Nostr Web Client

Imagine joining a new social network billed as being designed for everyone and when you get there you find everyone has pronouns in their bio, variations of the pride flag in their avatar, and are unironically telling each other to “stay woke.”

There’s a danger that that’s what #nostr is becoming except instead of woke stuff everyone has “stay humble and stack sats” in their bio, laser eyes in their avatar, and is unironically posting about how we need to get rid of likes on social media and replace them with financial micro transactions.

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jimbocoin 🃏 2y ago

#Nostr is a protocol, not a social network. Social networking is just the most visible app at this time.

The beauty of this is that the protocol affords niche communities to develop and (if they choose) interact. No more walled gardens.

BitcoinSandy 2y ago

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Zach 2y ago

One hundred percent agree and understand your point. Social media may not even be its best use case long term. However, that’s how many people are going to initially be introduced to it. I could be wrong, but I suspect that a high percentage of Nostr discussion at the bitcoin conference is around getting onboarded through apps like damus, amethyst, snort, etc.

jimbocoin 🃏 2y ago

That’s definitely all true. The part I disagreed with was the idea that somehow we need to be concerned about the emergence of niche communities (woke and Bitcoin alike). I suspect that the emergence of such communities is how Nostr succeeds—a feature, not a bug. 🤷‍♀️

Zach 2y ago

Ah, that’s a good point. I suspect it will get even better for niche communities as focus gravitates towards more micro apps and moving relays to a more prominent role in the protocol.

jimbocoin 🃏 2y ago

Exactly 🤝

solobalbo 2y ago

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Conrad 2y ago

Excellent point! I think we need to focus on the community we are building. We have zaps, but that is NOT what this experiment is about.

We can build a gorgeous, decentralized monument to social connection here.

Zach 2y ago

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Squirrel Master 🐿️ 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 2y ago

Agreed. I love the idea of zaps vs likes, personally (value for value), but there is a sense of groupthink that isn’t great for a robust social network. That being said, we’re still in the very early adopters phase, so it makes sense that there’s a tribal mentality prevailing at the moment

Zach 2y ago

For sure. And I think as micro apps develop for niche use cases and relays move to a more central role we will start to see the potential benefit for many different groups and individuals.