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I just asked a collaborator/colleague/friend in Scotland to check out some documentation re: nostr. Wanted to see if she could make sense of it.

She’s a normie like me. Her takeaway:

“But for me, I don't know what a protocol is, so I definitely don't know what an open protocol is, and I don't know what value-for-value publishing means either.”

Whenever I explain a protocol now, I give the analogy of email protocols. Any similar way to say it apart from a full analogy? :)
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Matt Lorentz 2y ago

In our Nos branding we use the term “social media commons” which I like because I think the power dynamics of the system are more important than the details of interoperability (the protocol). There are lots of problems with social media, but flipping the power dynamics on their head is the foundation we all know we need.

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nobody 2y ago

She actually had an interesting point too re: usage. She was like “right now it doesn’t sound like anything I’d use because it seems like it’s built for builders and not users.” Definitely thought it was interesting she said that at first glance.

As in like, what are the incentives for an everyday user that make it less “unless you’re doing the owning, you’re owned.” on its face type of thing.