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Thought of something today… People like to compare Bluesky and Nostr because they are built around a similar idea. But it’s claimed Bluesky has more users, a few million apparently. But Nostr supposedly only has 100k or so active users. Yet today I went searching for real world events and groups around each. What did I find? Couldn’t find a single event about Bluesky. Yet the first search found numerous conferences, meetups, and other gatherings for #Nostr I think this is actually a decent litmus for telling the difference between an app with some users, and a movement. One is cheap, the other lasts. #Nostr is a movement. We aren’t going anywhere. 🫑

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Thought of something today… People like to compare Bluesky and Nostr because they are built around a similar idea. But it’s claimed Bluesky has more users, a few million apparently. But Nostr supposedly only has 100k or so active users. Yet today I went searching for real world events and groups around each. What did I find? Couldn’t find a single event about Bluesky. Yet the first search found numerous conferences, meetups, and other gatherings for #Nostr I think this is actually a decent litmus for telling the difference between an app with some users, and a movement. One is cheap, the other lasts. #Nostr is a movement. We aren’t going anywhere. 🫑
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How many VCs are devoted to inflating user numbers to make their Quarterly report behind BlueSky? once the money dries up from artificial pumping, lets see who is still standing and working on it when there is no money to be seen... Remember nostr had no funding in the first few years of existence, and yet people were aggressively building on it like the world was gonna end tomorrow.
It might also be a language barrier. But I don't think so. The challange to find out if you talk to a real person is a real thing. Same with video and sound material. The web of trust might help. But only if it doesn't turn into an echo chamber. Also, chatbots are much better in grammar then non-native speakers. It will take a while until they can impersonate us πŸ˜‚