Nostr Web Client

Personally, I think automatically following developers’ profiles is a *good* thing.

Why?

Because EVERY PERSON I purple pill on #nostr in the *real world* asks the same question when they start: “how do I find people to follow?”

If developer (or other early adopter) profiles are *not* automatically followed in the client, then they have to go through multiple steps, switch apps, go to Twitter, copy/paste npubs, etc. before they can “find” anyone.

This creates a MASSIVE amount of friction for new users, and starts them off with a negative, cumbersome experience.

When developer profiles are automatically followed, they can simply go to the developer’s “following” list and find high-value accounts to follow quickly.

Side note: developers worked hard to build their clients, and I personally think new users *should* be following the person who build the solution they’re using.

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7fqx 2y ago

Why automatically follow tho? There is usually a recommended follow list when using a client anyway. I think devs are definitely with following btw.

This sort of ties in with the problem with the amethyst shadowbans. If people are automatically followed the amethyst shadowban system has the potential of becoming even worse than it already is imo. Obviously the problem here is Amethyst and #onyx is the solution, but how many new users will encounter onyx, it's p hidden away? Anyway, just an aside really. Not really a problem now, more a potential problem in future and if other clients decide to have shadowbans.

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7fqx 2y ago

I think suggested hashtags on start would also be useful. Personally I've found under and content discovery better via hashtags than anything else.

Autofill on hashtag searching would help with this too:)

H 2y ago

I agree except every time I click on one of your hashtags it's just your posts lol.

7fqx 2y ago

Lol it's true, I'm communicating with the future lol.

#bookstr is probably the most used and most interesting maybe 🤔

7fqx 2y ago

Without suffixes like -str -chain, you can also find more stuff if you're linked to mostr #horror for example. But yeah yeah the bridge is somewhat unreliable