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Yup. Or it becomes a protocol/infrastructure that is vastly superior to build solutions on.

Probably means we should do more building of Nostr products that appeal to the kinds of companies that can move the needle. Take notes from Facebook and Instagram on a social level, but also think about the types of *boring* digital infrastructure needs companies have that can be built out on Nostr.

I’m starting to doubt this. It’s too easy to be a one person company on nostr now. And there are no moats here. Nostr incentivizes solo entrepreneurs and probably disincentivizes investment. I’d say solo cost plus type of monetization model might survive - barely.

We are in agreement. Yes the long tail dynamic will be different on Nostr. Solo entrepreneurs are also companies, albeit small, and would love to see more "indie hackers" on here. I love open source freedom tech oriented devs and grants exist, especially for commons, but that alone will not move the needle.

Who needs it to grow? The companies with an economic incentive for new users. Cute.

Who wants it not to grow?

I'm ambivalent about growth with a lean towards "NGU of random adoption" probably doesn't do anything positive for me. I don't care how many people on earth send emails to each other; I care if I can email with a small set of very specific individuals, on our own terms. It's the same with nostr.

"growth for growth's sake" is a marketer or VC's money-multiplier game and I think it's an antipattern. "Organic, lumpy and specific growth in specific communities driven by emergent market phenomena with that community" is a different story entirely, and likely not something a 3rd party is going to make money off of.

I want growth because is exciting to build things and make them grow. Stagnation is lame. I also care about meeting random people and connecting on nostr instead of some centralized platform.