Some say that it will get better/easier as nostr scales, by which I assume they mean more users. That makes sense to some degree. But why is Nostr’s user base not scaling now? Seems like a bit of a chicken and egg situation. I think building apps and tools for artists/creators to engage with their audiences and monetize their content is the best place to start. Might even make sense for someone building such a client to partner with creators in a financial way to bring their content here. It’s not going to happen if people can’t make money doing it.
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I’ve done some work for a few YouTubers recently and they told me that Nostr is cool but without a large enough audience the “keep more of your income” thing isnt a winning argument. And they’re barely scraping by as is with YouTube constantly changing their algorithm.
And all the other great things about Nostr require there to be a lot of content (algo choice, zaps, never goes down, censorship resistance, etc)
It’s definitely a chicken and egg problem.
I think the only way out is apps that can ONLY be built on Nostr that will thrive. Things that are impossible for X or Insta or YouTube to do.
That can be a bigger base audience than just people who care about freedom tech. And can attract increasing number of folks to other stuff