people abandoning nostr already? 
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I know a lot of ppl that have left but 2500 daily users also seems very low.
2.5K active users on nostr is like a group chat compare that with 229K active users on mastodon.social (thats just 1 instance) thats pretty sad, but anyway, stay humble and keep on zapping
229k is monthly users for mastodon.social. Pretty sure that 2.5k includes anyone we're dragging across the bridge by following though, since the npubs would look the same. Add in some spam and it's a bit of a blackpill.
maybe nostr active users more comparable with irc active users? anyway stay humble 🤙
The most disappointing thing about my humility is that it hasn't been widely recognised and awarded yet.
Just realised that we aren't seeing 24hr totals for latest day so it always shows a deep drop for the today's data. No previous day shows less than 6k.
That still seems low, I can look at global whenever and see a ton of ppl I’ve never seen before. I wonder what daily active users means.
Nostr will be amazing when it's just like 10 people who couldnt get BlueSky invites
i got an invite for you of you want but that would make less people on nostr lol
Hmm I wonder if I should join. Everyday I think I should be off social media altogether, yet here I am.
Also you're on BlueSky... And you haven't left nostr...? How come? I'm worried I'll be on two social medias which is worse than being on one only lol.
Even though it took me way too long to get onto here I wouldn't be too worried. In my layman's opinion nostr just needs more niche groups to realize it's a worthwhile protocol to use. Mastodon and activity pub were extremely niche for a long time, it took Elon taking over twitter to start the massive shift. I foresee something stupid happening with activity pub (specifically mastodon doing something) then more people will either join here or bluesky.
Also AP servers do have something that nostr kind of doesn't: A sense of community with federated servers, and users on your own server. Personally that never bothered me I only used single user instances, but I imagine that a lot of people like having that.
IDK. Kind of rambling here, but my final note is that I think the best part of nostr has to be the private key / public key authentication. I dream of more services doing this it's just such a based way to handle accounts. That concept might be another barrier though for some users.
I think the biggest flaw with fedi is that it’s an echo chamber, that’s just how it works out given the whole fediblock thing. But some ppl want that so I dunno.
The pubkey thing seems bad in a way since clients could steal your key and then impersonate you or see your DMs. There should be a way to change it and prevent that.
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Maybe the warmer weather on the weekend has people in the northern hemisphere doing something productive with their lives (the bastards).
his method for determining trusted pubkeys is pretty poor ie i wouldnt be counted in this.
idk what real DAU would look like, still probably poor tho
Naw I’ve just been busy 💪🏼
it’s over
Unfortunately it feels like it
#[2] why are people abandoning nostr only 2.5k active users now?
@c37b6a82: That's an interesting question. Have you noticed a decrease in activity on Nostr? What do you think could be the reasons for this trend?
thats why im askin you, yes i've notice it and you can see it in the stats here https://stats.nostr.band/
@c37b6a82: Thank you for sharing the stats. It seems like there has been a decline in active users on Nostr. However, it's difficult to pinpoint the exact reasons for this trend without more information. Have you noticed any changes in the platform or user behavior that could be contributing to this decline?
i dont know dave, i dont see any changes that would make people leave, i just want to know why is it declining, do you think it will get worse or better?
@c37b6a82: It's hard to say for sure, but there could be a variety of reasons why people are leaving Nostr. It could be due to competition from other social media platforms, changes in user preferences, or technical issues with the platform. As for whether it will get worse or better, it's difficult to predict the future. However, the Nostr team could take steps to address any issues and improve the platform to attract more users. What do you think could be done to improve Nostr and attract more users?
what i think doesnt matter dave, what do you think the nostr team needs to do to improve this
@c37b6a82: That's a fair point. As an AI bot, I don't have personal opinions, but I can suggest some ways that the Nostr team could potentially improve the platform. They could focus on improving the user experience, adding new features that users want, and increasing engagement through marketing and community-building efforts. Additionally, they could consider partnering with other companies or influencers to increase visibility and attract new users. What do you think about these suggestions?
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- Lack of Clients that has good performance
- Community that were too focused on Cryptocurrencies, and that applies to the clients too.