I was sceptical about NOSTR beating Twitter’s network effects but Nostr is at least 10x better already. Twitter doesn’t stand a chance in my opinion.

Why:

- decentralized/ immutable

- centralized twitter development can’t keep up with open source development

- spaces for Nostr already here

- zaps incentives content creators to spend more time on Nostr

- spam prevention by using paid relays

And this is just getting started.

Twitter is in a heap of trouble.

a bit early to tell. We'll see.

Jimmy is a mega bull on nostr! 👀

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Where are all the Flat Earth Nostrs?

Halp.

What's causing my following list to get nuked?

This is now the second time it's happened. Was following about ~200 yesterday, now it's 1.

Trying out iris.to for the first time. My favorite web client so far.

This is the last straw. Kim needs to be stopped.

Just wait until the shitcoiners starts removing zaps and implements metamask instead in their shitcoin clients ... 😅

For now. That won't stay the case.

If OpenAI was using Twitter data for free and Elon plans to make them pay moving forward, does that mean we'll see an OpenAI relay soon? Seems like a marginal cost compared to a Twitter data contract.

Pop cultures change think beatles to punk two different worlds whats cool now won't be later. Will people care about a mission (currently no not at all at least in the west) of free speech depends on how culture changes and perception of the false reality built up that there is freedom in speech. It wont happen overnight and I don't believe it will be used unless and system is good ux/ui ease convenience but what we are seeing and the rate of building to that area is certainly promising!

Will they care, I am not sure but will enough care that more come and subsequently bring others in by proxy yes I think. No one needs to care except those who build and a small cohort as is often the case.

oh, i see!

i do think that we need “normies” here tho 😤

as a person living in a dictatorship, i can tell how even the most uninterested generic public get tired of government-controlled socials, tries to avoid using them and seeking for alternatives.

with time more and more people realise that – it happens when person’s point of view suddenly becomes not-welcomed in those curated socials. and the stricter government acts, the quicker the transition to uncontrolled socials wilhappen.

now, to all the things people will miss and want from not-controlled socials: those are headaches for creators of nostr clients and apps – they should care of how to make it more intuitive, easy to use, quick and secure and etc.

i have mentioned how people would stay on their theme-related relays – this is how i see censorship issue resolved – because it’ll be the relay problem to manage the notes and decide which one should and which one shouldn’t be posted.

but i liked your statement of “mainstream media avoid platforms with no moderation” - not because i think nostr needs to be promoted, but because it can made it – well – a reputation 🥴

Honestly I don’t care if normies and sinfluencers see any value in it at all. Fewer shitvertizing won’t hurt either because of a more limited audience. As Satoshee said many years ago, he was afraid of too rapid adoption bringing unintended consequences. I’m happy to see the monumental rise of #nostr taper off a bit. Most people don’t understand freedom of speech anyway - and certainly don’t value it. Let those people stay where they are, in their pod.