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sak5sk commented on Nostr nostr.com/... · Posted by u/dtj1123

dewey · 6 months ago

I've tried to use it many times, through Damos on iOS, but it's littered with dead and abandoned projects and an alternative UI that worked one day, will just be gone later.

In the end the content I was seeing there was almost exclusively about Nostr and Crypto so it wasn't that interested to keep using it.

sak5sk · 6 months ago

Yeah, it takes people to get good content worth paying attention to but if everyone says "it's dead" then it will remain dead. But if people voted with attention and said "yeah, it's kind of dead, but if I hang out here and my friends join, then it will be less dead and people will notice and also join..." You basically create the future you want.

sak5sk commented on Nostr nostr.com/... · Posted by u/dtj1123

Ambolia · 6 months ago

It would be cool if you could somehow form chains of trust with this, maybe even with links to other social media, where you could "follow other people that this guy has vetted". I want my social media censored and curated, but I want to choose my own censors and curators.

sak5sk · 6 months ago

Nostr actually has web of trust (WoT) implementations. I think Coracle has this and some others. Nostur even lets you specify how far you want your web of trust to reach. Pretty cool stuff!

sak5sk commented on Nostr nostr.com/... · Posted by u/dtj1123

TheAceOfHearts · 6 months ago

Last time I tried navigating the Nostr ecosystem I found their Twitter-equivalent platform and it was full of people posting about cryptocurrencies and other topics that weren't of particular interest to me.

Are there any major figures of interest primarily participating on any Nostr platform? Or is there any kind of uniquely interesting content that is being primarily produced and shared on Nostr?

sak5sk · 6 months ago

Network effects are difficult to replicate. You need lots of users to get a few solid consistent "content" creators. You need even more users to get the content that YOU like. So, it just amounts to having more users. Some might say it's impossible to replicate some existing social platform like X, and that may be true - but at the end of the day, you can vote with your attention and can contribute in ways you would like your space to be, so if you like say... log cabin content, then you can create it yourself and start amassing a log cabin enthusiast audience who will then start sharing their passion for log cabins.

sak5sk commented on Nostr nostr.com/... · Posted by u/dtj1123

anon1395 · 6 months ago

Why do you think i'm in the USA...? I am in the UK and it is impossible to buy bitcoin without regulations.

sak5sk · 6 months ago

You could just earn it on nostr...

sak5sk commented on Nostr nostr.com/... · Posted by u/dtj1123

camillomiller · 6 months ago

I find open protocols the most naive endeavour in tech nowadays. The reason why social media protocols work is because the incentive is to have them siloed, controlled, and artificially convincing people through algorithmic suggestions that posting what they had for lunch is somewhat interesting.

These protocols seem to think that people actually want an alternative to what Instagram, Facebook, X etc. give them. They don't, we all just want the comfort of our own little bubble and a constant feeling of perceived fame. The rest, and all the talk about the protocol that underlines this is just fluff for nerds that will have zero impact in a society dominated by tech capital.

Do you wanna change social media? Try and find and effective way to bring them down.

sak5sk · 6 months ago

People do want alternatives. Bluesky is a clear example of that. Nostr is clearly not as big, but it's a protocol.

sak5sk commented on Nostr nostr.com/... · Posted by u/dtj1123

sak5sk · 6 months ago

Some nostr apps to demonstrate what it's capable of: https://www.openux.app/ - Mobbin alternative https://kinostr.com/ - movies with chat room https://zap.stream/ - live streaming similar to Twitch https://dtan.xyz/ - torrents https://zapstore.dev/ - permissionless app store https://nostrnests.com/ - audio room chats https://zapmeacoffee.com/ - like buy me a coffee

sak5sk commented on Show HN: OpenUX – a free and open alternative to Mobbin openux.app/... · Posted by u/sak5sk

jerlendds · 7 months ago

I really like this idea, I took a note to create an account and showcase some web designs I like later on. I've recently been using https://www.refern.app/ to collect design showcases but it seems like no one else uses their site for that haha

sak5sk · 7 months ago

refern seems to be more general? This one is specifically for app inspiration

sak5sk commented on Show HN: OpenUX – a free and open alternative to Mobbin openux.app/... · Posted by u/sak5sk

belchiorb · 7 months ago

Pretty cool! Nice job

sak5sk · 7 months ago

ty!