“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”

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Thought of the day:

The work received from recognition lasts for a short time, but the recognition received from work lasts for a lifetime.

Putting on UFC 285, have a feeling it will be a banger

Y’all still doing #MarchOffTwitter fam?

<3 love Bulgarian culture and people so much.

Goats cheese over cream cheese.

Specifically Bulgarian Goats cheese.

#[2]​ sounds like it’s already started with cashu

The algorithms of legacy social are inverse: if someone hasn’t posted while they should get more visibility for the new post, not less. I can’t wait for the masses to migrate.

I was talking yesterday to one of my advisors for my start up, I was explaining nostr on a deeper level and we got to talking about how many of us, myself included, can see a future where legacy social creates nostr clients and had a thought.

They prob will but it won’t work long run. It’ll be a death knell. They will have to completely re-examine their business model in a way that I don’t think their stakeholders will be aligned with. Really the best thing they can hope for is integrating global sign in with nostr identity.

By the time they actually start to build a client, we won’t need them anymore. This makes about as much sense as the US dollar being backed by bitcoin: why would anyone use the dollar at that point when they could just cut to the chase and use bitcoin directly?

I could make my THNDRGAMES habit pay for zaps ⚡️ on nostr 🤔 just because

I keep running into people calling for censorship and content moderation on Nostr.

You fucking mouth breathers aren't getting the point!

Go back to Twitter.

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I need help 🆘

Setting up a membership based platform

Pretty simple for tech guys/gals

Just need a monthly fee coming out and setting up a website with a paywall that people can log into

Can anyone help? I can pay in BTC

#plebchain

Hey!

I’m about ready to try experimenting with livestreaming some hardware-based electronic music jams.

I poked around nostrnests a little bit, but pretty sure I was playing to an empty room, and not 100% certain I’ve got my audio worked out.

Streaming video+audio would be better from a proof-of-work standpoint (watch me push buttons and tweak knobs in real-time), so maybe that’s a keet thing?

I would love to get the kinks worked out and just have a set schedule to sit down and JAM, ya know? Having an audience (even a small or potential one) makes a difference, for sure. ;)

Anyone interested in performing or watching jams?

(especially while troubleshooting/setting up, my availability is subject to vicissitudes of life)

This is just phase 1: experimenting

Phase future will allow us to cryptographically sign-off on other users work. Think web-of-trust.

I can sign a badge for my babysitter verifying that they are legit. Other parents in my own web of trust can see that on her profile, and use that info in their decision to hire her.

An employer can sign-off that you know how to write python code because they paid you to do so. Other employers can see that certificate/badge from a reputable signing identity.

Complete an education course? Your grade is a badge.

And you can choose to reveal badges at your discretion to whomever you want.

I’ve been leaving a bunch of comments about badges, and wanted to tie it all together in one note for anyone who cares. Here are my evolving thoughts:

Obviously there’s been a bunch of hype, and that’s cool, but a bunch of people are still confused and some are even upset. Worry not, badges are harmless and much of the hype is likely to die down fast anyway.

First of all, I’m not a game designer, but I’ve played enough games to know that badges are mostly useless. For a badge to feel special it typically needs to:

1. Be difficult to achieve

2. Be available for anyone to try to achieve it

3. Come from some important central entity

It’s not to say that friend to friend badges are useless or won’t last, but I’d wager the hype on those will be the first to die, and fast.

I think the best use of badges is if it comes from important community entities or people who are central to Nostr’s ability to keep going. For the most part this means clients, and perhaps the founder of the protocol. Some developers can also command that kind of influence. One off events might also be good candidates for badges.

The main issue with nostr badges is that they can be created by anyone - and that makes them less special. Also, the fact that the playing field is not even (anyone can create a badge only for a specific subset of people and not everyone), makes them double ineffective. A sense of mission, struggle and achievement is required for badges to feel special. Again, this is where I think clients will be good candidates to issue them.

All that being said it’s still good fun, though I don’t expect it to last long.

How many of you that use NostrGram care about badges? I'm trying to decide where it should be on my priority list.