Just listened to that pod with Constant (nprofile…u60s) where he tries to explain Nostr to two normies
It's very hard to explain Nostr, because 99% of users want to download the app and just use it
1% want to know about relays and servers
Personally I think that's the way Nostr should be advertised to normies, just let them have their npub and nsec, that is no different from username password
Primal offers a plug and go with regards to relays running in the background
Normies dgaf and they don't understand, so just let them browse and find their feet
One mistake nostriches make when explaining the protocol, is trying to explain what a full stack developer does to Karen who uses Facebook while her washing is in
It totally goes over their head 🤯
KISS
I mean look at pfp and banner images in primal (nprofile…kclk) you can just upload an image from your gallery and it automatically processes
Don't start lecturing normies about the costs of content hosting and you should host your own server, the average joe has trouble finding their qr scanner on their phone
So where the lines blur and the confusion begins, I'll give you an example:
*Uploading images to Nostr*
The big legacy platforms remove exif data
So what's exif data?
And you've lost the normie already
You see? It's partly because we all talk in an echo chamber here and when you go out the bubble and speak to others, they haven't got the base knowledge
Essentially it's very hard to explain Nostr and very easy to see why normies aren't using it
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2026-01-24 12:44:41 UTC
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