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I hear Nostr likes vibes, so content creators let’s talk vibes. Vibe = Publishing your content directly on Nostr. Not-a-vibe = Publishing on other platforms and sharing a link here that opens there. The excitement of seeing creators on Nostr comes largely from publishing ON Nostr. Creators on those platforms are a dime a dozen. Don’t send us there; keep us here. Is it hard? Can be. Does it suck? Sometimes. Does it keep getting better? Absolutely. 🫂🚀

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Catch 22, outside of strictly or bitcoin related topics there doesn’t seem to be much interaction or demand for various and/or niche content. Creators want tons of engagement to post, consumers want tons of content to engagement with. Maybe it’s just a numbers game in the end. More people of all kinds onboarded may lead to the same distributions as other social networks.
↩ replying to Super Fresh
The catch 22 only exists if you’re talking going nostr-only. Depending on your goals it may or may not make sense to go nostr-only. For most creators, it probably doesn’t. Nostr can be part of a creator/brand’s larger social media strategy. But whatever they do publish here needs to be published here if at all possible. Linking out from to some other platform for the sake of convenience, or to try and drive views/impressions on that platform, is a quick way to lose interest here.
Nostr needs a whale (or some wealthy person or entity) to donate enough Bitcoin to fund a Nostr-native YouTube clone, with free unlimited uploads. And it needs to work properly out of the gate..... Aside from this, Nostr-native content is going to take a loooooong time to catch on, which is what Nostriches would prefer, I reckon.
↩ replying to fractalchris
File storage is actually cheap and having to pay for it will make some creators - with less money - think more about the quality of their content and the amount of content they upload. But tbh, established creators aka influencers who have been around for a while should be able to afford their ownb blossom server, online cloud storage or Amazon plob. Unless they've sold their Bitcoin.
↩ replying to fractalchris
I didn't say everyone. I said content creators - who expect to get zapped for their content on nostr while they're already monetarising that content elsewhere. Some of them even said things like "people don't zap enough on nostr". Why would I zap your external content on nostr if you're only sharing it here to get zapped? Also, signing up for cloud storage on sites like satellites or nostr.build takes literally 1 minute and the only skill required is knowing how to settle a LN invoice.
↩ replying to Matt - Just mute me if you don't care
nostr.build is great and if blossom is too complicated, there is many providers out there offering cloud storage. Some cheaper than blossom providers. Bottom line is, the majority is either not interested or too lazy to make their content available natively on nostr. I think @fractalchris also didn't differ between the average nostr user - sharing internet content - and creators/influencers who're making a living on their content. I have no problem with anyone sharing YT videos (or other external content) on nostr. In fact, you should. Someone else's content isn't yours to download to monetarise it elsewhere. But seeing creators - who've been around for a long time - trying to make the case on how their own storage would be to expensive well, that's just ridiculous.