There’s nothing “weird” about it.
Decentralisation comes with clear drawbacks in the marketplace. Nostr may be superior technically, in almost EVERY way, but there is no coordinated communications effort.
I posted about this two weeks ago, and half the responses were: “oh you’re too bearish on Nostr” or “look at all the cool tech we’re building”.
And that’s precisely my point. The focus has ALL been on the tech (and rightly so). But my entire argument was that the gaze needs to begin to shift towards communications & go to market. There’s no point building the coolest car if nobody knows about it.
Unfortunately, I don’t know if the nostr:npub10pensatlcfwktnvjjw2dtem38n6rvw8g6fv73h84cuacxn4c28eqyfn34f people agree with this (they seem to be the only org funding collective initiatives). They just ignored the post despite tagging them.
Either OpenSats needs to fund some marketing efforts, or these efforts ultimately come down to the businesses building on Nostr. The best option would be BOTH.
I have some other ideas. I’ll DM you and see what you think.
In the meantime, GOLDEN opportunities like this are being completely missed or just not taken advantage of. Nostr should’ve grown by a million users this week, not fucking Blue Sky.
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Nostr isn't superior in every way.
Centralization has technical advantages. It makes meaningful search easier. It makes discovery easier.
I think it's important to recognize and be honest about the inherent limits of Nostr.
What I hope will happen is that more people will use Nostr, alongside with centralized (or federated, like Mastodon) platform with express free speech policies.
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Well put
Thank you.
There is Minds, which used to support Nostr and it no longer does (if not to an extent so minimal it might just as well not), but it does have permissive policies.
It doesn't have the benefit of censorship resistance, but it does have some technical advantages and I think it's reasonable to guide people towards both, making sure to point out the differences.
As for Nostr, it'd be nice to have relays with express free speech policies in different countries (so that they won't all be influenced by one government).
