Thread - Nostr Hypermedia

Nice write-up. Consider me someone from old Internet times when Web 1.0 was a thing. As much as I like #nostr, I have seen the same amount of excitement when Fediverse launched. But sadly it all faded away. And most people reverted back to Twitter though the loyal ones are still using it. The inherent problem with anything 'social' is: initially it's all good to chat with random people over newer ideas and make friends, but the 'network' becomes somewhat unusable when your 'real-world' friends don't show up there. It was 2005 when all my friends were using Orkut sending 'scraps' and 'testimonials'. Then FB opened registration and I signed up. It was awesome playing 'games' and stuff there. But none of my Orkut friends joined. It became boring soon. Then, FB hit some big headlines and everybody jumped in. And look what happened to Orkut! My point is Nostr needs some traction, some large scale media mention or something like that. Without that, I doubt people will stay here on this wonderful space. Just my thoughts.

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npub19907...r4jl 2 years ago

I hear you. I have used other platforms before that seemed to have potential (such as APP. NET) and have ultimately faded away. How do you feel about the integration with Bitcoin in this case? This is something no other plaform has had in this fashion. To me it seems rather unique with the potential to upend some of the mistakes of other social networks. What do you think?

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fegular 2 years ago

I am afraid I have very little knowledge about bitcoin except that it grows faster than any currency and scalability is a serious issue. Reddit once deliberated on turning reddit karma into a crypto but backed out later. So it's not really an innovative idea, but yes, first implementation yet. As I said I am a dumbo about crypto but I have a question: if someone is sending sats via nostr, who is minng them? And why send coins to internet strangers? For funny memes? Am I missing something? #asknostr

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npub19907...r4jl 2 years ago

As @QW mentioned there is a lot to unpack in what you said. Both @QW and @Derek Ross already mentioned a lot of the benefits of Bitcoin so I'll concentrate on offering insight into your last question. In some ways you could say the same thing about anything else in life such as life advice. Just because you can get something for free, doesn't mean it has no value. The thing with #zaps is that there are no rules and that's the beauty of it too. It becomes a free market dynamic where anyone can decide what they think something else is worth through a one-way public benevolent act. Like kickstarter but on a very granular level.

eventscape 2 years ago

I’m not sure #Nostr is social media with friends. I expect to treat #Nostr much more like business environment. Every post is a transaction. The decorum is also much more like business communication and hence a lot less ideological or inflammatory. I would also apply the same rules as in business. Be aware of fraud, honor your contracts, etc. Expecting this from friends can actually be problematic. I would say #Nostr is offering a chance to interact with business partners and business friends on a different level of trust than that which is based on social cues. I haven’t thought about this too much as I’m still parsing the developments and trying to find ways to contribute but that is the respectful vibe I see encouraged here. So far I have noticed almost everyone I’ve interacted with here has many salient things and perspectives to offer that make the environment hospitable to business and production.

Bert Bert@primal.net 2 years ago

You should setup a lightning wallet. For the first time we’ll have pure social signal. You actually get paid for your posts.