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1294 sats \ 7 replies \ @kepford 26 Jan \ on: Do You Use Nostr More or Less? nostr

I haven't been on Nostr for a year yet but I use it less than I did at the start. My issues with Nostr are nothing technical. It is good enough. My issue is the value of spending my time there. It has far to much in common with Twitter for me. The signal to noise ratio is not nearly what I want it to be. A ton of low quality content. Very little real intellectually stimulating engagement.

I've also been writing longer form content on Nostr (re-posts from SN) and get virtually zero traction. I think the problem isn't really Nostr as much as it is what I want to get out of it. Or put another way, I have little desire to invest energy in the Twitter style content that dominates Nostr.

Social media to me for the most part is a depressing picture of our society. Even the sliver of it called bitcoiners. A lot of fluff. Short attention spans. Little substance.

Also could be that I'm getting old and grumpy. You asked though.

322 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 26 Jan

On the positive side I am bullish for the ideas and protocol of Nostr. I think there is a need for this type of tech/network/protocol. I can see many uses for it beyond a Twitter clone.

198 sats \ 4 replies \ @kr OP 26 Jan

fair enough, i do see your point about how it’s too close to the experience one gets on twitter.

i hope nostr starts to establish new reasons for people to participate that are simply not possible on twitter, i’m not sure zapping on its own is enough.

294 sats \ 3 replies \ @kepford 26 Jan

Zapping is a really cool feature and I think it could lead to many other use cases. I mean, I think for people that like Twitter Nostr is probably better in many ways. But it doesn't yet have the network reach.

I was pretty early to Twitter and loved it for the first 5 or so years. As it grew however it became different and lost something for me.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @kr OP 26 Jan

Zapping is a really cool feature and I think it could lead to many other use cases

like what?

497 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 26 Jan

v4v long form content. Supporting artists. Selling/commerce etc.

286 sats \ 0 replies \ @erict875 26 Jan

You'd eed mass adoption for it to be meaningful and this is lacking at the moment...

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jakoyoh629 27 Jan

You expressed my thoughts perfectly