Oddbean

Nostriches, it’s time 💥 It’s time to change the narrative that “nostr is only bitcoiners and tech folks”. I follow hundreds of bitcoiners, and hundreds of others. The bitcoiners I follow will *sometimes* post about Bitcoin, but that is not the majority of the content in my feed. Want to attract new users? Stop perpetuating the story that everyone here is a bitcoiner, and all the content is Bitcoin and nostr. That was true a year ago, but it’s not true now. I don’t hear new users complain about “too much bitcoin” anymore. My feed is full of art, food, family. Life events, projects, social movements. Politics, sports, shitposting. It doesn’t take much to shift the narrative. Just start telling the right story 🤝 The road ahead is bright. These are my coffee musings this morning ☕️ Whether you’re a seasoned nostrich or a brand new user… what do you think? #asknostr #grownostr #plebchain #bitcoin #otherstuff #introductions #artstr #coffeechain https://image.nostr.build/88cb6e004f78bbb9df531cfb11aca782cd3851ad6db91c89849a4a2cadc8fe7b.jpg

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Same. I follow all sorts of people. nostr:nevent1qqsyxxvxjxmv0rvndwqrv865zwyvu5px5u2vlw6wj4fcxrwhwh5kl4cpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsyg9gq32hxt2mlfuj7fuszx5vsuv9xxpfwxv5w54eeugkjcgllyd90qpsgqqqqqqsz9v9pj

There are a growing number of communities here centered around things that are definitely not Bitcoin. nostr:nevent1qqsyxxvxjxmv0rvndwqrv865zwyvu5px5u2vlw6wj4fcxrwhwh5kl4cpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7q3q4qz92uedt0a8jte8jqg63jr3s5cc99cej36jh883z6tprlu354uqxpqqqqqqzzu9f37

I have to admit , I did get a bad impression at first but I just wasn’t taking advantage of all the free stuff that’s available to you instantly - like wavlake for instance. Want to share recipes without ads or bank account? We got tools for that. Want to share an album without a credit card? We got tools for that.

It’s been incredible seeing nostr grow so much in such a short time… Bitcoiners were some of the earliest adopters (because decentralized freedom tech is an ethos we already vibe with) but it’s expanding far beyond that. It’s the digital architecture of a level playing field, a communication protocol with a structure that realigns incentives toward freedom *and* fairness, a space where authenticity and proof of work (rather than manipulative algo-hacks) are valued and elevated. And it’s still so early!

Yeah that’s what’s weird about it, there’s so much available now and it’s growing with no end point to reach. Honestly i think it’s that so many functions of nostr are available to the general public, like zap.cooking or wavlake for instance, where there’s no Step 2 where you have to buy into something like a membership or a registration. You can just tell people to check those out and then say “and here’s nostr, it’s the common ‘language’ they all use” , but like zap.cooking and wavlake and whatnot, they all perform cool functions that people are familiar with and they have regular URLs and no mysterious software, and here’s how you get a free key to all of them. People don’t have to even change their comfort level to appreciate Free and Simple.