What are you having for dinner? Extra points for pictures.

I am someone who struggles with suicidal ideation. In my struggles I have found solace in working 1:1 with a lot of people who are suicidal.

One thing that I am continually bothered by is how everyone who doesn’t struggle with suicidal ideation and even people who do not know you at all feel so strongly that you should continue to live.

I firmly believe in autonomy in both life and in death. We do not need to be forcing people to continue to live if they do not wish to. Life should have a guilt and pain free opt out button.

I will forever advocate for adequate mental health services to those who need. But once someone has made up their mind and every resource has been exhausted for them—stop forcing them to live because you cannot familiarize yourself with the idea that death is a very natural part of life and should be a choice.

Don’t worry…I am not having suicidal ideation at this time. It’s just a side effect of PTSD it would seem and I manage it alright. 🫶🏻

I worry about lung cancer having been raised with smokers smoking in the house. But what can you do.

Saaaame. I’m reading everyone else’s like, “what’s wrong with me” 🤣

I don’t care about any of those things. Not enough to stay for them anyway. And not because I don’t grasp why it’s important to but perhaps I’m just too nihilistic to give a fuck. Lol. But I do like the community (so far) and would absolutely stay for that.

And I think you said it all really. “If they don’t care about those things then why stay?” And that’s kind of my point. There’s no reason for them to even come unless they’ve found some alternative reason like I have…and thus I can’t see widespread adoption.

In any case…I do hope that people will come to see why they might need this in their lives. And that I’m wrong. Time will tell. 🫶🏻

Genuine question—do you deny climate change or just the severity he’s claiming here?

“New social media app” is a trending keyword right now on TikTok. If you are making content there about NOSTR be sure that you are leveraging this keyword in your content as it’s being searched for and you will reach more 🫶🏻

nostr:npub1r8wdfruydenz84fxfespcswuhcvyatx6umtd5xguexup49u500xskf50hn just a heads up too in case you’re not using it—I haven’t looked. You just happen to be the only one I know creating content about it there.

Right?! 🤣 Of all the pizza. But also you got access to the best pizza in the world. Can’t be judging the rest of us. It’s the best we got in some places. 😭😭😭 Send me some pizza. 🍕

I’ll take your flatbread any day. 😂

I have a friend in a third world country who was facing a currency crisis. I was able to send him Bitcoin which kept him fed. Before that he was anti-crypto (including Bitcoin as far as I could tell).

Mentioned to Daniel that when I want to know how to simplify things I’ve built I let my kid use them. She’s young but she’s nerdy and I assume is using and interacting with things like someone in the age group of my target audience. So whatever questions she starts asking is where I start with what I either need to improve or what I need to explain in a better way that she can understand it. Like if she were here I imagine her first question when I try to tell her what this is…

“Well what’s decentralization?” And so I’d start there. That’s the only point really is that if this can be broken down in a way that it appeals to modern internet users then they’ll come. If I were trying to spread information about NOSTR I’d not even mention decentralization. They do not care. Since I came here from learning about it on TikTok I’ll say how I’d approach bringing people over here from social media…“Are you sick of worrying about the TikTok ban or ending up in Facebook jail? Join NOSTR where you make the rules” or just something like that. It’s more digestible for people who would otherwise be like “What’s decentralization?” Because the majority of people are gonna stop listening right there. Or stop listening when you say protocol. That’s information that they do not need right now.

And so once you get them here…the parts that they need to know also have to be as digestible for them, right? Like if you start fire hose to the face about relays and stuff…nope. Lost ‘em. So we have to go back to the drawing board on how we bring that information to the masses.

Here’s the thing…this is the result of the dumbing down of people. They won’t give us the time of day if they can’t grab onto it in a relatable way in like 3 seconds. They’re scrolling on. And it’s an unfortunate thing that it’ll just take time to undo that. We can’t force them to think when they’ve had years of programming trying to make them not think.

Am I even making sense? If I’ve just lost you I’ll be happy to try to explain it in a different way. I know I can kinda go on forever. 🤣

That’s not the point really. Maybe it was a bad example to drive my point home—I hear you on that. But this could be confusing for even the younger generations of today. And I say that with a kiddo who built me a website at 7.

The point is that people don’t like to think. I’d argue that modern info shows that they like to think even less than they did several years ago due to lower attention spans. And when I say they don’t like to think I’m simply referring to the usability of an end product.

“The bigger question…” Well. You create products that they want to use and once they’re there then they’re partaking in that information that’s currently being heavily censored from them. But until those products drive a desire to use or become more “user friendly” there will always be this divide.

I don’t have the answers. I’m just someone who tends to be good at breaking down complex topics for everyday people and it’s only an observation from my end that this is still too complex for the average user and I can’t see how it reaches wide adoption like that.

With that said—I like it. I’m not planning to go anywhere. I just was hoping to connect with people where I might be able to provide value by making this more approachable for people of all ages that are using social media today.

And for a different topic but since you mentioned it…I don’t value my own privacy. My data has long been out there for the taking and I can’t see the point in retroactively valuing it. I’m really open to hearing why I should and I’m wondering if more people tend to think like I do. If my mind could be changed on this topic then I might be able to help create change in this way.

Thank you for commenting and look forward to hearing more of your thoughts.

OMG I’m so sad to see this because intermittent fasting has cured my insomnia. Any time I stop I go straight back to being unable to sleep (even with meds) 😭

Hi! I don’t have a link. To be clear about usability I’m not referring to technical issues or anything like that. When I say usability I am referring to how easy it is for the average everyday human to download this app and use it out of the box.

I hope that clarifies what I am meaning. As a Software Engineer (who hates coding as it brings me no joy so I don’t do it) believe me…I have immense appreciation for the level of work that has gone into something like this. But I’m referring to the end user experience in learning to use it for the purposes of scaling.

I do understand it’s not a company. I don’t think that most would understand that. And maybe wide adoption isn’t even the goal—I’m new here so what do I know. Lol.

I ended up here because of her video but that’s not really addressing the usability issue I’m talking about. But she’s awesome!!

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“Usability is about people and how they understand and use things, not about technology” -Steve Krug (Author of Don’t Make Me Think)

At the conclusion of my first day on NOSTR I am left feeling that there’s still a massive usability and UX issue. I briefly talked about this with nostr:npub1aeh2zw4elewy5682lxc6xnlqzjnxksq303gwu2npfaxd49vmde6qcq4nwx today.

People do not like to think. But, in addition to that, we have an entire generation still alive today that has yet to master taking a selfie on their flip phone.

Mass adoption is only going to happen when usability issues are solved. And in order for that to happen…there has to be bridge builders.

And maybe mass adoption isn’t the goal. That’s fine, too. In which case carry on as it is. But if mass adoption is the underlying goal then this usability issue has to be resolved.

I am a nerd and I love nerds but we simply cannot have nerds trying to teach the masses…it rarely works. We need people who can read what the nerds say and break that down ELI5 style and get it to the masses.

Who are those people? Who are the bridge builders? Can you tag ‘em?

#asknostr #learning

You need to talk? 🫂

I’m like…is the thing we’re excited about in the room with us now? Hehe 🤣