Laeserin on Nostr: This post really hit a nerve, with me, as #GitCitadel is actually a bunch of people ...

This post really hit a nerve, with me, as #GitCitadel is actually a bunch of people who came to Nostr originally to use it, and ended up building a team to solve problems we were having with it. Like
* vaporware,
* disappearing devs,
* ugly, buggy, inefficient apps,
* spammy/gross relays,
* lack of high-quality content,
* Bitcoin-only feeds,
* irritating focus on follow lists and influencers, etc.

I think developers building solutions to solve problems they are personally frustrated with, is the most-powerful project model.

User built. User funded. User tested. User marketed.

Low time-preference, grass-roots development.

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Software developers who don't care at all what users think are morons who shouldn't be software developers.

Imagine if a chef didn't give a hot fuck how his food tasted. What would be his purpose exactly?

Markets solve this issue. Unfortunately, FOSS often has a problem where funding doesn't come directly from users. There's usually a middleman that somehow influences development toward the opinions of those who control the fund rather than users.

Ideally, Nostr will eventually reach a point where development is funded by users so a proper marketplace for features and ideas can form.

I'm not giving to foundations anymore. I'm directly funding developers who value my opinions and needs as a user. If they don't offer an easy way to be paid and offered feedback, fuckem.