Nostr needs MORE economic activity. Yes, this includes digital media and content creation. And yes, this includes monetizing it. And no, 1-sat zaps aren’t going to cut it. 😂🤷♂️
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But there has to be something that’s worthwhile for me to spend my sats. @Maple AI @LN⚡️VPN - eSIM & VPN & Phone Numbers and @npub1sj5h...apmw to have been worthwhile and I’ve spent a bunch of sats on them.
This is objectively true, and yet some find it controversial. Or maybe they just feel called out.
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Do you ever pay for music, movies, photography?
Not really. I like the idea of paying for old movies which I want my kids to watch but I can’t watch it on my TV so it’s just too difficult.
I have tipped quite a few Wavlake musicians but that’s purely because I like it and at the time I felt generous. At other times I’ve felt poorer and less generous. I don’t really consider it paying for something more like I feel I need to support these guys cos I like their music. That’s too subject to my feelings.
If that is your mindset then you should not be surprised when nostr dies for lack of a viable user base due to lack of good content.
Co-signed. To each their own, but we don't transition out of You're-the-product without paying for product.
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My point is that nostr cannot rely on my charity. This isn’t a viable economic model. Nostr has to provide value and I’m willing to pay for that but I don’t cat pictures or photos valuable. If there’s an outstanding picture I’ll zap it but that’s far too subjective for a sustainable business. But having said that I do find @FLASH valuable so I do try and zap things I agree with. But that’s also so subjective ie I find it valuable and I zap. Someone else may still find it valuable but not zap. It’s difficult to make this sustainable. Nonetheless I’m willing to pay a lot for private AI @Maple AI so my point is that you cannot rely on people’s charity. You have to provide a service which someone finds valuable. And find some way of not giving it away for free. People will pay for something they find valuable but won’t pay for it if they can get it for free.
We live in a utopia of free and amazing online content.
We do not live in a utopia of free and amazing pastrami bagels.
Ergo if you're looking to make a buck then open a bagel shop.
Too much emphasis on NOSTR zapping leads to the cultural dead end of Steemit.
It is usually apparent when someone posts purely with zaps in mind. If I’m feeling generous I’ll educate but mostly it’s an insta-block.
Absolutely
Nostr’s real potential will only unlock when there’s meaningful economic activity flowing through it. Content creation, digital media, and all forms of value exchange need proper monetization. Micro-payments shouldn’t just be novelty zaps, they need to stack sats, incentivize creators, and build a sustainable on-chain economy. That’s how the network evolves from a social layer into a true financial layer .
I need to zap more. When I zap, I zap above average, but when I'm busy, I get too lazy to zap.
But here’s the rub. I’m occasionally willing to pay for ‘free and amazing online content’ but I’m always willing to pay for a good pastrami bagel. It’s a mind switch which we’re not yet making.
I guess if they find a way to stream 1 sat zaps continuously all day. RIP ln fees 💀
🤣🤣 From a purely economic standpoint, they’re only viable within an app/platform where everyone is using the same custodial wallet.
The way it’s going, we’re getting ads when we scale. Either for everyone or 2 tiers: “free” with ads and membership without. 1000%
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And just like that, the “no ads” value proposition is gone
Hey but at least we can keep zapping 1 sat at a time right?
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Not enough people for v4v to work, and the people that are here, most are too cheap/don’t see the value in what’s offered for it to work
They’re commies. V4V works. Just not enough people here yet for it to really scale.
Commies everywhere. We’re surrounded. Dirty little commies everywhere 🤣
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Dude theyre everywhere 🤣🤣🤣
Disgusting. I’m sure they love it in a non ironic way when I use Stalin gifs ironically
if you run a node, zapping one sat is an insult to yourself.. commenting tho, with your soverign npub, priceless 🐳
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Yes maybe the implemention of groups of funding for artists and media creator?
If I still ran my own routing node, I’d run a second one so I could route my zaps to myself and charge a 21-sat base fee to all these 1-sat-zapping mf’ers 😂
ditch primal premium, fire up that node again.. #winning son?
I believe you have a to be a premium subscriber to use that relay. It works fine for me on both Nostur and Primal.
yah, I know, i can read ur elite notes from there just like i can.. any other of the 19 relays 😅jus sayin
19 is too few. My notes need to be on 10,000 relays and then 10,000 more.
clearly 19 is enough cause 25$<mo would be 18. 😂 good tho good.. did they give u a gif btn?
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They are! I really don’t understand it. 🤷🏻♂️🤢
They still think Twitter was free. Basically their time and attention to ads is worthless. Or just hypocrisy because they’re cheap. Maybe a bit of both