Spoke to a friend of mine who is a professional comedian.
Tried to get him on Nostr and failed miserably.
As well as touring, he makes 'jokes on the street' videos which get millions of views on TikTok, Facebook etc. He probably makes a little money from the videos, but it's not his main income.
I mentioned that we need more non-bitcoin content and that his videos would be well received. Lots of people would tip him directly with Bitcoin.
"I don't have any bitcoin," he said.
"You don't need any. Download Primal, and it comes with a wallet. Start posting and getting zaps right away."
Silence.
He is not dumb. He knows social media is exploitative and algorithms are an awful game to play. He knows the pound is fucked.
But this shows how hard it is to fight the systems that have their hooks so deep into us.
What's a better way to purple-pill him?
We need more great comedy on Nostr!
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what does it cost him to post on nostr in addition?
he is already making tbr content.
he has nothing to lose
leaving money on the table
does he think he has to be nostr only?
Spend time here posting your own content and collect zaps and then show him what you achieved and let him see what’s possible. We don’t need his content until he wants to be here. If that sounds harsh, oh well. We’ve had a few “big” people from other social media show up here, post a couple things and get zapped for it, and then they never engage back and they leave. It’s obnoxious. We need more content from people who are active here.
Make him an account and screenrecord some of hiscontent and share it and then show him the zaps coming in 😂(and hope he doesn’t sue you 😅)
A lot of people don't trust Bitcoin because of all the negative press. Fiatjaf was doxxed as a "far right" founder. We sometimes have porn spam. Censorship resistance means we sometimes talk to people who have been banned from legacy social media because they are anti-war hippies or racist.
Privacy is necessary for an open society, but most of society doesn't want an open society or sound money. Society wants socialism and stimmy checks. They blame the current president, not monetary policy, for inflation. They blame Discord for radicals.
I suspect most people in the world do not want to be free. They want entertainment, carbs, and fancy cars that make others envious. They believe freedom= consumerism, not speech. They can't be bothered with signing paper for credit card payments anymore. Why would they bother with digital signatures to make fart jokes and save money?
good point with the social stigma, being labeled an “undesirable” or something
Yeah, the risk of cancellation for comedians is an unfortunate reality.
The distrust for alternative systems is so high, we ignore the benefits.
Most time people ask questions about new tech, it is to discount it and relieve themselves of the need to learn (too much information).
I think he assumed others would profit from him joining nostr, when it is in fact the other way around.
Time invested in learning is a cost, and this the first time he has ever heard the word nostr.
Someone suggested doing this for big name content creators, then handing over the keys when they want them.
Would be a fun experiment.
Bitcoin is the greatest strength and greatest weakness of nostr.
The benefits are obvious, but only if you like bitcoin.
all ethical implications aside, it would be funny if you made a fake npub that mirrored all his other social posts, and then in a year showed him how it did.
like the “if you would have invested in this instead of that” alternative data analysis
nostr is one thing for nobodies like myself, who are starting to build from scratch on nostr
so i feel for those who have already built in the old world, working through the transition
