Unpopular opinion (?): #Nostr needs a toxically addicting app more than a feel-good community.

An app that sucks you in, keeps you doomscrolling until 5 am, convinces you that the alpha/enlightenment/fulfillment you crave can be found in the very next post, shoves the trash you hate but always click on in your face every time you open it, delivers the dopamine when your spouse/partner/significant other does not, poisons your relationships, self-image, and productivity, messes up an entire generation of teenagers. And onboards half the world.

Then, far healthier alternatives will pop up (/have always existed) and people will flock to them because they don't have to give up their networks.

Right now, it's not that people don't know their habits are unhealthy, it's that the calculus doesn't make it seem worth it to quit. "Go where my friends/entertainers are" vs. "go where is good for me" almost always resolves in one direction. So lure them in with the unhealthy and then present the healthy without the switching cost.

People talk about how calm/happy/refreshing Nostr is, but I suspect we'll need the rage-baiters, the e-thots, the slack-jawed soyboys in order to make a dent in the world.

Problem is who would knowingly build a dopamine casino with no walls?

(I should note that the beauty of Nostr is that none of this means we can't keep the feel-good communities, they'll just have to work a bit harder at filtering when everyone else moves in.)

Unpopular opinion (?): #Nostr needs a toxically addicting app more than a feel-good community.

An app that sucks you in, keeps you doomscrolling until 5 am, convinces you that the alpha/enlightenment/fulfillment you crave can be found in the very next post, shoves the trash you hate but always click on in your face every time you open it, delivers the dopamine when your spouse/partner/significant other does not, poisons your relationships, self-image, and productivity, messes up an entire generation of teenagers. And onboards half the world.

Then, far healthier alternatives will pop up (/have always existed) and people will flock to them because they don't have to give up their networks.

Right now, it's not that people don't know their habits are unhealthy, it's that the calculus doesn't make it seem worth it to quit. "Go where my friends/entertainers are" vs. "go where is good for me" almost always resolves in one direction. So lure them in with the unhealthy and then present the healthy without the switching cost.

People talk about how calm/happy/refreshing Nostr is, but I suspect we'll need the rage-baiters, the e-thots, the slack-jawed soyboys in order to make a dent in the world.

Problem is who would knowingly build a dopamine casino with no walls?

(I should note that the beauty of Nostr is that none of this means we can't keep the feel-good communities, they'll just have to work a bit harder at filtering when everyone else moves in.)

Basically I'm saying that just like #Bitcoin, you need a certain level of infrastructure for gold to be useful, and I'm not sure there's any realistic scenario where we would be stuck in a world with gold infrastructure but not Bitcoin infrastructure for any significant period of time.

This is a common refrain, but I don’t actually understand it. Why would counterparties value gold when what they really need are food, water, and weaponry? How would you divide your gold (bars, coins, etc.) to spend it? How would they verify the authenticity of your gold?

Some Bitcoiners acknowledge that gold would be superior to #Bitcoin in a no-internet, apocalyptic scenario, but I’m not convinced. I think internet would be one of the first things to come back, purely out of desperation. As soon as that happens, game over for gold. But I’m not sure it’s not game over for gold even before that.

Show me if I’m being insufficiently imaginative.

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# Relays

Tik Tok, X, Facebook, and Instagram all use the old model - a single "relay". With those apps, when you make a post, the post is sent from your phone to the company's "relay". When someone else views your post, their phone downloads your post from the company's "relay". When you follow someone or they follow you, only the company's "relay" knows this. ("Relay" = server)

Nostr uses the new model - one or more relays. With nostr apps, when you make a post, the post is sent from your phone to one or more relays, all owned and controlled by different people. When someone else views your post, their phone downloads the post from anyone of those relays. When you follow someone or they follow you, all your relays and their relays know this.

That's a major difference:

Old = a single company controlled relay/server

Nostr = many independently controlled relays/servers

#introductions #tiktok #nostrexplained #asknostr #new #welcome #relays

For me, Primal and Damus. Love em both and use them religiously. FreeFrom is another that's great too and very minimalistic. Haven't tried Iris in a while but I'm sure it's not far behind if at all.

Yes. It's a relay issue. You have old relays out there with old versions of your profile. I would push out a profile re-save. Additionally you could add relay.mutinywallet.com to your relay list and blast your profile changes to all relays.

Remember, if you're worried you haven't stacked hard enough, you can always sell a kidney.