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Like a npub with just the hikes of that person? Maybe their booths should get a npub then šŸ˜„

In my concept for cycling activities the idea is to attach a keypair to a bike as well so it would be possible to broadcast event on behalf of your bike instead of you as a cyclist or your user keypair.

Done with dumping all the interesting Nostr related links I collected last two weeks and are worth the mention on https://ccns.nostrver.se

GN 😓

Why Nostr is struggling…

There is too much of an overlap with X, not only in the feature sets among the primary applications, but more importantly, in the kind of audience that Nostr is catering to.

Sure..censorship resistance at the protocol level is a differentiator, but the to the average person, you may as well be talking gibberish. They don’t know wtf a protocol is in the first place - let alone why it matters for censorship resistance to happen at that level, or more importantly, WHY they should trust Nostr to deliver on that promise. ā€œBcoz nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m said soā€ is not an argument.

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Bluesky is a case in point here.

It’s got a VERY similar feature set to X, claims to be open source / censorship resistant (similar narrative to Nostr), and is growing MUCH faster than Nostr, bc it has captured a key audience, ie; people with TDS and EDS (Elon Derangement Syndrome).

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/bluesky-signups-surge-uk-amid-musks-row-with-government-over-riots-2024-08-13/?

I’ve been on there a few times, and the content quality is enough to make you want to throw up….but at the very least, it’s working for that kind of content, and for the people who want it.

I don’t have a direct answer here..but I think it’s something to do with the over-emphasis on technicals.

nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 mentioned increasing the emphasis on design the other day. I agree this is a move in the right direction. We’re taking a very design-focused approach with nostr:npub15xd2mmjnh3caykh77djsv73e0zkrp42jp5mwerx8f4m6su40wdvss7t3l3 (we’ll have ALOT more to show in the next 6wks).

That being said, it’s not enough.

IMO, Nostr is technically mature enough for us to go out there and talk about it to more people, and build a narrative BEYOND the 500 of us that are talking to each other on here.

People like nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft or nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc can correct me if I am wrong here. Maybe there’s alot more to do technically.

But if I am right, I’d like to see more initiatives that are marketing oriented being supported by nostr:npub17xvf49kht23cddxgw92rvfktkd3vqvjgkgsdexh9847wl0927tqsrhc9as and nostr:npub10pensatlcfwktnvjjw2dtem38n6rvw8g6fv73h84cuacxn4c28eqyfn34f and other coalitions. Maybe we even need a council of Nostr businesses, who together pool some funds to help drive some marketing initiatives?

Whatever the case, we need to expand upon the Nostr narrative, make it more compelling and speak to more people about it.

At the very least, we have to conquer then Bitcoiners. If we can’t get the segment who are into freedom money onto the freedom of speech network, we’re DOA. That’s a first step.

I know nostr:npub1hz5alqscpp8yjrvgsdp2n4ygkl8slvstrgvmjca7e45w6644ew7sewtysa is working on a very cool initiative in relation to this. The Nostr Booth is IMO a great way to make Nostr more ā€œrealā€ for bitcoiners by having a physical presence at all the conferences.

I know nostr:npub1utx00neqgqln72j22kej3ux7803c2k986henvvha4thuwfkper4s7r50e8 + nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 are doing some Podcast outreach. That’s super important too. nostr:npub16vrkgd28wq6n0h77lqgu8h4fdu0eapxgyj0zqq6ngfvjf2vs3nuq5mp2va and crew are putting on Nostriga. Amazing. nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr / nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg are doing great things with nostr:npub1spdnfacgsd7lk0nlqkq443tkq4jx9z6c6ksvaquuewmw7d3qltpslcq6j7, etc on the content side. I’ve got some things up my sleeve personally which I will begin to do once nostr:npub15xd2mmjnh3caykh77djsv73e0zkrp42jp5mwerx8f4m6su40wdvss7t3l3 is in a position to represent a NEW kind of Nostr-product..

