pam on Nostr: I doubt that is their challenge. I think they lack creativity in engaging users to ...

I doubt that is their challenge. I think they lack creativity in engaging users to adopt - and this is very common for tech developers - they tend to be excited about building something and then wonder why nobody shows up. Nostr has this problem too.

Institutionalized standards are one way to gain mass traction. (Another way is through use cases and that’s what I am passionate about). There’s pros and cons to institutionalized standards and debating this is a good thing.

I get why standards are a huge put off in terms of forceful adoption. I think it will remain largely optional but it will gain mass global awareness. Here's where it becomes very important to remain strong to the ethos of educating people on data ownership instead of focusing on centralizing any standards. But that level of global consciousness in taking back your identity is a plus factor