Test 2, just to be safe.
It was instant.
Now that I'm using the nos.social relay, let's see how quickly this gets cross-posted.
In a vacuum and on the surface the convenience is fascinating, but it's everything it's connected to that scares the absolute hell out of me.
I started thinking again about the question nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft asked a few weeks ago of "If nostr was completely dead in 10, years what killed it?" and after reading a blog post from a new user that nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 had made a post about, another reason dawned on me.
An identity crisis. And it takes the form of there being difficulty in trying to describe what nostr even is. Because at this point we have Twitter alternatives, we have blogging sites, we have Reddit alternatives, we have Twitch alternatives, and we have Spotify alternatives. I've seen nostr "marketed" for the most part as *just* a Twitter alternative, but it's so much more.
So how the heck do we solve this? People like nostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240 have talked about hiding the more technical complexities of nostr behind more user-friendly solutions. The same can be done with the fact that nostr is a protocol. What do I mean by that? Clients should lean into the idea that they are filling a distinct role and are wholly independent of any other client. Pair that with the idea of NOT giving people a choice of clients when introducing people to nostr. I know it sounds crazy and counter to what you might want to do, but the way I see it is the less there is to choose from in the beginning the less confusing it'll be. Figure out what ecosystem they're coming from, ie. Twitter, etc., and what their primary device will be. Then tell them to use whatever client you use if you're using the same kind of device, or the most popular client for their device if not. After that let them explore, discover, and answer any questions they might have.
I never thought that I would be reading a #manga called "My Dick is a Cute Girl" yet here I am 15 chapters in. Weirdly wholesome though, given that this is euphemism city.
An hour's delay isn't excellent. However, it could be due to a multitude of reasons.
Now that I finally got tweeter.nos.social to finally work, let's see if I can actually crosspost between nostr and X.
First snow of the year! #weather
Decided to give nostrudel a look after nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 kept gushing about it, and holy crap I can see why now.
Why are Amethyst and Damus using event kind 30000 with a “d” tag of “mute” for their mute lists instead of event kind 10000 which nip-51 specifies as the event kind for mute? Coracle and nos.social are using kind 10000 as the spec says.
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/51.md
nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z & nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5sWhat’s the thinking here?
Makes you wonder how many other such inconsistencies there are across the most popular clients.
A lack of standardization across a given type of client causing wildly different implementations of a given feature in one client to be unable to be loaded in another client. This leads to the loss of interoperability and ultimately causes enough frustration for devs and users to abandon nostr outright at worst, or completely fracture userbase based on the client of choice.
Holy crap... I just found out that Snort has a deck feature! This is a game-changer! It is still a bit rough around the edges and mainly needs column customization, but it is still an amazing addition. #grownostr
Absolutely! I wouldn't be surprised at all if other social media platforms are working on something similar.
Charging $1 a year to Tweet and Retweet may not seem like a lot, however optics matter. It sets the stage to charge more in the future, it makes the service no longer free, and most importantly, it makes Twitter no longer the public square where anyone is able to freely talk - a point in which Elon likes to state, but continues to erode.
While on the NOSTR we happily Zap developers more than $1 worth of sats quite often and some could agree that it's a similar task to paying a measily 4000 sats, it's not. It's not a requirement. It's not forced. The NOSTR is completely free and open. The openness is the difference. The NOSTR is the public square.
https://fortune.com/2023/10/17/twitter-x-charging-new-users-1-dollar-year-to-tweet/
It is technically only for brand new users in two countries. BUT, it will most likely expand to more coutnries first, then EXISTING users in those countries.
Any idea why my chronological feed isn't chronological?
I really like snort too. Though the two main problems I have with it are the overall design being too mobile-friendly on desktop, ie. there's too much wasted space in my opinion, and global not being based on connected relays.
Sounds like a more robust and standardizing NIP is needed to either rebuild and improve zaps or a completely different method to achieve the same basic feature.