Overall, it's an improvement on what's there now, but gosh, I want to be able to customize stuff so I can nope out of stories/reels/whatever. I hated those things on every other platform. I don't think they are necessary on a protocol that has no algorithm. Also, without dumb filters (my opinion, I also hate that crap) or photo/video editing built in to the client, you're just going to get reposted junk from other platforms. If you want people to post original stuff, then the creative side of things needs to be implemented and then differentiated from snap/IG/TT.
Good point. The creation side of things is what we also will need a loooot more micro-apps for.
Yup. I can't see mass adoption from tiktokers without comparable editing tools. The issues that come up are music copyrights. That's going to be a pretty big sticking point if the RIAA goes after relay runners for hosting music that the rights holders aren't getting paid for. That's going to be a mess that we are all going to have to figure out at some point. Maybe with music that's and to be licensed and paid for via lightning, but that pool so be small at first until more artists step up and create music for nostr communities to use. I think that's a pretty big opportunity since I'm sure the artists would see a greater portion of revenue and also the relay host could use part of that fee to cover the costs of hosting. It could be a triple win, if structured correctly.
If I understand where file hosting on nostr is going more or less correctly (Hornet storage etc) then that's going to be pretty hard to enforce.
I don't know enough about that, yes pretty much all over my head. It'll shake out somehow.
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