Nostr Web Client

Nostr will forever fight a losing battle of user acquisition because the other places pull all the tricks to get people to stay as long as possible. Since this user base is virtuous and won’t go down that terrible path, we’ll always struggle against the massively addictive platforms with cemented walled gardens and network effects.

Only new and interesting use cases and approaches might work. Otherwise you’re limited to a tiny drip of disgruntled users who eventually come here.

Jake Woodhouse 2mo ago

It’s an interesting one

It doesn’t have the same number-go-up virality of Bitcoin

But the similarities are so clear in terms of adopting a protocol

The trust angle, the platform risk, the censorship, people are over it, and are looking for a way

So even if IG etc pull out every trick in the book, truth wins, and in my view the Nostr traction is already validation

Watch the s-curve kick in, and in particular “other stuff” get built, we might well see a bigger market share (or an entirely new market opened)

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