bradjpn on Nostr: The bad app would also pay for a lot of feature development that could then be ...
The bad app would also pay for a lot of feature development that could then be selectively copied for free by good apps
quoting note13nh…pvqqUnpopular opinion (?): #Nostr needs a toxically addicting app more than a feel-good community.
An app that sucks you in, keeps you doomscrolling until 5 am, convinces you that the alpha/enlightenment/fulfillment you crave can be found in the very next post, shoves the trash you hate but always click on in your face every time you open it, delivers the dopamine when your spouse/partner/significant other does not, poisons your relationships, self-image, and productivity, messes up an entire generation of teenagers. And onboards half the world.
Then, far healthier alternatives will pop up (/have always existed) and people will flock to them because they don't have to give up their networks.
Right now, it's not that people don't know their habits are unhealthy, it's that the calculus doesn't make it seem worth it to quit. "Go where my friends/entertainers are" vs. "go where is good for me" almost always resolves in one direction. So lure them in with the unhealthy and then present the healthy without the switching cost.
People talk about how calm/happy/refreshing Nostr is, but I suspect we'll need the rage-baiters, the e-thots, the slack-jawed soyboys in order to make a dent in the world.
Problem is who would knowingly build a dopamine casino with no walls?
(I should note that the beauty of Nostr is that none of this means we can't keep the feel-good communities, they'll just have to work a bit harder at filtering when everyone else moves in.)
