Nostr Web Client

I'm not sure nostr is actually really ready for a mass influx of people(?) unless you have quite a targeted ad campaign (I have suggested eg sponsoring a jay dyer as just and example which I think would work). It's quite a niche sorta place atm, sort of works as something that needs to be sought out. (?)

Someone did in fact buy a billboard space a while ago for a nostr and, I can't imagine anyone joined from it, but it looked nice lol.

Even let's say this guerilla ad ampaign from the bluesky user. It's unlikely that anyone seeing it irl will be convinced to joined. But it works as a very clickbait photo shared online. The actual irl ad is almost irrelevant.

I think that sort of thing could work. And is a lot cheaper lol

🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit 1y ago

I have kept thinking about this.

Yesterday, I kept typing and backspacing different replies because I couldn't quite explain my point in an irrefutable way.

This morning, I was almost ready to give in to your point because I thought I might have found a good YouTuber to sponsor: @MegaLag, who had just made a video about a big corporate advertising scam involving YouTube sponsorships.

I was planning on making a post mentioning that video by MegaLag, but after some time passed, look at what climbed to the top of the YouTube comments...

A perfect demonstration of what I couldn't have proven by my own words: our target market isn't targetable. This guy is good to sponsor because his channel is appealing to people sponsorships aren't appealing to anyway. It's a catch 22.

We want people who are tired of having their attention bought and sold. We can't show them that by buying their attention from whoever's selling it.

The best advertising would let the target market target themselves by simply offering information. It wouldn't look like it's trying to buy attention, it would look like it's trying to buy a chance to offer you information.

That's what makes my original suggestion so perfect: ads that mention the possibility of being banned from advertising platforms. It's like, "we won't even be polite about doing business with people who buy and sell your attention"

Anyway, I'm open to either approach, honestly. I would chip in to sponsor this guy or run a bus stop ad in a good place or whatever.

What I really disagree with is the idea that nostr isn't ready for a big influx of users. Children are dying in Gaza every day and misguided people who want to help are chattering about it on places like X. If an influx of users breaks nostr, maybe devs will stop building silly side projects as focus on making posts and replies and notifications actually work. Speed is the goal for spread of nostr awareness, not something to avoid.

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