Why is the new protocol garbage?
What if relays add support for ads only for the users that are not paying? It can also be incorporated at a protocol level, so that clients are also aware of each relay's ads (for better feed ordering) and maybe also report back to the relay impressions and clicks per each ad.
That way, relays could monetize ads from publishers only for people that are not subscribing. And the ads won't be targeted as they currently are on social media these days, because the relay doesn't know anything about each user's identity.
nostr:npub12262qa4uhw7u8gdwlgmntqtv7aye8vdcmvszkqwgs0zchel6mz7s6cgrkj is now trying a subscription model for Eden and atlas relays. I think this is the correct and sustainable way going forward.
However, I think we need a better UX for this. Probably each client having its own relay and asking for a subscription in order to sustain itself. If the user decides not to pay, then he can still use the client, but won't have access to it's associated relay.
Not sure how Primal is doing it though. nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr, do you plan on implementing such a system?
This will be fixed when 1) people get more acquainted with lightning in general and 2) Bolt-12 gets fully released to be used by self-custodial wallets instead of LNURL.
That's probably because clients such as Damus don't check for trailing slashes on URLs. So if you're not paying attention, you end up adding the same URL twice. Once with trailing slash, another time without.
Another example of the need for better onboarding and UX in the Nostr space.
A contract requires a valid signature in order to be legal. That signature can either be hand written or electronic (using software specifically recognised and vetted as a trust service provider by the government), depending on the government rules. In some countries, a notary is also required, but letās leave that out of the conversation, since it doesnāt affect the topic.
Good luck getting a decentralised network accepted as a trust service provider if itās not even fully embraced as a social networkā¦ Whoās going to promote it as a TSP to governments? Whoās going to use it apart from the 3 guys that wrote the NIP?
And that brings us to the other aspect of it. How do you expect that to work, if Nostr fails as a social network and most of the relays die with it? Whoās gonna sign your legal documents then?
Againā¦ fantasiesā¦
Now donāt get me wrong, creativity is always awesome and we shouldnāt let it die away. Itās also very fun and exciting to have at it with ideas such as this one. But thatās the thing. Theyāll end up being just that. Ideas.
Perfect example. You do realise that nobody will use Nostr for legal contracts (as if in its current form, a Nostr note can be recognised by a government entity as being legal, which is absurd) if Nostr fails as a social network first, right? This is what Iām talking aboutā¦ Focusing on extravagant ideas that might never materialise.
The main use case is social. It always was, always will be. The āotherā part of it is a side use case.
You can do whatever you want in your own time, totally agreed. Iām just trying to emphasise the need for getting the basic stuff right first, then worrying about wild ideas that probably nobody will ever use. Staying focused is always hard.
Nostr DMs can also be private. Itās just not merged in yet: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/686
Thatās why Iām saying that in the long run, Nostr is the better choice for messaging compared to SimpleX, where if you need to switch devices on the go, you lose all your messages.
I can't stress this enough...
If people don't start focusing on the primary objective and reason for Nostr, it won't even matter what you think Nostr is good for, because nobody will use it.
Build the main use case *right*, then they will come. Only after that you can worry about the rest of the usages...
There's a reason why we do MVPs in business.
You should devote your effort in supporting Nostr as the communication protocol going forward, as it supports multiple devices compared to SimpleX.
Chrome. Easy to use, easy to sync.
Awesome stuff. Will check out the report for more details.
I think this is getting a bit overboard... Let's focus on getting the core functionality working nicely and easily understandable for all end users, then worry about scenarios that are outside the scope of social networking/communication. For example, maybe focusing on an edit functionality by the note creator first, then worry about editing by others.
This is extremely well put. nostr:note1wdyajan9c9d72wanqe2l34lxgdu3q5esglhquusfkg34fqq6462qh4cjd5
Fair, but I was mainly asking how would you solve the issue with actual spammers, not your particular case with trending.
How would you solve spamming then?
We need to make #nostr more user friendly even faster than before at this rate of X's downfall...