I joined #Nostr in December last year, having no clue how to use it or what it even really was, except that it was maybe an alternative to Twitter. I was skeptical, but I was fed up with Twitter, so I installed Damus and created a profile.

At that time profile management was poor, there were no direct image uploads, zaps didn’t exist, there was no native Android client, web based apps were lackluster, and there were no helpful how to guides available. And yet, 3 weeks later I tweeted the screenshotted messages below on Twitter, and a month and a half after that, I completed deleted my Twitter account. Now, a few months later, I see even more what Nostr’s potential is, well beyond just Twitter-like apps.

It is frustrating, and at times down right irritating, to see new users join Nostr only to immediately bemoan this or that feature, and then give up and disappear. Or even worse, stick around and continue to complain, but never take the advice given by users who have good answers to their questions.

Do you want freedom, or not? New things are seldom NOT easy at first, and things worth having usually require work on your part. Give it time, put in some effort, and take the advice of people who have already been through the same process of learning you’re going through.

Learning #Nostr is worth the time and effort, I guarantee it.