But we need MOAR..

And…we also need to find another angle that is NOT about censorship resistance. That’s clearly not working against X.

I don’t know the EXACT narrative or spin, but it has to be more ā€œrunning towardsā€ than ā€œrunning fromā€.

More white pill, less black pill.

Anyway.

I will probably turn this into an article. I’ve been thinking more and more about ā€œwriting in publicā€ as we build Satlantis, and sharing more about how we’re thinking about growing a ā€œnetwork productā€ on top of a ā€œnetwork protocolā€.

If you think this was valuable, please repoast so more people can see and get involved in the discussion.

Embrace the friction, we need the struggles! Without these this Nostr movement wouldn't exist. It's what the other protocols are seeming to miss.

So just foster the friction as long as possible šŸ¤“

A new CMS is announced and it's called Drupal CMS šŸ¤“

For those who know Drupal, I think this could be somewhat confusing. In the past Drupal started as a CMS and even became the best CMS out there. With the adoption of the #PHP framework #Symfony the software involved into a toolset / framework to build any type of website / webapp. So the current version of Drupal is so much more than a CMS. With this new release of Drupal, the goal is to outline that niche feature of Drupal. I'm very curious how this will involve next year and if Drupal CMS can gain some traction in the competitive landscape of website building tools.

Great work so far nostr:npub176xpl3dl0agjt7vjeccw6v5grlx8f9mhc75aazwvvqfjvq5al8uszj5asu šŸ™

https://www.drupal.org/blog/drupal-cms-the-official-name-for-drupal-starshot

#Drupal

Ok check, that's what I thought as well indeed.

I will ask nostr:npub1u4us5nqj5cwcdltwweuavzueel5zahcjfmcq8awj2gwztfw4q9ws9rjzzd if he really deleted it ;)

In '22 I've worked out a concept for a social app for cyclists, with ideas and sketches. It was based on a other social app for petrolheads (where I was the product owner on behalf of my client). Here's a rough sketch

I know it's possible to build this with Nostr, but we need a decent NIP for activities (and the GPX data) and you're just set the first landmark for this šŸ™ I'm a Strava power user as well, so I pretty well know what we have to build. As for now I'm very busy with nostr:npub1phpdev2d38u5hzs4jrsh360mevh0rjctu9669quy97wu23u8sqdqpfha0j which has my focus regarding Nostr dev work. The rest of the time I'm busy with client work, building fullstack solutions with #Drupal.

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POW #nostride 65 KM on the gravel bikešŸš“ā€ā™‚ļø nostr:npub1qe3e5wrvnsgpggtkytxteaqfprz0rgxr8c3l34kk3a9t7e2l3acslezefe is working on something cool for all #nostr run/ride -ers šŸ¤™šŸ“ø #photography #health #sport

I see a krom stuur there btw!

Hmmm passkeys !== passwords

I guess our nsecs are somewhere in between.

https://notes.neatnik.net/2024/08/passkeys-are-not-passwords

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Could you help me find the original post / event of nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpsj4a4f4mpp0zfd0x78cdqzuwvczdts2dv7j0pmqnqpv5qjwhmepqyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kytcqypx443czde5tznn4xtrh0qr7vsdcpghzprcwry7xmp4dm65uhda626nsr43

https://njump.me/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpsj4a4f4mpp0zfd0x78cdqzuwvczdts2dv7j0pmqnqpv5qjwhmepqyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kytcqypx443czde5tznn4xtrh0qr7vsdcpghzprcwry7xmp4dm65uhda626nsr43

I can't find it (or is it deleted?)...

I got the same YT bullshit, I think this also a way of fightning the YT proxies like Piped and Indivious

Hmm, I have some friends which are quite tech-savvy but I haven't introduced Nostr to them yet. Main reason why not is because the content they're interested in doesn't exist yet, but I'm 100% sure they will be flabbergasted when they see the portability superpower of the protocol if they start using multiple clients.

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