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no offence intended, but that sounds predatory and fiat-minded. real value comes from journeying through trials, not falling into "cozy" pits and valleys

I strongly disagree, with a caveat. If we are going to continue scaling our experiences for use by the general public, it is an act of great compassion to undergo personal trials, as developers, to create smooth and accessible experiences for the visitors we serve. Trials-by-fire are guaranteed in this world, but it is the mark of a true heart who undergoes trials to serve the wellbeing of their fellows in life. You rock though, thanks for responding with your thoughts. Keep it rollin' if you've got some more debate on that, in ya!

yea i actually do agree with you on that as far as funcional ux goes. complex functionality should be made friendly to normal users and foot-guns should be eliminated, 100%. i think i was referring to a different domain that i'm not sure how to label... the software functionality should be effortless, but the real experiences should remain tangible and "hard". Maybe an example is building a community on nostr... Ideally, this would grow organically out of repeated human interactions. even if there are some tools to help filter and curate, at the end of the day, your community will be better if YOU build it in a kind of human process, than if some platform feeds it to you. that's more what I had in mind. not "make software ugly and hard for normies to use"

Ah yeah I very much agree with you on that. A life stripped of challenge and complexity is a life without growth. A community unable to even encounter the challenges of social life will never grow strong. Excellent clarification nostr:nprofile1qy8hwumn8ghj7erpd46hxtnfduhsz9nhwden5te0v4jx2m3wdehhxarj9ekxzmny9uqzqth65u2mhdrd6klxkldg6acqyek3ze6tjyacz79dmdwzuc7esue3kjztwa

on the final point, yeah, we already have plenty of active interference like how most search engines are basically shadowbanning the word nostr from searches that don't directly include it. that's also why a lot of projects are emerging now, delivering services with the mention of nostr only in the codebase and fine print. once people appreciate the services advantages that we can deliver, they will get curious about how it's done, that will be a fairly big draw going forward for new adoption. people are generally getting fed up with the silo platforms. we are just the canaries, and this is why we are building.