Oddbean new post about login | logout There were three major themes that I personally saw: 1. "The onboarding sucks because I don't understand what most of this nonsense means." This comes down to, at least in my opinion, those with some sort of background in Bitcoin making stuff for those that most likely have some sort of background in Bitcoin. 2. "I see crypto bullshit so I'm noping the fuck out and not wasting my time." Saw that coming from lightyears away. A problem I've mentioned multiple times. 3. "A lack of service-side moderation means this is going to turn into an illegal mess, if it hasn't already." This, to me, comes down to a mix of genuine concern plus political beliefs plus not understanding how to curate one's own content intake.
Regarding 1: im not sure if it was onboarding or simply nsec that was the issue. I tead those comments as coming from a bunch of devs / tech savvy people projecting how they think normal people operate. 2. This can be solved if clients collectively make an effort to diversify their recommeded content. If you recommend high profile people who also talk about Bitcoin- you will have a lot of Bitcoin in the initial feeds. 3. There’s an opportunity to tell a better story around this and connect it back to how the big platforms fail but there is an alternative. This is something the community can work on in 2024.
1. It's not necessarily projecting. If tech-savvy people are having issues figuring things like nsec out, it can be fairly safe to assume that the average person will also have problems figuring it out. 2. It's not just the diversity in content, or rather the lack thereof, that people are not a fan of. It's that all of the most popular clients have bitcoin baked in. I've said it once and I'll say it again: A large number of people see "Bitcoin=crypto=scam" and will nope the fuck out when they catch ANY whiff of Bitcoin. Education/onboarding/UX is all fine and dandy, but until there are some client developers and relay operators who are willing to divorce Bitcoin from what they are offering, there is a good chance that The NOSTR can and will ultimately flounder. 3. It doesn't matter how bad "Big Tech" fails. If the outsider's perception is that The NOSTR happily allows content from "nazi pedophiles" without repercussion and no hope for better moderation, then people will nope the fuck out without giving it a chance. Doesn't matter if that actual type of content is being posted or if it's just one's own biases coloring their perception of what's being posted.