But isn’t the self-selection you’re describing partly a consequence of the current friction? If you removed some of that friction, wouldn’t you simply find out whether there are more competent a...
The friction is internal to the person, not so much the protocol.
Think about it: you open a client, create new keys, and then you're free to do whatever. Most people can't comprehend what to do with freedom. You don't need to ask permission or to appease anyone. That's hard for people to swallow on nostr or in real life.
The barrier to entry is so low, it is hard to make it easier.
Now, once you're in the door? That's certainly been the subject of a huge debate for years. And so far, nothing has worked yet, with maybe two exceptions:
1. People using the nostr protocol without knowing or caring about it. (As in the case of bitchat or buzz.)
2.. There's been moderate crossover with Divine, but that's literally farming nostalgia for Vine. (I don't follow it much because I utterly detest the main founders of that app, because he's a disgustingly censorious deviant.) So, using the longing for something that was already popular and gone to pull in users who care about content and format of content without really caring about the protocol that links it all together is a thing.
And that's fine. Truly.
But... None of that has boosted TNP into being the infrastructure of choice to replace the internet. (Yet.)
Nostr is there for people who are primed to want to be free from or free to. Plus it helps to have a higher than average stick-to-it-iveness as there is a steep learning curve. I do not see how that learning curve can be flattened enough to make it truly appealing to statistical midwiits without destroying everything good that makes it unique, flexible, powerful, and simpler as a digital identity and exchange layer.
Think about it: you open a client, create new keys, and then you're free to do whatever. Most people can't comprehend what to do with freedom. You don't need to ask permission or to appease anyone. That's hard for people to swallow on nostr or in real life.
The barrier to entry is so low, it is hard to make it easier.
Now, once you're in the door? That's certainly been the subject of a huge debate for years. And so far, nothing has worked yet, with maybe two exceptions:
1. People using the nostr protocol without knowing or caring about it. (As in the case of bitchat or buzz.)
2.. There's been moderate crossover with Divine, but that's literally farming nostalgia for Vine. (I don't follow it much because I utterly detest the main founders of that app, because he's a disgustingly censorious deviant.) So, using the longing for something that was already popular and gone to pull in users who care about content and format of content without really caring about the protocol that links it all together is a thing.
And that's fine. Truly.
But... None of that has boosted TNP into being the infrastructure of choice to replace the internet. (Yet.)
Nostr is there for people who are primed to want to be free from or free to. Plus it helps to have a higher than average stick-to-it-iveness as there is a steep learning curve. I do not see how that learning curve can be flattened enough to make it truly appealing to statistical midwiits without destroying everything good that makes it unique, flexible, powerful, and simpler as a digital identity and exchange layer.
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