Oddbean new post about login | logout Like, there could be good reasons like there were with scuttlebutt, I just don't know what they are
It is strange that this team is attacking its customers, presumably nostr developers, for not understanding their company’s product. Maybe this is not what is happening. This is what it looks like from the outside.
They come across as bitter, defensive, and arrogant. If they want people to try or use their product, they should get someone who knows how to talk to people to make announcements, and answer questions.
Yes, but also I think they're excellent marketers. If I were to read it cynically I'd say they're doing the crypto play — siphoning energy and talent away from a truly open protocol to a branded version of the same thing.
I think that's circumstantial, not intentional. And their abrasiveness is going to encourage people to take an ideological stand against them. It feels very counterproductive to me.
Yes, I agree, I think Carvalho is well-intentioned.
I've seen devs get defensive and hostile before when their work is criticized. I think it's a natural impulse when you feel like something you've put your time and energy into is being attacked. But you've got to find a way to keep your game face on so you done end up alienating the people you want to accept your work.
btcerrorlog is fractious and thin-skinned. Only a matter of time before the arguments pick up. I haven't looked at the tech stack. Is it web5? They have some very interesting solutions for scalability and key rotation. Nostr has the network effect. I think the best future is for nostr to adopt some of the web5 tech. In some cases it would be a backwards incompatible change, essentially a hard fork. But you can't bully people into a hard fork. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
You don't have to use vibes to judge us, you can simply read about our work. We aren't siphoning anything and there is no nefarious strategy. We're literally trying to make the world a better place. No need to speculate or guess about us just read this: https://medium.com/pubky/pubky-the-next-web-3287b35408f1 I have been publicly telling people what we are doing for years. We gave our ideas to Nostr people since the beginning, they never cared. We don't expect them to care now. The difference is we actually finally shipped a cool system with a coherent design and narratives now, so people are paying attention. https://m.primal.net/LuOs.png
I think part of the problem is that you have your perspective based on your role in developing this project, but you're not recognizing that others have a different perspective based on what they've seen, and what you've said. I think there's a lack of empathy here that's preventing you from seeing situation from the viewpoint of others, and it's leading you to sabotage your own efforts. Development and marketing are two very different skillsets that often conflict with one another. It's rare to find a developer who's also a competent marketer. For the sake of your project, and the rest of us if the project truly is destined to positively change the world, I think you should find someone who's a technologically competent and experienced marketer to promote the project, and communicate with greater community. Get the right person for the job instead of trying to do this yourself.
