was born too late to experience IRC but I imagine bitchat and #21m is close to it
I get what you mean, but I'd also love to consume that content as well. I do think sometimes being the first producer can incentivize others, so we'll see
"In short, what I'd like is to be able to assess whether my content truly belongs on Nostr or whether I'm posting in the void."
100% agree with this. Also, as somebody who isn't as interested in Bitcoin topics, I've found it difficult to find content I'm interested in so far (sports, research/papers related to ML, etc.). Part of me thinks this content just isn't on Nostr yet
I feel like they lack structural incentives to give up control. Giving up control weakens network adoption and potential monetization. It feels like all roads lead through Bluesky PBC or Merkle for single points of failure
Could be wrong! Would love to hear your take
Decentralized social event in Chicago🔥
Got a decent turnout to talk about atproto, Nostr, and farcaster
it blows my mind when people think elon is the answer to our problems
I'm late to this, but is Farcaster just Bluesky for eth bros?
Both are VC-backed protocol / client development efforts with a lack of credible decentralization incentives?
Audience definitely matters. As a creator, for the content you post, where is the audience for it? That's where the creator will be.
We need to address both somehow
Additionally, I think connecting with large content creators would be great. They've seen firsthand the impact of de-platforming and de-monetization, and if they knew a solution existed I'm sure they'd use it.
Even they simply posted across platforms as a form of insurance that's a win too.
It's 100% worth it to get a big time streamer or content creator here.
Have started dm'ing my favorite accounts on X - their posts are too good to be doing for free
have an example?
great review
I only thought about it because so much startup is advice is about solving “problems” and I disagreed because not everything is a true painkiller; the supplements market is huge.
When I started thinking of everything as a puzzle, it started to make more sense
greetings from Chicago
Everything in life is a puzzle. Not being able to solve a puzzle, or being slow at solving puzzles, can be frustrating. Being able to solve puzzles faster allows you to solve more puzzles.
Those who have the ingenuity to solve puzzles, the ingenuity to create shortcuts to solve puzzles faster, or the ingenuity to create guides/blueprints to solve puzzles yourself, will have people willing to give them value in exchange for alleviating their frustration of not being able to solve the puzzle quickly, or not being able to solve the puzzle at all.
There can be multiple ways to solve the same puzzle.
Losing weight is a puzzle. There is no “one way” to lose weight. Supplements are short cuts, diets and exercise routines are blueprints, etc.
Solve puzzles.
got this as well
Had this issue when I first joined, took a lot of work to find content not bitcoin or even Nostr related.
Don’t see the avg person taking the time I did. With that said, I think more engaging apps will be built soon
the posting on X can just be so exhausting
I love Nostr because it's one of the few tech-forward places without any VCs lmao
all the startups I see on here are posting with their customers in mind and without trying to "signal" to potential investors
it's such a breath of fresh air
we NEED to capitalize on these moments, this is what we are no good at
all this youtube/spotify stuff should be our time to be OFF of Nostr, on the traditional platforms, educating.
why we don't do this is beyond me
would be fun to see the ratio of lurkers across platforms
# of posters/ # of accounts
which would have the greatest ratio? Linkedin?
Everyday I see posts where the author is complaining about problems decentralized protocols like #Nostr solve.
Corporate incentives do not align with what creators and writers truly need:
- full autonomy over their content (owned by the creator)
- p2p transactions (direct payments)
- free speech (let me post what I want)
- no opaque algorithms (show the content I subscribe to)
IMO, we need to be educating people OFF of Nostr more than we currently are
