"A common pattern in the history of globalization has been: first, you have a fairly isolated culture with a distinct character; then it is plugged into the world market and, as more resources flows in, experiences a cultural flourishing—more music, more art, more local handicraft; until the region has been mined of diversity, converged to the tastes of the world market and becomes rather duller. We’ve used up most of these geographical sources of diversity now."
Another really well written piece by Henrik. https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/insular-groups
I think about this often. The world has gotten smaller, more homogeneous, less interesting.
I wonder if this is something that we can recover or is it something that, once lost, is lost forever?
Fiat mindset.
The future is circular.
I sit upon a throne of likes and I laugh at your zap empire from atop my community of respected peers.
Liking this post to be cheeky.
No, Nostr be like that. You identified two core issues with bounties in this thread. Keep pushing for better. We will succeed.
Generally speaking I agree completely. The exception being when a foreign entity can more aptly apply pressure than a domestic one.
"Pimps will be required to have a registered office and must apply to the Belgian government to offer contracts to prostitutes. Contracts will disguised in order to allow prostitutes to remain anonymous."
Give the women benefits and put the pimps on a registry.
This is not about human rights, it's about human trafficking.
That's a good question.
I would think the first step is identifying the most likely candidate games for Nostrization.
For instance Imperials is FOSS and would only require new artwork. Something like Mario Kart is a lot less likely to be browser-based, but it's not out of the realm of possibilities.
I'd say it takes a lot.
I would expect the first Nostr game to be released by a company who is determined to keep producing Nostr games.
Short answer: There is not a significant overlap between game developers and web developers. There is certainly overlap, but they more or less remain two separate groups. So, while it is a good idea, it falls in the realm of "Facebook games" or browser games. Which are worthwhile, and I agree should be implemented ASAP in regards to Nostr.
But it's a lot to consider. Some parts of Web development can include gamification. But in both models there exists a problem of monetization. So when you combine the two solutions, they aggregate the same problem twofold.
To host a web game, the winning model is to monetize the web game and advertise the crap out of it. Since Nostr is decidedly advertisement-free, there is a clash in the pipeline. Game developers would struggle to advertise and monetize their games on Nostr.
It is not impossible and it is a good idea. But the question is where to start, and who's going to do it.
I was looking at a game called Imperials last night which is a FOSS clone of Settlers of Catan. But, to Nostrize the game means taking on all of the costs myself, with no effective advertisement strategy, and confined to a clone that doesn't look particularly good. And the artwork is copy written also. So I would need to hire an artist.
I think having development groups centered around this idea could be very effective, but as an individual it can be quite a bunch of work and problems. Many other applications seem easier in contrast.
Integrated games took Facebook to where it stands now. It's worth doing but it's not easy.
Facebook had it easier with a centralized platform. We'll have it better in the long run, but not easier in the short term.
"One guy's discovery leads to another guy's invention, which leads to another guy's machine."
Plenty of people are blasting notes unintentionally to the wrong relays, yes. It's practically unavoidable unless you always check your relays before posting.
This is also why you will see people replying to notes you can't see. It likely means they sent a "global reply" (to all relays, by default in amethyst) as a response to an exclusive note (single relay)
In the end, wealthy Bitcoiners will pay an abundance for attention and validation.
As of 2009, the money is good.
It's people who are broken.
Human needs are true value.
WAGMI bitch.
So glad you could make it ⚡🚀✨🐂
Not me blasting unrelated notes to Moon Boi
...and everyone else..
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Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability to lift an eye to heaven, conscious of his fleeting time here.
Silly monkies killing monkies over pieces of the ground.
Nostr is an ecosystem of communities.
Communities can exist at:
The protocol level (see: follow list)
The application level (see: Highlighter)
The relay level
or, the individual level.
What I see in this thread is a debate about the definitions of communities at the individual level.
However at the individual level, we are participants.
My npub is a participant of many communities, as well as an isolated community of its own.
My npub's community does not stop at the information stored on relays.
It extends into other dimensions with some applications, such as when I speak to users Nostr Nests or CornyChat.
It extends into "mental narrative" communities, otherwise known as "tribal models."
I elect to identify as a vegan. Hodlbod elects to identify as a Christian. These are examples of tribal models.
What I see lacking on Nostr to this day is communities. There is an ABUNDANCE of community to be found.
But what we haven't seemed to nail down is the individual creation and collective maintenance of our digital communities.
That is the goal here, I think.
Unfortunately this post ends early. Good luck Nostr devs. We're all rooting for you.
"I don't mean to sound cold or cruel or vicious, but I am, so that's the way it comes out." 💯
Oh shit we got nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 in Moon Bois too?
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Oh aye, met an Irish broad in the states back in mah days at the resort. She taught me all about the craic. Full of life that one! My accent sounds terrible LOL. Got a friend on Twitch from northern Ireland, can't stand the fucker. Pleasant lad he.
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