I swear that platform is about to self implode
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I don’t think so. Most people are so dumb to even realise they are being limited in any kind of way. Most people don’t even give it importance as long as their acquaintances are on the platform.
Social pressure, the same reason people still use Instagram, X, Snapchat, WhatsApp…
Bc although they are incredibly missing out, they ignore that bc “this is where my friends are at”
I think people don’t mind cuz limitations promote creativity. Like the haiku form.
Also, the understanding that if millions or billions of people are uploading long things, then there needs to be more data centers which cause pollution and use electricity.
also, people go to instagram to browse and discover. If people start posting long things, then you can’t browse or discover as much.
Instagram isn't going anywhere too soon, as long as there's no good alternative, especially for businesses. I talked about this earlier here, there's no Nostr client yet with that optimized polish that works for client relationship as Instagram does (natural after so many years and money spent in development). I suggest we drop the moralistic attitude and just use and create the superior freedom alternative.
this is actually a very good summary. lol instagram is so good for “businesses” that I stopped using it. 😆
With businesses I also mean your favorite podcasters and artists here on Nostr. They would benefit from a polished client that optimizes the relationship with followers and makes it easy to display their work properly. The only thing we have here is the random shitposting style.
oh … well I don’t like that stuff. I think I got enough of that from IG. I like the random diy style.
“shitposting” to me is like on Reddit where there’s just a completely random and unthoughtful post.
I don’t have favorite podcasters on Nostr.
Don't get me wrong , the IG algorithm is an absolute nightmare. It makes people sick and I'd love to leave it instantly. In fact, I only went there a few months ago ... yes, for business. The app works very well overall.
Seems like you feel all comfortable with the current Nostr vibes which is great! Every client can have its own vibe though. Olas was meant to clone IG to some extent, but I don't know about the state of affairs there.
We definitely need more Nostr users and therefore I think a variety of vibes and clients.
another thing that I also consider is that taking responsibility is also making ourselves known little by little and not forcing anyone to use it. since the things that this protocol offers and how its clients work may not seem very attractive to many at the moment, because being cinseros, I do like us but putting together relays, understanding how they work and also putting together your own storage server currently It is very cumbersome if you are not a developer. so for many, these tools are currently not within the reach of someone normal who only wants to surf the Internet.
LoL that requires large amounts of money and a fleet of engineers but I guess dropping the attitude and rolling up the sleeves would work 😂
"Just make Instagram bro"