Nostr Web Client

I share the wider sentiment, but for me I look at nostr stats and I see that it’s now shrinking, having shed a couple thousand daily actives over the last few months. What are we at now, 15k daily trusted pubkeys? And if you run a few more common-sense filters on top of that to weed out accounts that are not genuinely active, what are we left with then? A few thousand?

Like it’s just at such an embryonic stage right now that any talk of nostr replacing anything for anyone other than nostr enthusiasts seems a little jump-the-gunny .

Maybe the focus should be more on pure survival, just getting back to growth, fixing things, cutting out mess. The rest, for which we all have ideas for, save for 2026.

alp 8mo ago

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"Maybe the focus should be more on pure survival, just getting back to growth, fixing things, cutting out mess."

It's nice to see someone recognizing reality, unlike that in-group that keeps hyping each other up and is stuck in their self-referential bubble. For the average user, Nostr is still too complicated. The perceived benefit of being uncensorable is still too irrelevant to endure the hassle. I recently saw this when my wife just wanted to connect a new wallet to her existing account via NWC.

Everyone should focus on 1. maximizing benefits and 2. making onboarding easier. And they need to take criticism in stride instead of reacting like we're in some cult; no one expects everything from one developer. It's a group effort, and we're all in this together.

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ابو مريم 8mo ago

I actually think we might have some luck embracing the cult vibe. Engagement on nostr is different and a lot of what I've seen lately is trying to make nostr more like fiat sm. Don't really think that is a good idea and those projects tend to be more short lived rather than sustsinable. Nostr expects a degree of self reliance that is foriegn to many who are used to rented cyber space. And if we're talking about maximizing benefits that's something we should lean more into. I'm 2+ years here and the importance of running personal/community relays is growing on me. Try forcing that into onboarding experience when key managment is often given up to the client for "safe keeping".

Don Dahir 8mo ago

I watched a video explaining how society is getting less intelligent as the years pass by. It’s so bad now that some are saying gen z lack of “tech savvy” is a business risk. We are killing ourselves for the sake of convenience. Learning is uncomfortable but perhaps it’s necessary. I remember when I was a kid using bittorrents, kazaa, limewire etc finding my way through pc, rebooting ios when infected with malware and I was faar from an advanced user.