No organic reach, if you are not already popular, it feels like your notes are going straight to /dev/null
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Sometimes, that's exactly what I want.
Follow people you are interested in, reply to their notes, occasionally post your own original stuff--your reach is what you make it, not what the "algorithm" does.
This all day.
I get that and I am sure it is better than having the almighty algorithm deciding what and who to promote. However what I don't like about this approach is that it feels like going door to door throwing your opinion on everything just to try to "promote" yourself in a way. There must be a better way. Maybe there is, I haven't explored all of the possibilities of Nostr but some kind of Explore feed would be nice for new accounts, especially if it is served by paid relays to reduce the spam.
Exactly this!
Just scream into the abyss, it’s cathartic
I was interacting with well known npubs within a week of being on Nostr. It's all about what you put into it. There is no algorithm to feed you content that the big wigs want you to see.
I'm not popular but gosh I have a lot of fun here. It took a while to get to that point, though.
Your reach is about as organic as it gets. Meeting people, getting involved, and getting people involved requires participation. I know that sentence sounds redundant but it really is that simple. 😊
I suggest engaging with the peeps on a regular basis and being consistent when posting on nostr. I got here a little over a year ago and it was really confusing at first but after a while you start to find your group. I suggest exploring the other stuff especially chat rooms, corny chat, nests, hive talk. Im not sure how long you've been here, but it takes time to make new friends.
And also, the people that built this thing and are in the industry are front and center because they built this thing and they are in. the industry, or hang around those circles. Try going to meetups, best way to meet these talented individuals.
Best of luck 🫂
Hi
I’m British, so I’m going to be awfully polite and use subtly and innuendo to convey my points.
You appear to have posted 13 notes and replied to around 18 posts and you appear to have around 12 followers.
I use the word appear here, because this is what your profile on Primal reports after examining the relay stats, which may or may not be accurate. This strange phenomenon is a feature and a benefit.
For me, that seems about right.
Here’s the reasons:
There’s no algorithm and no advertising here. Most of the bots are providing services like interfaces to ChatGPT nostr:npub1tsgw6pncspg4d5u778hk63s3pls70evs4czfsmx0fzap9xwt203qtkhtk4 or giving real time Bitcoin stats nostr:npub1030jfcwftah37a242jv0qqvmuyje5ew8tt59rs3477c4e8ugurhqzdwcta .
If an influencer shows up, they start from scratch, just like anybody else. There are a few who have accelerated their follower count by being automatically added to new users “following” by clients.
Users such as nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m or nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s or nostr:npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9
But apart from that, we are all equal and we start at the same place.
You will never be fed content you didn't ask for, the things you post may never be seen even by people that follow you (if they are not active at the same time) and you will earn the followers you attain because they are interested in what you have to say.
This is a different approach and one we mostly appreciate.
Give it some time, you might find a different way is a better way. If you don't, don't worry, all social platforms and even this social "protocol" are optional.
Go and touch grass in the mean time, that is real life and far better than any social network OR protocol.
Enjoy.
I'm posting as a way of screaming into the void. Kinda defeats the purpose if it isn't a void.
On twitter I had like 200 "followers" (read 3 humans) and never got interactions.
On nostr I first followed the people I was following on twitter (roughly, say 10-30?), and then interacted with a few posts, liking and following and occasionally zapping.
Already have more reactions than on twitter. (I know, "X")
Same case for me, but the reason for that is probably the fact that the amount of people here is orders of magnitude less, which makes your replies more likely to be seen/interacted with. I get that. But if Nostr is destined to scale to tens/hundreds of millions of people, it will be harder and harder for small accounts to even get any interactions and the incentive for them to stay wouldn't be here, the whole comment section will be filled with people begging to be noticed and the content would suck. If that is the case it will either implode because people would give up on trying to share their thoughts or it will become just a message board where popular accounts are interacting with each other and everyone else will be nothing but a content consumer.
Good point with the "drowning in the sea" for bigger overall user numbers.
I still think that - just as with now in the bitcoin subculture - there will be genres and groups that may be very interactive.
But I think people will either need to learn to find these betters (search, hashtags etc).
Or some opt in algos based on interest need to be developed in the future, I think.
Yeah, I might be wrong but at some point there will be a need for having an algorithm for some specific optional feeds, e.g. "Explore" as long as it is completely open source. I know the current paradigm is smart client/dumb server, but maybe some "smart" relays serving you notes after some some algorithmic (again, open sourced) processing could be useful, after all you are either interested in reading from them or not.
you don't even know how these things work drama queen
needs #PoW - and BTW “popular” is not that popular in here ;)
imbecile
you think there is any organic growth on twitter?
you don't get followers there either unless you're already famous or a girl or friends with famous people, otherwise you must produce intelligent content and be lucky as hell and wait many years
theres a lot actually due to the reduction in censorship, twitter isnt perfect but if nostr is more censorious than twitter its a FAILURE
In order to access /var/tmp you need to start aiming for interesting conversations instead of marketing metrics. Interact instead of throwing statements, send love & wisdom and the system will reward you.
You are on social media ... and worried about wasting time, uh? 😉
They are. Try replying to or quoting other people's stuff, so that you appear in their notifications and they feel motivated to respond. Some of them will eventually click on your profile and maybe even follow you back or boost one of your notes.
This is what I meant, using the reply approach would probably lead to a flood of low quality content that tries to capture someone's attention
https://primal.net/e/note13gu9x4ayr78ekek5rnc259mznfcn5m0gxt7ffw466k20gjmt6c4scncc5q
you haven't even posted a 100 notes yet. low time preference and #proofofwork required here. 🤙
I get that but this is what I meant
https://primal.net/e/note13gu9x4ayr78ekek5rnc259mznfcn5m0gxt7ffw466k20gjmt6c4scncc5q
you can use DVMs. they're available in Amethyst or on the web with noStrudel or Coracle just to name a few options.
oops looks like the link changed https://nostrudel.ninja/#/discovery