Olive Grove Eggs on Nostr: I'm not ancient but I'm old enough to spot some patterns. It doesn't surprise me that ...
I'm not ancient but I'm old enough to spot some patterns.
It doesn't surprise me that Nostr is so constructive. The culture of an entity comes from, I hesitate to say "the top" where a decentralised entity is concerned, so let's say "the initiators"
The culture of FarceBook and Twitter comes from the top, no doubt.
In all cases, the majority of users fall into line and become the best version of that culture. And those "few" who feel uncomfortable with the culture leave.
But nothing is forever smooth.
I remember when Twitter was so positive til it wasn't. and Facebook apparently wasn't too bad til it wasn't.. Both were assaulted by money and failed to maintain their culture and integrity built up over how many years?.
So which social media culture is going to prevail now? The most powerful encumbents or the most constructive newcomers?
As long as the driving force behind Nostr stays true to the founding principles and resists tinkering with a great idea, the positive culture will snowball. Free people can be the best versions of themselves. And then let's see what happens.
It's honeymoon time for a good while yet, but the community should be prepared for hijack attempts by literal dark forces. History says the Nostr paradigm has til its 8th birthday before hitting its first existential crisis. Just like Bitcoin, just like humans with our mystical but true 7 year itch that takes a while to play out.
Hopefully I'm just voicing what has been obvious to the smart cookies from the start and Nostr stays the best version of constructive.
It doesn't surprise me that Nostr is so constructive. The culture of an entity comes from, I hesitate to say "the top" where a decentralised entity is concerned, so let's say "the initiators"
The culture of FarceBook and Twitter comes from the top, no doubt.
In all cases, the majority of users fall into line and become the best version of that culture. And those "few" who feel uncomfortable with the culture leave.
But nothing is forever smooth.
I remember when Twitter was so positive til it wasn't. and Facebook apparently wasn't too bad til it wasn't.. Both were assaulted by money and failed to maintain their culture and integrity built up over how many years?.
So which social media culture is going to prevail now? The most powerful encumbents or the most constructive newcomers?
As long as the driving force behind Nostr stays true to the founding principles and resists tinkering with a great idea, the positive culture will snowball. Free people can be the best versions of themselves. And then let's see what happens.
It's honeymoon time for a good while yet, but the community should be prepared for hijack attempts by literal dark forces. History says the Nostr paradigm has til its 8th birthday before hitting its first existential crisis. Just like Bitcoin, just like humans with our mystical but true 7 year itch that takes a while to play out.
Hopefully I'm just voicing what has been obvious to the smart cookies from the start and Nostr stays the best version of constructive.