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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @Michelson_Morley 31 Aug 2023 \ parent \ on: Stacker saw a 3.3k reduction in visitors (June-July). Will August be an uptick? bitcoin

Can I ask why you think the UX is bad? I really like it and am a web developer, so I'm wondering what you think is lacking?

I completely agree with you about the very silly (micro)celebrity-worship of @darthcoin, but celebrity worship isn't a toy you can take away from internet people :)

(and PS: darthcoin seems alright to me, I just haven't seen any deep thought or nuanced opinion from him. He for instance says that COVID did not exist at all. I have a sister who is a surgeon and who got it, and it made her lose her sense of taste for months. My brother works in elderly care and saw a HUGE uptick in deaths. It did exist. no offense darth, you just seem to appeal to the same type of worshippers who latch on to pewdiepie, I don't understand it, but I wish you well)

I hope SN doesn't die, but not to worry, it is only a front of the new Nostr ZAP based web. We're the first in the wild west of this new land :)

10.1k sats \ 2 replies \ @phygit 1 Sep 2023

SN UX may be OK for geeks and tech-savvy people, but bring some "normal people" in here (say, your mother) and see what happens...

Darth is undoubtedly an expert on Lightning and has strong knowledge on the technicalities of Bitcoin. No problem to admit that. But it doesn't imply that he understands Bitcoin. And he has such simplistic views and ridiculous postures on any other subject... Just because you're an excellent plumber doesn't mean you can build a house, and even less that you understand urbanism.

(I lost my father to Covid, and my partner lost her father AND sister from Covid, so imagine how much I value and respect people denying the reality of it...)

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Michelson_Morley 1 Sep 2023

Fuck. That sucks about your father and other relatives. Nothing I can say to help in any way, though my instinct tells me to try. When I think about death, I think about a quote from Epicurus (paraphrased by Norm MacDonald)

"Why should I fear death? While I am here; death is not. While death is here; I am not. Why should I fear death? We will never intersect."

I know that doesn't help. Have a big zap (is that SN lingo for big hug?).

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @phygit 1 Sep 2023

Thanks, bud, not necessary but I appreciate. Never really feared death either, but it's when it strikes others that it really sucks. We are never prepared for this, never...