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Well, just lost everyone I recruited to Nostr. Some were friends, some were strangers I met in public. The reason they all gave was very similar. They mentioned about how 100% of zaps and support goto Devs. There is 0% support for creators. I've seen creators write long articles and get zilch for zaps. But when a dev mentions he had a good poop for the day, thousands if millions of zaps are hitting that note. I feel slowly over time it's going to be the fail point of Nostr. Worst thing , some of the people praising and begging to zap devs, have the same IP address of some devs. You can built a platform. But after that it's just a blank canvas without any paint. The paint is the creators. Some of my favorite creators post here anymore. And I feel it's because of the same reasons of everyone I recruited who quit. I've seen people giving millions of sats away in contest and just for fun. Same thing. No one cares.

So with this Rant , I urge all of you. Go zap your favorite content creator. Before this turns into a ghost town with echoes of good morning and pv.

#plebchain #grownostr

cloud fodder 2y ago

I hear what you're saying, but I think their expectations were too high..

Sorry for your loss, my irl friends don't get it either, and it doesn't surprise me at all. Are we all just crazy? 100% yes, but it's a good kind of crazy. The same kind that got us into Bitcoin when everyone said that sucked too.

I think it's worth sticking around no matter who you are, build your following, have some fun with zaps, but I think we are doing just fine for this stage of adoption.

(also, in regards to your February comparison, it's summertime in the northern hemisphere and I don't think consuming online content is as popular as it is in the winter, by wintertime we may have some pretty nice streaming platforms and other options for content creation besides just posting links and 5 second gifs.)

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WilliamHodl 2y ago

So the main point of focus of my point is how the zapping doesn't seem to have changed. Just the concentration of where the zaps are going. A lot more towards devs versus creators. We need to consciously have more of a balance. That development gets zaps but also creators great and small.

cloud fodder 2y ago

Don't forget apple banned zaps, that didn't help much .. (forgot to mention that earlier) I noticed a pretty big dropoff of zapping after that for sure.. 🥹

WilliamHodl 2y ago

I do know there is replacement for damus on ios, I think it is called plebstr

cloud fodder 2y ago

Right but apple sent all the other apps the same crackdown as damus. Its kind of ironic in this thread really because they said they didn't want people paying for content and we all said zaps weren't that.. but ya, they came after all the apps (and profile zaps just aren't as fun).. maybe once PWAs catch on we will see a comeback? Sad tho, for sure. The momentum was building and it's a big bump in the road for zappin.