Thanks for the 1sat nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s 😂😂
No you understand the technical component. Not how network effects actually work
Zaps are just a substitute for likes. They’re largely meaningless. And they are FAAAAR from an economic model
These kind of responses are so tone deaf it’s not funny.
- Zero concept of how networks actually work and grow.
- No idea about network or anti-network effects.
- Ignores the fact that bitcoin had intensive marketing from the beginning,
- AND blind to the fact that bitcoin is a financial network, with a direct financial incentive to participate (something Nostr doesn’t have).
Love it.
Keep me posted when you’ve got something more formed up and I’ll see if I can help
One of the problems with marketing and nostr as I see is that to market you need to highlight features.
Features to the end user shouldn't be based on protocol, censorship resistance (OK maybe this is important for the edge users), relay function, social apps beyond social media etc.
Just on social media, the end user cares about how they have a mobile and desktop app, whether their friends are on it, whether they can downvote to see less of the topic, deleting posts, finding friends, bookmarking, new content etc. I know some of these features exist in some clients. But there isn't consistency (nor do you really want it as that's the feature on nostr). But you its hard to market to an end user as I see without a consistent set of features amongst clients (ie if you download damus you can do x but on iris you can't).
Beyond that, as we know nostr is much more than social media. So marketing could get easier for nostr as the ecosystem of apps grows. Ie it is essentially a decentralised single sign on for many apps. Personally i think an 'app store' which is a directory of PWA's could help discovery of the ecosystem and give people a familiar interface for entering the ecosysten. Think https://appsco.pe/ for nostr.
I'm.happy to work with someone on this idea and fund it.
What you said at the end makes a lot of sense. There’s other benefits of Nostr (way more important than just features) which we can build narratives on.
And that’s really what I’m calling attention to.
The way we’re talking about Nostr right now, might not be the right angle. Of course, it will evolve and we’ll find a better way - but only if someone starts that conversation.
That’s my whole point.
I can still read nostr:nprofile1qqsglw29qqp6txdmrv60q0adhxcn0akquk59pw3qt9jtaern9nxw2jgpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hs330w9u. How does this muting work?
Unfortunately there’s no block button. But mute just removes them and their replies from your feed. So they can talk shit all they want - and u can just ignore their noise
I’m in the same boat as you. Writing long form has been ultra painful here. I can’t find a good solution that allows either for scheduling, or that has good editing tools.
I’ve given Pablo a whole list of things that are basic and needed. Let’s hope he finds the time to get it all done.
For now…going to just keep posting on Substack…and do what I can to copy/paste to highlighter
Build first FOR SURE.
High vibes…meh.. somewhat useful.
But rose coloured glasses don’t solve problems, nor does ignoring them.
Speaking to customers and understanding their problems so you can craft the best possible products does.
That’s what I’m trying hard to do. Speak to content creators from *outside* of Nostr & bitcoin echo chambers.
When I made my comments last week, it was aggregate feedback from 75 in depth discussions/interviews over 6wks with actual content creators..
Vibes are cute. And yeh - important to be positive. But there’s always something to learn, and that implies talking about the not-so-great stuff
It’s not low conviction to point out weaknesses and discuss what can be done better.
Build, yes.
But for every 10,000 well built things, only a fraction get to market successfully - and they’re the ones who know how to build a comms engine around it (or just get lucky / right time right place)
This shit is so frustrating man.
We’re still arguing with their retarded support team to get the money out 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
Deciding on them is the hard part. That’s why I’m thinking of it as “builders” and as a council.
Builders actually have skin in the game. They’re invested in the success of both their business and the protocol.
And a ‘council’ is the best name I can come up with for an informal, unofficial kind of group of these businesses who try to workshop some of these ideas
Are you stupid ?
You obviously can’t read
Coordination regarding how the network works, is a feature. But thats not what I said.
“Coordination around communications” is 10000% a drawback.
It’s a necessary tradeoff to make, but whatever way you dice it, it’s a drawback. Hence why centralised shit platform like BlueSky gets WAY more marketing advantage than the technically superior decentralised one (Nostr).
