i think this requires a slight behavioral shift. people are here for different reasons. if zaps are used as an incentive in exchange for my attention, take it away, will there be more or less engagement?

before social media, there were hobbies and interest based communities that became very tight in message boards. less about the self promotion and randomness but more about a particular subject and that developed very strong connections.

in short, more interest based community building for better connections and communication.

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Basically what I was also thinking

But I wasn't as eloquent :)

i am usually not. :D i have thought about this a lot since i joined.

I guess the question is then what kind of systems can encourage that behavioral shift? How can people be helped to find their community? Is that what Nostr lacks, and why onboarding is so absent, or non-functional?

in my opinion, it already exists here. legacy created the standards for what we should be expecting from social media (ads, algorithms, suggested follows). those standards have already been undone here. it's people who probably have a difficult time unlearning what they've become accustomed that leave. the behavioral shift is already happening for people who came here, who are tired of the old ways, and worked their way to connect, get comfortable and stick around.

there is intention when someone decides to join nostr. either they are already aware of the issues legacy has and want nothing to do with it. they want decentralization or because of the bitcoin community. those who didn't stick around were not ready for that shift and that they are not willing to sacrifice for a different and better experience.

the onboarding probably needs to be more refined and geared towards interest. nostr in its current state is 80% bitcoin centric interest and 20% bitocoiners with side hobbies. if a bitcoin bro is also a gun bro, they could start a 2a community using nostr as the underlying infrastructure and the universe will open up a but wider.

(omg this is so long. haha, sorry)