Our target users are everyone. We’re not free til we’re all free. Legacy social apps are easy to hate on but they’re also successful for many good reasons.

Ich bin da deiner Meinung. Hier auf Nostr poste ich zum ersten Mal auf einer „Social Media“ Plattform. Eben weil es anders ist, als die herkömmlichen Plattformen und die Inhalte mir gehören. Das Einzige, was mich ein bisschen „stört“ ist, dass es so schwierig ist, Leute zu finden. Ich weiß, dass liegt am fehlenden Algorithmus. Und ich schätze es auch, dass es keinen gibt. Aber vielleicht gibt es da irgendwann eine andere gute Lösung 🙃

Hi Eric, thanks for replying. I agree that freedom tech should be available for everyone. But I disagree about the target user, because I think most people with a fiat mentality will not adhere to freedom tech because freedom means self-sovereignty and many are just comfortable with giving away their freedom and their privacy for easy distraction. We call it attention economy for a reason. I don’t (completely) hate on legacy social media, but I think its success metrics are very different from the success freedom seekers are looking for. But each to their opinion. Time will tell. Keep building!

Thanks for the sentiment. Remember everyone had a “fiat” mentality once. We’re born with short time preferences. We teach / coax / help each other to get out of it and pursue something better. Software is a beautiful way to do that. You gotta meet them where they are at

For me the main thing with the nostr apps is the freedom of choice I get. One dev will implement stupid reels to his app and a different one will keep his app simple. I can switch to a different client or ask the creator of my favourite client to make the controversial feature optional, etc.

Dass die Inhalte uns gehören, finde ich auch sehr gut. Das mit dem Algorithmus verstehe ich, aber andererseits macht das die Interaktionsdynamik auf Nostr viel authentischer: Man kann sich seine Follows selbst aussuchen und interagiert nur mit den wirklich Relevanten Creators/ Menschen.

Definitely a good point. Having no business or team behind it and thus being able to ask the creators directly for enabling disabling features is significant. Also that you can choose another client or use various ones simultaneously without losing your network and your notes is the real beauty of the protocol.

Sehe ich auch so. Aber die relevanten und interessanten Menschen zu finden gestaltet sich manchmal schwierig 😅