Nostr Web Client

Bluesky didn't have any marketing either, as far as I know. It's really about network effects. I experienced that 40k→40M growth myself, and I really think it really helps there were zero cultural obligations.

There was genuinely diverse population regarding hobbies and expertise even when it was a similar size to Nostr, so new people didn't feel ashamed if they had unpopular interests. Here it looks like Bitcoin monoculture vs a few random other people.

The irony is that Nostr itself is agnostic - the protocol doesn't care about Bitcoin or politics. But the cultural monoculture contradicts the infrastructure's neutrality, and that's what drives people away.

hodlbod 3w ago

Bluesky's marketing department was Elon Musk. But your observations about nostr are true. At the same time, I'm not that worried about it, so long as 1. the best tech wins and 2. I can build a sustainable business on the protocol while staying decentralized. On the other other hand I recognize that "build it and they will come" is delusional. It all just depends on what the goals for the protocol are, and those vary widely.

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tree 木 3w ago

I think best tech wins on an open, unregulated market - not when most of your potential customers are institutionalized like in current democracies. If people are conditioned to rely on institutions and can't even recognize alternatives, then technical superiority is irrelevant.

atyh 3w ago

gen z seems to be going with public libraries, group dinners, and analog, instead of protocols. which i kinda love. but kinda dont.

hodlbod 3w ago

Based but also maybe a loser strategy

atyh 3w ago

depends on what they are losing i suppose 🤷