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Nostr won't win by being an island paradise trying to convince others to join us doing pushups in the jungle. Nostr will win by the degree to which it can seamlessly plug into and expand the already-existing constellations of the #fediverse. Nostr will win if it offers value to you, even if you're the only person on earth who uses it. Why? Because it offers something most of that existing infrastructure can't: full data sovereignty, free speech, a platform through which to communicate ideas across multiple channels - without asking for permission to do so. Nostr will win if plugging into it immediately gives you the entire fediverse (Bluesky, Lemmy, etc.) *plus* all the insanely cool benefits that come from an open protocol driven by a relay-based architecture. It needs to leverage an existing network effect, not work against it and try to win people away from the #freedom tools they already use and enjoy, or hope they'll walk away from communities they are already part of. Am I suggesting that you, dear Nostr developer, should keep this organising principle (expand the fediverse, don't try to out-compete it) in mind when building? Yes and no. It's your time and your energy. Do what you want. But if you care deeply about expanding Nostr's reach, don't fight the network effect. Leverage it. #grownostr

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Instant follow 🥳🫵 Totally support the idea of uniting the power of opensource projects. Since whoever does not like some project is free to ignore it. But every user that likes this and that project is very happy when they are interoperatable. So only winners, when Nostr has very good integration for fedi content. 💪🤝
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It's interesting how the creators of the *multi-platform* social client @npub1plst...kx8j disappeared from Nostr. The last activity I see from the team is in August.. I am more and more convinced that bridging and connecting different protocols in the social sphere doesn't work very well. Why? Maintenance becomes exponential - Every protocol has its own update cycles and breaking changes. You're not building one client - you're building several. When one protocol changes, everything breaks. Lowest common denominator - To work everywhere, bridges strip out what makes each protocol unique. Nostr's zaps, Mastodon's content warnings, Bluesky's feeds - all lost in translation. Users get a watered-down experience. Identity doesn't translate - Nostr keypairs, ActivityPub domains, and AT Protocol DIDs are fundamentally incompatible. Bridges create confusing mapping layers instead of real unification. Culture clash - Each protocol has its own norms and expectations. Bridges create an awkward middle ground where nobody feels at home.
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As a long time fedizen, hard disagree. The fediverse is a dumpster fire. It is an ongoing flame war between degenerate admins and their acolytes. There is very little value there. Nostr will win because it's unstoppable. It doesn't need to fold into anything. In fact, its so decentralized that it doesn't even need to win! There's no competition because it has no peers. That's why it will win.