there’s a difference between influencing an idea and trying to sell some stuff. for me, value for value is the path to a new, humble creator’s economy.

thanks, i need to read more on bluesky.

i think the biggest challenge today is figuring out who we want to speak to.

“find your niche and then go one level deeper” is usually a solid starting point for growth. nostr is amazing, and i know exactly what promise i’m into. the trick, though, is defining a group out of the cyber early adopters (probably all of us here today).

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💯 true, nostr isn’t a startup locked between investors' expectations, and that’s a big comfort. the challenge is to be patient enough

💊

trial and error - sure, but to make it effective there must be some thesis we test

i’ll start with my personal 4p that led me here:

persona:

i’m a startup founder (in the eu) with 10+ years in proptech. i had a bitcoin story years ago, similar to what nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 described once (“old discs turned into a multi-million dollar mirror”). i’ve always been into privacy and osint.

problem:

i never had instagram or facebook - it’s just not me. i like good conversations and interesting people. i tried twitter, but hated the ads (problem 1) and even more, (p2) the algorithms serving up the same quasi-influencer content (“ten ways to this…” and “what i’ve learned from…”).

this led to a third problem - every social media platform today is a selling tool. if not through ads, then through influencing. ads are annoying, but influencing feels fake, and i don’t want that in front of my face.

product:

that’s how i ended up on nostr, probably through some article on nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m involvement. i read the paper, explored tons of websites (com, org, band, watch, you name it), and found @primal available on iOS. here i am.

nostr promise:

i see no ads and no influencers.

value-for-value and full control are the promises that hooked me.

if ads show up in my feed, i can switch clients. if i encounter annoying influencers, i can mute them.

last but not least—

i’m still short here, but i already like you guys. i enjoy reading your notes, discussions, memes. you’re a bunch of smart people, and that’s a promise hard to deliver on the web 💜

pv 🤙

i’d flip the question—it’s not about who we compete with, but who we’re delivering value to. once that’s clear, knowing the competition becomes relevant.

there’s a simple 4P framework for early startups struggling to find product-market fit: persona, problem, promise, product.

the product must deliver the promise that solves the problem for your persona.

if anyone wants to dive deeper into nostr marketing, i’m happy to help—got a good bit of marketing/startup/tech experience 🤙

if micro-decentralization is about relays, clients, etc., maybe there’s a macro view centered on the protocols themselves? growth matters as PoC, but maybe each protocol - nostr, bluesky, or others - will end up building its own village of like-minded people?

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“you become detached from real life the more you are attached to the game”

powerful

agree, that’s permissionless

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looks like ‘sound money’ has a new meaning!

yes, i missed the “i’m aware of being watched” type - that’s the one we should be to effectively fight for change while still having a decent life. it’s just that i’ve met a few severely paranoid guys, and hell, they’re the most unhappy ones i know :(

gn

wow

exciting!

there are two types of privacy guys: “someone’s watching me” and “i’m an advertising product.” being in the first group isn’t healthy, unless you’re very special.

pv 🍀🤙

idk, i’m too short here, but waiting to see the results! 🤙🤞

go with nip-05 verification, so we know it’s you 🤙 https://nostr.how/en/guides/get-verified

how about using https://npub.pro/ ?