For those new to #nostr

Early(ish) #twitter was quirky and fun. Hashtags were really important. When you followed enough people, the main stream was impossible to keep up with, but that wasn’t such a big deal because of hashtags and retweets (users boosting signal). Then it felt like it shifted from thoughts and discussions to more links. Still good, but different. Then the algorithms came in. At first they were helpful, imo. “While you were away” was great because it gave you a dozen or so tweets from people you interacted with a lot.

And then at some point around or a little before the trump election the algorithms got turned way up and it became way more of a hellscape. Covid obviously poured gasoline onto hell.

#nostr social clients feel like early(ish) Twitter right now. Which means that hashtags and reposting are really important. Zaps are as well. Remember, likes don’t boost signal on Nostr like they do on Twitter - no algorithm. They’re basically a head nod to the person. Nothing wrong with that, but I think if new users come into it with these things in mind then they can better calibrate their expectations.

And I thought early Twitter was way better. There was a fantastic math teacher community that I was a part of. Then it became less about community and more about just blasting stuff to your followers.

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