lemon on Nostr: App builds cool features to attract users -> user base attracts advertisers -> app ...

App builds cool features to attract users -> user base attracts advertisers -> app caters to advertisers so creators leave -> app creates incentives for creators to stay

I’m learning that advertising dollars are crazy, stupid money

I’m sure there will be clients that start implementing ads as grants become thinner and thinner and then that revenue can be further shared with content creators in addition to zaps and other unique monetization methods

And then there will be premium subscriptions to hide ads and a portion of that revenue will also be given out to creators that have high engagement like yourself

It starts developers building cool features and creators posting great content that don’t exist anywhere else

Look, I’m not a fan of ads, but it’s a proven model the market has adopted

And the reality is this:
Nostr clients are way more lightweight than legacy social media clients, which means Nostr can share a much higher percentage of ad revenue where traditional clients eventually won’t be able to because the overhead is too great

Basically what I’m saying is