Nostr Web Client

Patreon is doing good, but will still rug pull you, the creator. Is your favorite Nostr app the solution?

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That talk on YT is really good! Patreon guys seem to deeply understand the creator's needs and problems. And it looks like they're building a good product to try to solve it.

The issue there of course is that Patreon is building a content platform - a single corporate entity that will eventually be forced to change course and will rug pull creators. This is when, not if.

So where should creators talk to their true fans? Where should the conversation happen? Is it one of the high-quality free open source Nostr apps - Damus, Amethyst, Primal, Habla, Highlighter, Zap.stream...?

You still don't own that place, right? Yes it's easy for you to switch from one app to another on Nostr, but now you have to ask all your fans to switch too, right? "Please please please talk to me in app B, not app A"?

Maybe, the right place to talk to your fans is not an aggregator-type discovery-focused Nostr app. Maybe it's something else.

I believe there is a better solution, and it's getting ready for launch. Stay tuned!

inpc 1y ago

I’m still trying to hook things up so I can stream via my own site but not understanding the web stuff is super frustrating.

Zapstream is good, it’s worked well so far but it’s still not data sovereign.

The other thing is culture. Bitcoiners have pissed off a lot of people over the years and I’ve already had the odd comment about being more focussed on it. My reasons go pretty deep and I won’t bore you but I know if I was hosting on my own site using something like Owncast I’d get a lot more support on Fedi.

I’m not hating on ZapStream at all, just reporting what’s going on.

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brugeman 1y ago

Can you please expand on how hosting (content/stream/etc) on your own site makes it better for you than on zap.stream? I'm not expressing doubts, I just want to learn more about your perspective.

inpc 1y ago

My perspective is taking ownership of the data, I already have a domain. If it streams from that I 1: don’t have to pay addition fees 2: I can control what’s archived.

I don’t think Zapstream allows me to delete and the streams so far have all started poorly, especially the first ones where it kept going when OBS crashed.

Ive tried as much as possible to keep and use my data so I have Nextcloud, my music, PeerTube and Mastodon instances.

Personally I think Meta ruined the internet and I’m taking my little piece back!

brugeman 1y ago

Thanks a lot for the input!

inpc 1y ago

A pleasure, interested to see what you're cooking up!