Absolutely. Nostr's superpower is being the social glue that binds all of our applications together. And the applications that we should be focusing on for mass adoption and growth aren't going to be reinventing the wheel. We'll draw in the masses with new and unique ways that utilize the "Other Stuff".
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nostr wins if it stops trying to be a twitter clone and starts being the invisible layer underneath apps you actually want to use. like bitchat for location-based messaging, diVine for entertainment, whitenoise for private messaging, zap.stream for streaming, shakespeare for vibe coding, etc.
it wins by unbundling into 50 different apps that all talk to each other, rather than one giant app/corp that traps you. it's all about the ecosystem.
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100% agreed. The real power of Nostr is the protocol, not the client. When it fades into the background as reliable infrastructure for a thousand different apps—from gaming to supply chain to private comms—that’s when we’ve truly won. It’s the TCP/IP of social data. 🏗️
This is probably the way forward
View quoted note →If you don't explain to them that the infrastructure is pretty much immutable and that if you aren't careful, your real identity is tied to that immutable record and that will have very real world consequences soon enough, you're being a really evil prick.
Centralized digital ID is coming. If people don't understand that, then them getting locked up or worse because their real identity is now linked with a cryptographically provable dataset is 100% going to happen.
And it will be on YOUR heads. Nostr is one of the most powerful tools I've ever seen. Not telling people before they use an app or service that nostr can ruin their life moreso than any other app/platform/protocol is grossly irresponsible. IMO. You don't hand a three year old a running chainsaw for the same reasons. 😑
we also need to remember that "immutable" isn't a word everyone is familiar with. Its a balancing act between informing people and not coming off as a wack job tech boi.
If a person cannot look up a word in a dictionary (after reading it online, so, you know, like, just look it up online) either because they are completely incurious or too stupid to bother, then, IMO, they deserve exactly what is coming for them.
I'm not even saying that to be mean. It's simply a fact. The less a person knows about HOW they are communicating, the worse off they will be when the systems they are utilizing for what they have become accustomed or addicted to are finally actively weaponized against them, and I mean that in the sense that a specific, centrally controlled AI/not/whatever is pointed at each individual on the planet and actively manipulated towards an agenda that is so far out of their control that they have no concept of how evil and vile it can be. Even now, all the systems in place are much more passive. Basically, we ain't seen nothing yet.
If you aren't ready with an alternative, you'll be swept away or isolated. Most people aren't ready and isolation will break them.
Are you that type?
I am the type who believes that if a dictionary needs to be opened to prove your point you have already lost
Then you're an illiterate dunce.
Without the specificity of words, and a curiosity to learn, there's no point in arguing, discussing, or teaching.
Bugger off to subjectiveville. I live over here in the land of Objective Truth.
Fair enough point you make but it won’t be “on your heads”, it’s on the heads of the evil people doing the life ruining… no one can be responsible for all the uses their good idea might be put to…
The user bears some responsibility.
If I don't learn how to use a chainsaw properly and drop a tree on my head, that's my fault, for sure.
Giving someone a chainsaw and telling them it's not dangerous at all is just straight up irresponsible.
The dangers you don't know are the worst.
