I think your main thesis that a social network with a built in monetary layer to enable Creators is good- overall we are seeing a trend toward subscription across the board, from substack to twitter itself.
One issue: other platforms court investment capital/advertisers who are used to under write come content, especially at the beginning.
Here we essentially do not have that at present- whereas Twitter is planning to revenue share advert money with creators. Substack did similar stuff to attract key creative talent.
Advertising is a big question mark.
I personally dislike the kind of incentives and content pressure it creates- I'm a big substack fan for that reason- subscription creates better content. It's certainly not the biggest but signal to noise ratio is excellent.
Platform friction is still very high. Especially for people who already have other social built.
I wonder if one could build in the possi ility of a more curated start up set of relays and follows? Curated by yourself and sent to them as some kind of start up link that auto loads some basics to their client?
Chief of scam coin pump and dump.
Most (not all) people don't make decisions or intellectual choices like this around core items. Maxis exists for that reason- most people have some specific situation where they will use bottom axis.
To become a genuine multicommunity platform we need ways to manage participation in smaller communities- lists, bookmarks, better search etc.
I live the tech building vibe here but to keep up growth other kinds of content needs to start.
It also serves to keep one's content feed free of too many reposts- the difference between being up on a platform speaking and nodding along in an audience. It creates vibes that can build naturally.
I notice that websites without this kind of thing perform less well.
I think zaps versus likes is good- nice to see when people like something but won't put actual support quite yet.
I actually semi disagree with this.
Likes -
Don't clutter your own post feed and are typically separate
It's normal in a social setting to be able to give a nod of approval with out being a full speaker or advocate.
Platforms without likes/reviews are typically less used. It helps in forming consensus in a casual way.
Suggestion- monthly subscription format for supporting favorite Creators. Set and forget monetization.
A bookmarking feature is much needed- I think this would help nostr start ha ing more capacity for research and reading purposes. If you see a recommendation for a podcast you want to listen to later- much easier to do so.
Having all kinds of issues on other social media..but here we are..steady.
This protocol wins.
Amethyst v0.12.0 is out. This release uses a new way to hit relays in the hopes of being a massive performance improvement from v0.11
Since all the pipes were re-wired in the entire app, please expect some bugs. Also, keep in mind relays are quite inconsistent right now, making it hard to know if the problem is in the app or with the relays (clicking in the relay setup in the top bar gives some clues of which ones are active/sending data).
Download: https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/releases/download/v0.12.0/app-release-v0.12.0.apk
Wwaaayyy better performance. 👍
