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#Plurcast is about increasing network effects of decentralized protocols nostr:nevent1qqsfxrz2csvktz5avhrr9jfcwx5x9gsc0fj2pjjhg3ymh949w2cnansugvmuw

Nostr is just a protocol, there are a lot of things that centralized platforms have out of the box that in Nostr no one made it yet. Nostr alone does not solve much, we need most of all good apps, that people don't even realize it uses Nostr, the underlying benefits of Nostr appear later for people. But Nostr needs good apps.

Everyone needs to adapt. And we see actually scary signs in some countries that will force many people to adapt to the new reality - surveillance, lack of freedom of speech, arrests for speech etc. In the past torrents were also novel technology until people just got used to use them.

Yes … I think over time or pushed by a cataclysmic event Nostr will get friction ✨ sad but true ✨

Makes sense. He’s just human

Yes, its hard to get interactions. Bluesky and so on much easier.

I liked the part where he equated Palantir to the eye of Sauron.

Disclaimer: didn’t read article just read the image but felt like commenting anyway. Nostr is a solution to a problem few people have experienced. Maybe if your friend gets banned from substack or has the need to publish pseudonymously he’ll reconsider. Why adopt extra friction when it isn’t necessary yet—it’s kind of a premature optimization.

Lame reasons considering how easy it is to publish on Nostr.

Good article. But don’t you think that we just need the next Substack to be built on top of nostr? Building enough network effect is not easy but I think it’s possible. I’m convinced there will be opportunities.

Bluesky, isn't that a progressive leftist echo chamber 🤔

The benefits aren't free, those from the centralised are paid for in surveillance and control, in nostr, it's DIY effort. If you write it, post it everywhere you can, if there's an RSS feed it can be automatically, more or less, deployed to a nostr relay.

I think Nostr in its current state is too technical for the mainstream. There needs to be a plug and play relay box, and client software that is user friendly. Primal does a good job moving in that direction, but Nostr also needs child friendly filters for parents to curate their environment. The pornographic spam that popped into my feed a few months ago nearly caused me to completely give up on the whole concept of decentralized social media.