Normal people will never use #nostr.
They use whatsapp, instagram, twitter, tiktok and facebook.
There is nothing that could make them move.
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Maybe that's what the bridges like mostr and bluesky are being developed for 🤔.
And then there is always the game theory.
Most younger people for example use TikTok over Facebook nowadays. Because it's giving them more value (not arguing if that's objectively the case). Nostr gives censorship resistance, but most people will not care about that aspect (unless they are hit themselves by censorship). What they care about is better experience, content etc. I feel most popular clients provide same, almost same or in some terms a better experience than Twitter by now.
I think more large accounts exclusively moving here will be the ultimate reason for people to move. We've seen this in waves with Jack and Snowden. I could imagine it to happen sooner or later, but it's not sure. Zaps (v4v) are a nice incentive, but I wonder if there's more we can do.
True.
If you want the mainstream you need to offer them what they usually want:
A simple, fast opening and stable app with no design flaws (like e. g. not-working search-function, not showing user images, not available relays…) at all.
And most importantly:
Gifs and stickers
😅
Does it really matter though? I mean I’ve been trying to orange pill friends forever but don’t feel the need to purple pill at all. I like Nostr weird.
I been saying that for weeks now and I get called a troll. If normies hated Mastodon, which provides a better user experience, Nostr has no chance lol
Can't they ban you easily over there? Never used it
There are a lot of free speech instances out there. If you go to the liberal instances, you can get banned easy. You can always create a new account on a different server
That seems like just shouting into the void. I think this has better potential but definitely needs more users
Many of us from the Fediverse tried to bring people over but failed. There is a bridge connecting the Fediverse. You can add the relay
Free Speech Relays and Fediverse Bridge
wss://nostr.poster.place
wss://nostr.frennet.xyz
wss://relay.mostr.pub
wss://relay.shitforce.one
wss://nostr.libertasprimordium.com
wss://n-word.sharivegas.com
wss://lamp.wtf
I find nostr to be like a drive-by shooting. You blurb something out and then the feed moves so fast your comments are left in the dust. Somehow it has to be designed to allow meaningful conversations.
I bet it's the chinese spam that's making your timeline go super fast. Iris filters most of that out so you can see Global easier
Thanks for that. I am actually on Iris now, nostrgram being down, and I'm on my followers feed which on nostrgram is popping but here I can only see this thread. Strange...
As long as we can‘t convince these mainstream apps change protocol to nostr… #nostr wont take off and apps like damus, snort and amethyst are just for a small group of freedom fanatics.