Nostr Web Client

Wow. This is as “fiat” a lens as I could imagine.

More users isn’t “winning” if it’s all noise and nonsense.

If people value the benefits of this protocol, they will use it. If they don’t, they will stay captured in clown world. 🤡

All freedom tech is opt-in by design, so I don’t see what the problem is.

Unless, narcissistic “follower count” is one’s primary goal (instead of high signal engagement). Then it sucks here 😝

HoloKat 2mo ago

Users are the lifeblood of any social application. All social media has attrition. Eventually you get to a point where you have no users left. It's not rocket science and has nothing to do with fiat. Yes this tech is opt-in, requires proof of work, and can be made better (it already is in many cases), but we're still competing with personalized algos coming from centrally curated data -- something we don't really have in nostr unless you have a massive caching server that mimics a behemoth server.

Nothing fiat about this - just stating facts. Maybe think before you try to insult next time.

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Chris 2mo ago

You’re right….its over….hopeless.

It was a good effort though….thanks for playing. 😉

HoloKat 2mo ago

That wasn’t the point of the note but I can see how it can be interpreted that way. The point is that we should not try to compete on that which we’re disadvantaged at, and focus on things that set this protocol apart. It’s a cup half full type of note unless one has a cup half empty type of attitude or mood at the time of reading it. 🤷‍♂️

Chris 2mo ago

“Nostr will forever fight a losing battle….” Sorry brother. Thats not a “cup half full” kinda note beginning.

However, I FULLY agree that it is futile to expend energy competing where “we are disadvantaged”.

I just don’t see Nostr development as a global competition for SM users. I see Nostr (and Bitcoin) as high signal tools for the co-ordination of building a new secure and decentralised civilisation from the bottom up.

As should be obvious to anyone paying attention, our current centralised, control systems (globally) are in their final stages of complete collapse. IMO, we will need all these “freedom tech” tools (and more) to begin to build this new, infinitely more coherent and co-operative world. Yet, we won’t need the whole world using them. At first. Far from it.

Anyway….my responses were pretty low-vibe to start. Sorry for that….🙏🏻