Nostr Web Client

'Unthinkable', yes, indeed, they are unaware; unaware of the risks they run by attaching themselves to a platform, unaware of the nature/architecure of the problem, unaware of the sollution.

They "feel" they have no alternative, just as much they "feel" there are issues. Same goes for the audience side, that "feel" there are issues with platforms(the algos, dark patterns etc) and "feel" there is no way out (and why many probably welcome government intervention, if not out of sheer desperation).

Obviously converting the center in a single day is not a thing, but especially these days there is a whole lot there in the margin that is ready for 'capture'; and going back to Williams original post, is a matter of getting the point across

Garbage nsec 8mo ago 💬 1

I share the wider sentiment, but for me I look at nostr stats and I see that it’s now shrinking, having shed a couple thousand daily actives over the last few months. What are we at now, 15k daily trusted pubkeys? And if you run a few more common-sense filters on top of that to weed out accounts that are not genuinely active, what are we left with then? A few thousand?

Like it’s just at such an embryonic stage right now that any talk of nostr replacing anything for anyone other than nostr enthusiasts seems a little jump-the-gunny .

Maybe the focus should be more on pure survival, just getting back to growth, fixing things, cutting out mess. The rest, for which we all have ideas for, save for 2026.

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alp 8mo ago 💬 2

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"Maybe the focus should be more on pure survival, just getting back to growth, fixing things, cutting out mess."

It's nice to see someone recognizing reality, unlike that in-group that keeps hyping each other up and is stuck in their self-referential bubble. For the average user, Nostr is still too complicated. The perceived benefit of being uncensorable is still too irrelevant to endure the hassle. I recently saw this when my wife just wanted to connect a new wallet to her existing account via NWC.

Everyone should focus on 1. maximizing benefits and 2. making onboarding easier. And they need to take criticism in stride instead of reacting like we're in some cult; no one expects everything from one developer. It's a group effort, and we're all in this together.

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