. Keep being amazing. We're so very lucky to have your support here.

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Jingles 2y ago

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jimi 2y ago

Thx for that nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424, sure wish I could have made it. Another year and I can travel more and in 2-3 years hope to hostr #Nostr ico #Bitcoin events regularly at the ranch.

Enjoy and keep the updates coming...🤙

Pura vida

Derek Ross 2y ago

I would love to come visit in a couple years, Jimi. That sounds great 🔥🔥🔥 And you're welcome.

pam 2y ago

Valuable learning and sharing. No one should control people's lives, but because gov'ts are accustomed to it, a centralized social media promoting openness became a significant challenge.

With 70% of Twitter users outside the US, confronting gov'ts globally was rather insane. But Twitter persisted, sending emails like, 'Your gov't requested the removal of this post, but we're keeping it up.' It meant a lot to the people.

However this wasn't a sustainable business model. As a company, Jack had to abide by certain rules within the country. Additionally, the US political parties found loopholes to control Twitter, bypassing Jack.

I think nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m openly discussing this, despite continuous attacks on himself, and advocating for open protocols like Nostr, and enabling people to shape their lives with limited gov't control, is truly impactful.

Twitter was important. It was the public square. To most parts of the world, when gov'ts make dumb policies (which they do often do), people voiced out.

Now, with people dispersed across various social media platforms, their collective voice has weakened, and many gov'ts have become increasingly unreasonable.

At the same time, existing social media have heavy engagement-driven algos that influences people's lives and changes they way people think, behave and react towards each other.

Nostr is a necessity and a privilege, and it will have a significant global impact. But its a big battle, and a long battle.

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