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JeffG | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +10 
 An important caveat to this that might not be immediately obvious. Open, interoperable, and decentralized are not benefits that are immediately obvious to users. Very few come for the ideology. 

We have to build stunningly beautiful, fun, easy-to-use products that genuinely solve problems for users if we want to win.

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plantimals | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 nostr:note1t9l9zh5auf954ydcsl4200zxfrmwz8s35w3lwgw6y694d7ggp4rsl6gzvy come for the network, stay for the effect
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Z's Zingers | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 I think this caveat is something a lot of people on Nostr don’t get. “Better” isn’t good enough to disrupt an established network effect. That’s why railroad tracks are the same width as Roman chariot cart wheels. Network effects are that strong. They can last for 1000 years. 

To upset a network effect, you typically have to be about 10x better than the thing you’re replacing.  
Like telegram replacing the pony express. Learning Morse code was hard, but sending messages at the speed of light was just so next level that it upset the whole communication system.
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JeffG | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I completely agree.
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Z's Zingers | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I think we will find a niche where Nostr works insanely well and really takes off, but tbh I don’t think that is gonna be twitter-clone social media apps. It’s not gonna replace twitter or Facebook entirely unless those companies completely collapse from within. 
But I think we build like crazy on the use cases we have so the network is strong. That way when we find the right niche, it’s really to really take over.