NOSTR will never achieve mass adoption as long as devs just do whatever the fuck they want. When devs just do whatever the fuck they want, UX is pretty much always sacrificed because nobody alpha tests their shit with noobs.

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GSO 4 months ago
Nostr não precisa das massas so precisoa ser resistente a censura e anônimo.
I'm ok with the chaos & not reaching mass adoption just yet. Mass adoption is why the Internet is populated with mid curve opinion. Choas & inefficiency is a feature of decentralised initiatives. Every client is free to implement the protocol as they see fit. I'm not a cypherpunk because I don't write code. I'm not a programmer but I'm well aware of the insideous problem we're solving here. When I adopted Nostr there wasn't even an Android client available, just web clients. Now Amethyst gives me a better experience than Twitter ever did. The only annoying thing is that you have to care about relays. Relays are the backbone of the protocol. Nostr intuitively makes sense to me not because I'm a coder but because I've been here as we've all kinda just figured shit out. I get your frustration & I'm eager for certain Nostr uses to progress faster.
I'm a power user. I've spent the last 20 years making money exploiting normies inability to understand how to use computer systems & software. I've been a conduit between the tech & user (help desk, trainer, courseware developer, tester, etc). Devs don't understand users & users don't understand tech. It's always been the case as long as I can remember. I will persist through the most irritating & confusing stuff just to figure out what I can do to make software work for me. I've watched the interfaces get more intuitive & easy to use. I've spent years wondering whether my skills will become redundant. Even with ai, I think I could still make decent money exploiting this mismatch between what users expect & what the software delivers. The people have gotten dumber, lazier & more trusting over the last 20 years. They don't want control or responsibilty. They don't want to understand they just want the tech to make their lives easier & more convenient. Nostr is very similar to Bitcoin in many respects. It is for anyone but not everyone. This is a delineation that many don't appreciate. If you're on Nostr right now there's a very good chance you're part of the remnant. I may not like what you have to say but I respect you for choosing Nostr to express it.