Appreciate you laying it out.
But I don’t think what you laid out is a viable pathway to something large or significant.
If nostr is going to be some minor little network where a few people congregate to avoid ads and just chat to each other - sure. I see value in that.
But that won’t change the web or make any meaningful impact in the world.
The future is content creation, and that means more and more content creators and a larger and larger creator economy. (Yep…more influencers).
Sure - 80% of them are cringe, but 20% are excellent educators and there is loads to learn. (Maybe it’s 90/10, or 99/1 ).
The web is going to become the future of education. And that means content creators, selling stuff, and that also means ads.
Will Nostr play that game ?
Or will it remain small and fringe ?
Login to reply
Replies (1)
thanks, i get what you mean about significance and changing the web.
i’m in that too. not just here - my company is pushing to transform the commercial real estate industry towards full information transparency. it’s a hard task, but that’s the fun part in the end.
ambitions should be high, but timing (is the market ready for my solution?) and strategy (start small, dominate, then expand) matter too. the result of these two factors is pragmatic tactics that let you keep moving forward, day by day, step by step.
about ads:
> selling stuff, and that also means ads
if it comes to that, i’ll just start my own client 🙃 and that freedom is exactly what i love about nostr!
but… i think we’re underestimating the potential impact of value-for-value. @jb55 created something incredible with zaps; you won’t find that anywhere else.
still looking with a fresh outsider's eye, i think vfv is a big opportunity that could lay the foundation for a new, humble, and healthy creator’s economy. in my mind, it’s an ads-free model (of course!) where clients can earn fees (like patreon, substack) and, instead of disrupting MY feed with THEIR paid content, they invest in new mechanisms to discover worthy things. and as i see these ideas are already popping up in discussions.