I truly feel your frustration. tbf, noob or not, experienced programmer or not, nostr is indeed "not for average users". Nostr is the only social media where I have to understand its architecture alongside its content consumption. Your observations are echoed by other users. I have experienced some of it myself and still do. I am fortunate enough that I came from a tech background. When you say random users from the streets, I can relate to this message. I have been sharing nostr with my circle (your average users with no coding background) and the feedback was: "it's too complicated". Another comment from a user: "it's slow and I only want it to work" and "why do you need multiple apps that are not all working properly?" I agree with these statements. I also understand why there are fundamental issues and why we have multiple apps. I only learned the answers because I asked around and did my own research. However, not all users are interested in how it works in the back end in order to use a technology. They do not want to be burdened by such an experience, so they leave. From my experience, you need some degree of troubleshooting tenacity to get nostr to work properly. Not everyone wants to know how the car engine works. Some only want to know how to run it, how to refill the petrol or when it needs tyres/maintenance. I can fairly comment too regarding your observations of some dev mentality here. Sadly, it is very common and I have seen too many of them from a previous career. With that said, I am still rooting for it to succeed because I believe in its cause. I have shared ideas in here whether they were seen or not, not that my voice is relevant as a random user. With the trajectory of nostr, especially the lack of incentives for relay operators to run nostr (financial longevity), I am unsure what the future holds for nostr. 🫂 View quoted note →

Are you a dog that follows every scent? Yes, your brain most often than not will pay attention to the negative because it digs into your deepest trauma; it plays into your ego. The ego to be "right always", to be "the only voice of reasons", to be "the only one made effort to know", that "this subject is your domain therefore, you're right", to be "the one fighting for the world to be morally right", to be "freedom fighter with moral compass". Don't forget you can choose which one to pay attention and to focus — the positive one. Being positive does not mean delusional or naive. It means you choose to protect your peace whilst keeping at arms length the things that throw you out of whack. Protect your peace and sometimes it means walking away from those who threaten it. #asknostr #plebs

To all the plebs out there: Don't give up! 🫂

Let them! 🥰

Good morning ☺️ #gm View quoted note →

I truly wish this for you my dear readers! 🫂

Even Shakira couldn't beat this! 🤣🤣🤣 #memestr #jokestr

Your biggest challenge to learning "new things" is to let go of what you knew before and start with a fresh slate, no expectations. If you face new things thinking you already know them and there is little to learn, then there is indeed little to learn. But if you face them as if you "know nothing", then that is where you start to learn. So, how are you going to learn today?