Nostr

One thing that currently feels different on Nostr compared to other "classic" networks is that spam is not yet normalized as "ads".

I still see some spam on Nostr (on the bottom of replies usually), but it's clear that it's spam. It's not somehow sneakily sorted on top, looking like a real content. It's very much clear that it's a spam or scam.

If you show me ads, then I think me (and the community) should directly benefit.

I'm interested in seeing if the SN model works out (ads on SN put sats into daily rewards budget and that gets split to the most value providing users every day), or if there are different models that would make sense here?

k00b 2y ago

Ads are just information paying for attention.

It's a lot like finance - an essential economic service perverted by middlemen.

I don't know how ads should ideally work, and I view ads on SN as an adjunct experiment, but I'm bullish on p2p ads as a concept.

(I also just spent the weekend chatting with someone considering whether to pursue a bitcoin ad startup.)

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nout 2y ago

It seems that there are two phases to process of getting a product, when we idealize it for customer.

One is new product discovery. This is where you find out about a product you may want without you being aware that there's one. What if there's a honest service for the best product discovery? Impossible?

And second one is the informed decision. This is where you learn enough of truthful information or recommendation to make informed decision whether to get that product. What if there's a honest service/network for truthful information and recommendation? Impossible?

If we would have these two (maybe) impossible services, would there still be a space for ads? Or would the businesses rather spend the money on building a better product?

k00b 2y ago

If you take the limit of product discovery/info services to infinity, I think you're right, there isn't a need for earnest ads.