An unpopular view on #Nostr :
It's still early day's at Nostr, so a lot of developments are done there.
The key features on Nostr are that the application is constructed in a decentralised way and #Bitcoin lightning is integrated.
Now, developers are adding other functions, specially for the use of Bitcoin.
Once setup a LNURL, one can zap eachother Bitcoin. That's usefull.
Polls are there and to vote in a poll one has to zap an amount to one option.
Participation in an audio group call, named Nests, might required a zap too.
And I'm sure that more of these paid functionalities will get added later.
I think that this is not a good strategy. Why? Because technology is deflationary.
Jeff Booth explained it many times: Over time, the production and use of technology becomes cheaper until eventually it will be free.
Participation in polls are free in this world, in fact sometimes they pay You to participate in a poll.
Audio group calls with listeners are also free in this world, such as Twitter Spaces, Jitsi, Clubhouse, Mumble and Matrix.
And yet, Nostr developers seem to think that developing a paid version of those is necessary.
It isn't and because of deflationary technology there will be a moment that nobody will pay for those.
Instead of making paid versions of functions that are already free in this world, develop something useful that adds functionality!
Cheers! 😉
