I didn’t address that part of your original rant because there was no reason to. Not everyone is a pedantic prick. I know Nostr is a protocol and not a platform, otherwise the apps we use would be called, wait for it. Nostr. Are you happy now that I have acknowledged you? Do you feel seen?

Go back to your mom’s basement, kid, I have no time for your nonsense today.

It’s the exact same thing. It’s ok if you don’t want to acknowledge it, but it is. Here, they’re just not putting video to it. 🤷🏻

Not the first time I have stumbled across a post from someone who is obviously looking for attention.

Is this a function of the incentive mechanism or is it a result of the general mindset of the specific audience Nostr attracts?

it’s a step in the right direction, no doubt about it. Although I feel like Nostr may be treated like tictok, where people act like idiots in front of a camera in the hopes of monetizing it.

And while I haven’t seen any behavior like this myself, it’s logical to assume this platform could be utilized in the same way.

I am glad the likes/dislikes option went bye bye, since that’s not really a valid

metric for anything.

Where did I say that I don’t welcome criticism?

I’m hopeful about nostr, but I feel like this is rose coloured glasses during the honeymoon period before it becomes mainstream

There was similar positive sentiment during the early Internet when it was just the early adopters, and then we saw a gradual shift as the mainstream came online

Maybe it will be different with nostr, decentralisation, and changed incentives, but I remain cautious yet hopeful

seems fake

(I hope it is fake)

What age is appropriate for a midlife crisis? Can I have one early?

Eh, what the hell, here goes one more spicy take: Maxis are people who are afraid of opening their minds and learning, failing and becoming stronger! Being maxi offers the friction free mediocre like style! 🐶🐾😂😂😂🌶️🌶️🌶️

(I bet I pissed off a few of you by now!)

Good analogy about the ruler but you're mistaken. Every time you mine a coin, you inflate the supply in both Bitcoin and Monero and you will in both for the next 100 years in Bitcoin. Currently, AFAIK Bitcoin has a higher inflation than Monero until the next halving but you won't notice much of a difference until the halving after that when fees will likely replace inflation to pay the miners in Bitcoin. The inflation in Monero is small, less than Gold, and about the same as the amount of Monero that's lost due to lost wallets, etc. Gold has kept its value for thousands of years so that should not stop Monero from being a store of value. Gold only started to lose its store of value in the 1970s when there wasn't enough gold in circulation and it began to be fractionally reserved...the same as what will happen to Bitcoin when it gets scarce enough. But even with fractional reserves, Gold is still not a bad store of value so I don't think Bitcoin will be harmed too much.