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You seem aware enough to understand that the digital prison walls are coming. What I don't understand is why you invest so much of your time on X and YouTube when you clearly know it's a ticking time bomb. Nostr is here and ready.
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Ryan 5mo ago 💬 3

2 Reasons I can think of for him to not be Nostr only.

1. Nostr's user base is incredibly small, and you would be preaching to the choir. The people that understand this are already here. The message is already understood. The larger networks of the current popular platforms give a massively larger uninformed audience and reach, compared to Nostr and it's tiny niche.

2. He is making money from this. Zaps are great, but once again, the minuscule number of users isn't going to pay the bills.

Sometimes aware pragmatism makes more sense than blind idealism.

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MAHDOOD 5mo ago

I get that but he has 4 total replies on nostr. 4 is ridiculous. If he wants nostr to succeed, then he should be more active here. He should give those users on X and YouTube more reason to come here. He can still cross post there but nostr should be the main platform you use if you want to contribute to a better future.

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Ryan 5mo ago 💬 2

Nostr isn't going to blow up because one small Bitcoin creator goes Nostr only, we already have ample proof of that. For the reasons I already laid out, crippling his reach and opportunity to make money doesn't seem like it makes sense.

I don't hold any ill will towards creators who actually want to make money and have an audience. Nostr doesn't provide that yet, and one person making the switch isn't going to fix it. It seems silly to put that weight on his shoulders.

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MAHDOOD 5mo ago

I never said he should go nostr only. And I never said he should cripple his reach. Just spend a little more time on nostr. Not a big ask.

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Ryan 5mo ago

Yeah I'm not sure about why he's not here as much, maybe he has more important thing to do with his life. Maybe creating the content and running his business takes up his time, maybe he has family commitments that make that not possible. There could be a multitude of reasons.

I see this attitude a lot on Nostr, that creators should give up their own valuable time to make Nostr a success, and I don't understand it. How many hours a week do you set aside to help market Nostr? Myself, being just a user and a shit poster, set aside none, because I'm just here to have fun. And I don't see how hassling those same creators who actually take the time to at least have a small presence here helps either. Maybe that's why Nostr has relatively little content, and people leave in droves.