Oddbean

would be nice to have a conversation with an open conversation with him I think we have too much vitriol among these type of protocols whereas we (hopefully?) align on some of the goals Or maybe I’m too naive

Honestly, I don’t see anything useful in Mastodon, BlueSky, or Farcaster. Equipping open-source algos would be cool, but I doubt that’ll transfer to nostr 1:1. Let’s not make the mistake of the crypto space by trying to overly build bridges between broken protocols. Happy to take anything good that comes along though.

I should clarify that I meant being able to move your signed data from computer to computer… that seamlessness is the foundation for censorship-resistant scaling. Discovery and synchronization of data will eventually emerge and amplify nostr, but that base is why I’m here.

Way too much friction, game over man https://image.nostr.build/6daa276b570565e58de7779e61fb0ce99e1b15a86e7b3e0ff9d130ae312688d6.jpg https://image.nostr.build/9f8e69561a63d17a977bb88ca27853a47d704a2399d5e1c13d2ec8f4340f6239.jpg

maybe I am, maybe I am not. How would you know? Maybe I’m a little girl who knew everything for sure since Omaha was president. Maybe the whole wild world has gone crazy and only now they believe that you have not been. maybe it’s a clown world and we are just spectators in the circus. Are you him? Who’s him? 🤡

Where do you disagree? I'm honestly very confused about the differences between Nostr and Bkuesky and your views on each of them. Your enthusiasm for Nostr is noteworthy given your significant involvement in Bluesky.

No, but they are heavy into blocking by default there. So much so that people define their personalities by it. https://image.nostr.build/0855e6d131307945890b11fd2e247c4f2526c3073a03e25e822ca44e3b927944.jpg

Yes. Blocking here doesn’t exist. If I mute you, you can still see my posts and I can still choose to see yours. On Bluesky if I were to block you, not only would I appear to not exist to you, but any posts you had written as replies to me or tagging me would be removed from your feed as if you had never posted them. It’s basically a form of censorship where other random people can hide your posts so even you can’t see them.

seems broken imo. people block for all kinds of reasons, that version leaves no room for recovery. maybe they'll reconsider it. https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/discussions/1809 or maybe a fork is needed

It's just not just the fact that they only want to talk about Bitcoin, Even if someone brings up a different topic, everyone tries to steer the conversation back to Bitcoin in the replies. Everything have to revolve around Bitcoin. Personally, I don't mind it it just feel like a Bitcoin subreddit. I mean, I'd rather scroll through other social media platforms because they discuss a variety of topics. The only thing that bothers me is that they don't seem to understand why Nostr isn't taking off and becoming mainstream. Well, one reason is that it's all about Bitcoin, and let's face it, 98% of the world couldn't care less about Bitcoin. I get being passionate about something, but really to an outsider all this 'orange pill' and 'normies' talk sounds like cult languag

I think it's worse than a Bitcoin subreddit (except for the fact that Reddit went to shit due to no longer being FLOSS and due to moderation). Subreddits are individual sections for people that talk about all sorts of topics. You talk about stupid things, you make jokes, you make memes and you ask topic-specific things about what you wish, including Bitcoin. This is like a whole fucking social media platform for people absolutely obsessed about Bitcoin. You "estimate" that "98% of the world couldn't care less about Bitcoin", but even the 2% that do don't need to be more obsessed by it than by any other tool they use. I use many tools. I'm not constantly talking about any specific one of them. Most people who are really passionate about a topic, which is admirable, are interested in something which is rather wide, things like programming, mathematics, art. Even when it's more niche, they usually don't think everyone should be as focused on it as they are. Money isn't really something one would normally be this obsessed about and the constant focus of one specific currency very understandably make people wary of Nostr.

Nothing wrong with bitcoin, it's a currency that a lot of people are passionate about and also a looot of people (the majority of the world) aren't interested in Bitcoin. It doesn't make them stupid or ignorant; it's just something they're not interested in. I'm sure you're not interested in a lot of things other people are passionate about.

Hemm, is there deep-technical difference between two platforms. As newbie and deep learn nostr, IMHO, need understanding to both of you talk about further development to engage more bigger community not only bitcoiners. Nostr needs time to build a strong and diverse community, especially by attracting influential content creators around the world. If they join Nostr, boom for lightning network. So ya, it’s about Momentum matters 💡

Bluesky is full of circlejerk pronoun people with diagnoses in bio who talk about nothing else than how much they hate Elon Musk. Yes, there's a lot of repetitive bitcoiners here on Nostr, but theres NOBODY that police my language and NOBODY that gives me the old Twitter diatribe about how I'm an evil, Bad Person because of my views. Fuck Bluesky and all of the Stasi-wannabes it's populated with.

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Nostr is so much more than just a protocol-based social media and the application of Nostr in the real-world is still developing over time. But we could enhance the use-cases. Use-cases are the bridge between deep-tech and the people. From an execution perspective, it's your intermediary between devs and sales/marketing, and often a graceful and purposeful way of penetrating the market. Numerous initiatives have been undertaken on use-cases for Nostr, for example Coracle's focus on Christian community growth and user testing in the US and Australia. Similarly, Madeira (Portugal) has spearheaded localized community development efforts, fostering grassroots adoption of Nostr and Bitcoin applications by nurturing developer talent. Other initiatives include live streaming for indie performers and cooking enthusiasts. As we expand the use-cases, Nostr will naturally diversify. An idea to have a Bitcoin and Nostr conference for children - basic programming and just tapping on their creativity on use-cases. Children have boundless imagination and are way more creative than adults - Picasso, Einstein, and many others have pointed this out. And children tend to have a can-do positive attitude and just genuinely curious. And these kids, especially those in under-served communities will become adults in 10 years time, and will have to figure life out. Having these platforms to explore various careers and create various solutions for their community might be a game changer for them. These are just examples of use-cases and it merely scratches the surface of the myriad potential of what Nostr is - which makes it difficult for it to be an apple-to-apple comparison to anything out there right now. Eventually Bitcoin and Nostr will just be base layers. The conversations will revolve around use-cases, grassroots applications and solutions. It will revolve around people, community and how it makes their lives better.

Farcastr = "red social insuficientemente centralizada." Seguimos #Nostr #Venezuela #ElSalvador #Mexico #Argentina #España #Bitcoin #Amethyst nostr:nevent1qqsw7skrspf3vjy6dpjv4zse6mh2lytz0yd0ylwujucwf327ksasdgspp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqzyzprg8ug9dh2hnft5lc7ly92m9su7p6279deaaz2p8ua928ml0n2yqcyqqqqqqgq4ae74

What does it mean if the most free social protocol, where anyone can talk about anything they choose, is mostly full of people openly talking about Bitcoin? nostr:nevent1qqsw7skrspf3vjy6dpjv4zse6mh2lytz0yd0ylwujucwf327ksasdgspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qygyzxs0cs2mw40xjhfl3a7g24ktpeur54u2mnm6y5z0e6250h7lx5gpsgqqqqqqsmlq0ap