Subnostr

You can tell who the popular npubs are because every damn thing they post has like 50 reactions and 20 zaps. Even if they just accidentally typed two letters and pressed send. 😅

Almost all other notes have no interactions. Complete bifurcation.

I suspect that most people hardly see anything at all, in their feed. Because they only follow the very top accounts and never look at global, their feeds are note deserts.

Tim Bouma 1y ago

I console myself by saying that social media is not the killer use case for nostr.

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Silberengel 1y ago

The problem is, the developers are now obsessed with "only see your follows", so that model is prominent in the OtherStuff.

We're going to try to counteract it, on Alexandria, by having the global from high-quality relays set as the default, and using better searching and labeling. We're only going to include follows as one factor in how prominent something is, on the front page.

Otherwise, a couple of "bookpert npubs" could completely capture the market, by getting people to follow them and then everyone would only look at their recommendations.

Tim Bouma 1y ago

I think the definition of a #nostr 'app' will be a combination of specialized client and dedicated relay.

I think this is a good thing, actually.

Silberengel 1y ago

I do, as well, so long as the end-user has the ability to change the relays.

Tim Bouma 1y ago

Yep. That’s the beauty, they have an exit option. I am building that capability in my component - the user can switch to a new home relay and delete everything on mine.