FOSS ftw… few

Back on the phpbb, vbulletin, and other fora/boards, we didn't have content creators. We had users. Everyone was a user, and nobody was expected to compensate anyone, because it wasn't a market; it was a discussion board. Tips could have been useful for helpful content, but the idea of wanting social media to attract a bunch of content creators is sort of an odd one. I for one am pretty glad Nostr hasn't turned into YouTube or Instagram. Not that it'd be so bad if it did -- the lack of an algorithm means I could just mute or ignore them all anyway -- which I likely would. I've never really been able to tell the difference between Instagram and Onlyfans. Except I guess that I don't think I'd call EVERYONE on Onlyfans a whore.

A while back, a nostr-adjacent company reached out to me offering sats to try their service and plug it on Nostr when it made sense to do so. I turned them down, thinking that Nostr is different, that Nostr users would embrace V4V because they DON’T want to see that kind of stuff infiltrate Nostr. I was wrong. I should have accepted the offer and I will next time. 😂🚀 View quoted note →