I've been aiming to put together some use-cases for small and medium size local and ecommerce businesses to start using and building with nostr and lightning. For context, I'm thinking local businesses that also have a web presence. I can see such cases applying to both internal (private) and external (customer facing). There are obvious use-cases, like social media and lightning payments at a store-front. However, I'd like to expand thinking into everyday operations - any thoughts?
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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @PlebeiusG 23 Mar
Was thinking about this, too.
I like the idea of a nostr chat bot that acts as customer service. You can ask about hours, menu, special events, FAQ... I don't think the tech is there yet, but nearly. I could basically be a full-time employee for a small business that handles admin stuff. Even better if its a self-hosted machine that also handles lightning stuff. An AI/lightning node.
This way at least you can have a presence outside of Google/Apple maps that offers a first-class experience to users and allows the business some sovereignty.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @PlebeiusG 24 Mar
This idea is so unpolished though. A chatbot is way overkill. Users will be asking the same questions and it will be generating responses for each.
I can imagine for a website with a lot of documentation... or even a city govt website it will be able to look thru the sites content and generate a useful answer... but i what would starbucks need it for? Langchain has a working integration on their site that is money! But most small sites wouldn't need it.
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43 sats \ 1 reply \ @earthcakes OP 24 Mar
This is kind of where I end up for most use cases. These are kind of some I’ve assembled so far:
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Internal Private Relay; for internal team communication and collaboration. Something like Notion, Monday, or JIRA.
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Public Relay; for Release Notes. Crowdfunding ideas or small contracts. Like software forums with feature voting or bug bounties.
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Paid-Only Relays; for magazines and blogs, tiered memberships, events. An example here might be an AirBnB hosting a private relay on its WiFi with house instructions, local info, transportation tips and fare.
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A wilder idea here; but say a customer uses a product based relay (let’s use cars as an example). Someone could almost provide their personal data from a vehicles computer; how far they drive, how often they maintenance, maintenance instructions, etc. Either privately with the company, or publicly as a product review. Another analogy might be sharing your data with a software company for performance monitoring and bug enhancements etc - private relays could both report data and collect a kick-back for the data one provides.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @PlebeiusG 24 Mar
Good ideas!
Sounds like these will need purpose-built clients for almost each use case. I think that's where nostr is headed.
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