Zaps are the main selling point of #nostr for the general public. I would argue that the risk of being deplatformed is from legacy social media is not something thatβs relevant for an average βcontent creatorβ because they would never do anything that would get them banned anyway. They are used to playing by the rules, in some sense it is their very specialty since their success is related to how well they βpleaseβ the algorithm.
So the main differentiator between nostr and other social media is (aside from the bad UX), the existence of zaps - a P2P exchange of value within a protocol for exchange of information. Should the culture of zapping die, nostr would likely remain a very marginal, fringe part of the Internet.
My hope is to see, in the not so distant future - for example, YouTube videos and nostr vlogs titled βHow I make $100 a week creating content on nostrβ - and for that NOT to be an overstatement, but a quite achievable thing for anyone who is artistically inclined or an expert in their respective field. And yes, I agree, β100k satsβ sounds a lot cooler than β$100,β but come on, letβs be real: the normies arenβt there yet. They denominate in fiat, so we have to meet them where they are.
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