Jeroen Ubbink on Nostr: Hmm quite interesting view. I also sort of dislike the fact that big npubs are ...
Hmm quite interesting view. I also sort of dislike the fact that big npubs are usually what appears in a client after installation and starting it with a fresh nsec/npub keypair.
It makes sense that you would want to add surplusses instead of having to share the existing slots of time/money/attention.
On the other hand, isn't it normal that when you arrive later there are still limited resources that you can harvest from. Take cars for example. You can start a (better) car company but realistically most people only have 1 car so your market would be people that need a (new) car. It will be significantly harder than for existing car companies that already made a trustworthy name for themselves.
Same would go here. There are only so many people here with so much time. There will be people looking for something new but it will be hard to compete with the trustworthy npubs that have been around since the early days. Having a client start up with an empty feed would also be a steep uphill i think. If you ask me the relay setup is already adding a lot of complexity for new people and it would not help if they see nothing after starting up a client.
Can you make a case why i would be wrong or do you see any solutions that could be applied here?
It makes sense that you would want to add surplusses instead of having to share the existing slots of time/money/attention.
On the other hand, isn't it normal that when you arrive later there are still limited resources that you can harvest from. Take cars for example. You can start a (better) car company but realistically most people only have 1 car so your market would be people that need a (new) car. It will be significantly harder than for existing car companies that already made a trustworthy name for themselves.
Same would go here. There are only so many people here with so much time. There will be people looking for something new but it will be hard to compete with the trustworthy npubs that have been around since the early days. Having a client start up with an empty feed would also be a steep uphill i think. If you ask me the relay setup is already adding a lot of complexity for new people and it would not help if they see nothing after starting up a client.
Can you make a case why i would be wrong or do you see any solutions that could be applied here?