The math checks out for small zaps being more rewarding than an impression, do you know what amount you are getting per impression of Twitter content advertisement?
So you're basically saying, they got us good because they have 1000x the userbase.. correct. I don't think zap shaming people to pay 1000x to make up for it is gonna get us there.
It doesn't mater. The better question is how do we create better incentives being the underdog.
the incentives are freedom fuck you money vs ad led censorable cuckbucks
but I get your point, though it feels the same battle as telling people to use btc instead of paypal
unfortunately "normal" people don't care about that :(
Have some empathy, they care just too busy surviving
this is an extremely cup half full point of view, I tend to be pessimistic so I never really considered it from this side. I'll try to factor this is when trying to bring more people into the space😂
not every one can be saved, even less those that don't want to. we need to stay humble and keep educating those that want / need.
the vast majority have no opinion and will use whatever their friends do
my close friends don't care what they use to contact me for example so I tell them to use simplex and they download it and use it, that's great. but oh my god trying to convince family members is so much harder than it needs to be😂most of myfamilyy live in 3rd world countries and use apps like WhatsApp, its what they're used to and they don't care about privacy. I'm using chat apps as an example but I think the idea is the same, the privacy focused alternatives need to get BETTER than the competition. I think this is the only way mass adoption will occur, using privacy, anti censorship etc as a selling point will not work for the masses
I tested out onboarding from snort and from amethyst just for fun .. ya it's pretty rough. If I was nostr CEO I'd be stealing twitter and reddits content to fake boost our user counts and fixing onboarding. Which is pretty much how all social media starts. Even Facebook stole email user lists to get started. So far nostr isn't doing anything like this..
Features / ecosystem / portability / interop. Monoliths can't compete, they aren't agile enough
Good point
