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You’ve missed the point.

There are potentially millions of people looking for an alternative to twitter. A very large majority of those people don’t give a shit about bitcoin in general or earning money on social media. They want a twitter like app without all the downfalls - kyc, rigged algos, subscriptions to be seen, etc. They aren’t looking for a way to make money on social media. They want to keep up with the news, see what’s going on in the world and their communities, and talk to their friends. That’s hard to do when there’s no one from their social circles here, so the only way this grows is by attracting people from all walks of life and building a network effect.

These people aren’t going to leave twitter just because they can earn 1000 sats on a post. They’re going to leave twitter when they can get a similar experience elsewhere without the downfalls i mentioned above. It might be a hard to swallow pill that zaps aren’t going to be what brings people over here, but it’s the truth. The average joe just does not care at all (yet).

User retention needs to go up to create the network effect that will then retain more users. Giving people a sales pitch about something they don’t care about, and probably find annoying (another hard truth) isn’t a good way to retain users.

That’s why I fully believe, and have said multiple times, that one of nostr’s biggest issues is the lack of content discovery.

jb55 2y ago

So your suggestion is to censor people who try to help people set up their zaps? I don’t know how you would stop people from doing what you’re concerned about. I think the problem is greatly exaggerated, and i doubt its true that most people would prefer not to earn money on posts.

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やトナ 2y ago

No, that is not my suggestion at all.

“I can’t tell people what to do” was the first thing I said. People can do whatever tf they want. I’m just trying to make people aware that the twitter refugees aren’t looking for zaps, and most of the population still finds bitcoin annoying. Using zaps as a sales pitch or welcome pitch isn’t going to work for a majority of people. Instead of immediately telling people they can earn bitcoin, it’d be better to help people figure out where to discover content they want to see and work out the other basics like relays and such.

Using zaps to sell nostr to normal people is like trying to sell a car to a 12 year old. The car could be perfect in every aspect, and you can be giving them a hell of a deal, but they just aren’t ready yet and probably don’t understand it so they’re just going to walk away.