I've found the "trending people" section of nostr.band to be a handy tool for that https://nostr.band/
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Didn’t know nostr.band existed. Thanks! This is all moving too fast for me! 😅
Check nostrapps.com once in a while to see what’s out there
I know isn't it great how fast development happens here?!
My favorite search engines:
and then to see what posts are trending today/this week, I like nostrends:
Thanks much