I feel like most of Nostr just wants to add zaps and Nostr logins to the same things we are trying to free people from instead of building some new and better. TikTok but with Nostr Instagram but with Nostr Twitter but with Nostr etc…

Is that what TikTok does? I imagined like they would push "similar content from random people" onto you, not "content from the same people".

ive never used tiktok. i liked this idea until you said this 😂

Nobody knows what Tik-Tok does. It's not open-source and it is hosted on a server in China or something.

Couldn't agree more! We have to decide what gets our attention. We can redesign social media completely. We don't need follows. We need intentionally designed roles and spaces for interaction in the digital world. We're building this on @nextblock! Blocks, Neighborhoods, the City, and the Wilds! Everyone you meet is a stranger unless you add them as a contact. Then you can put them on your block (where you see only accounts and activity of 21 people), your neighborhood (same concept as block but no # cap), the city (all NextBlock citizens - we aren't "users", or the Wilds which is all of Nostr). So someone is either a stranger, contact, or neighbor. You can also visit other people's neighborhoods! So less labor on your part of you want to trust someone else to be in charge of what you see for a bit. Lots more to our design on how we think Nostr works without an algorithm. Please do check us out if you have time!

I say yes. I think people sometimes forget the nature of the openness of Nostr. Unconscious interaction based applications can coexist with conscious interaction based applications. As other have pointed out, there are advantages to having this approach that isn't brain rot. Unconscious interaction does a good job recommending users to follow, expanding your network, which is even more needed on Nostr (especially when starting out). E.g.: 1) Start out on Nostr -> social network doesn't exist 2) Use unconscious interaction based application -> create good base of initial users to follow 3) Stop using application and move to conscious interaction based application -> no brain rot

i don’t think it’s a bad thing to make something like tiktok. a lot of people have a negative attitude towards it, but it’s insanely popular.