Oddbean

Not really. It's now 9 hours of phone instead of 9 hours of TV. People wanna turn on the TV, and turn off their brains. Your efforts are wasted trying to fix that. I'd like a communication platform based on quality instead of quantity, but how will it be funded without ads? Drug trade is the only possibility I see.

Funded by zaps of course 🥳 humans are clever and will go wherever their time is valued. What's fun about working for Bitcoin (directly or indirectly) is that your time is never wasted. Saying there's no communications platform possible without ads propping it up is like saying there's no money without money printing and theft (i.e. fiat). Those platforms were never necessary and those incentive models only existed because uncorruptible digital money wasn't ready yet. Back to the Bitcoin chatroom 🫣

Show me who's making 10+M SAT a month. Who's the most zapped user? IRC (freenode) survived as a non profit, but kinda dying now. I'm pondering to go back there or matrix. Nostr is hit or miss. Often very little responses or interesting talks. Fiat buys food, bitcoin doesn't. Fiat puts fuel in your tank. What's the point of your bitcoin knowledge aside from number go up?

Thanks. I like a few random people who pop up. It reminds me of IRC a lot. Different format, but similar vibe. Small and cozy. Not like twitter where your meme can easily get 10K shares and likes. I'm waiting for Letr to come out. It sounds more appropriate for deeper thoughts.