Laeserin @Laeserin - 8mo
I'm not criticizing nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx and nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc because I showed up a day late and a dollar short. There wouldn't be much for me to show up to and complain about, if they hadn't been here before me, shelling out money and putting in the effort. I'm just saying, IT'S TIME TO START PHASE 2. That's all I'm saying.
Yeah, I meant that I'm not criticizing them personally. I'm criticizing the way the funding model is starting to skew the market. Funding models can quickly become entrenched, but they can maybe think of ways to make themselves obsolete, in the medium-term. Maybe they already are.
I think #SovEng is a step in the right direction, for instance, because it's helping people help themselves. They could also maybe make sure that every product they assist with has a private funding model in place before the grants run out, so that developers don't stay stuck on grant money, and users don't have an expectation that grants will pay for everything forever. Maybe slowly phase-out grants. Even people who get grant money would rather run a sustainable business. That should be the goal.
Funding projects is like quality assurance or teaching. You only did a good job, if you make yourself useless.
Niel Liesmons @nielliesmons - 8mo
Same with doctors 😅
That's why I like the idea of funding-matching. This reduces the impression that Those People Up There are making all the decisions and it would encourage smaller donors to zap, if they knew that their combined zapping could lead to their champion getting a Big Ass Zap. It would feel more like the cavalry riding in, which is a positive feeling. Good vibes. Zaps are information. Same with subscriptions. Following the market means you don't make the market.
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I also have this feeling that large grants need to be phased-out more slowly, so that receivers have more time to put a funding model in place or get a side-gig going. It takes a long time to build up a market segment and get enough users on board, to replace at least part of a grant. And grant receivers have missed out on other economic activities, by focusing so much on Nostr. They need more time to adjust. Maybe I'm wrong about that, but that's my impression.
Phase 2 is we ween users off the corporatist giga-donor/advertising model of everything being completely free to every user.
Even people receiving grants need to start having some income stream, especially on clients, media servers, and relays. Even if they don't "need" the money, it normalizes the idea of paying for stuff and prevents "he charges money" from being a differentation between competitors.
