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I actually benefit from the Bitcoin and Nostr bias, but I like to write about OtherTopics, too, and I find it brutally difficult to get that material to new npubs who might enjoy it, and be more-inclined to stay, if they saw it. Because I also write about Bitcoin and Nostr, the people solely interested in OtherTopics don't follow me.

Do I need another npub for OtherTopics, or something? I have so much trouble rotating between npubs, tho. I have to keep switching back and forth, but keep forgetting, so npubs wait a week for a response and give up on me.

I'm running out of ideas and feeling increasingly frustrated.

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The Beave 1y ago

1. Why are you so worried about impatient people?

2. Why try to split who you are? That doesn't sound very healthy.

JoeBoonie 1y ago

I second this perspective. It's too much to keep track of and you'd almost have to run your npubs like a business with spreadsheets of topics, targeted audience, etc. to yield the results you want. I'm of the opinion to have them under one so people witness the multiple experiences, interests, and knowledge of topics. We're not trees producing one fruit, but many in all seasons. Be fruitful. 😉

Laeserin 1y ago

Yeah, I just can't split myself up AGAIN. I already have a git npub, two organizational/shared npubs, and some test npubs, as well as this one, and I'm just done. Like, maximum npub reached. 🙃

Laeserin 1y ago

1) Because waiting a week is ridiculous. Akin to having a snail-mail penpal.

2) I'm the only one writing on some topics, so I'll have to be the one to build that section up, but that won't work if new npubs get discouraged, can't find the notes, or think I can't see what they're writing.

3) I've been trying not to split, but the clients all completely fail at highlighting/filtering individual notes, rather than npubs, by topic. It's a work around.

The Beave 1y ago

I see. Well, given current constraints, it's not too hard to see why you're having issues.

nobody 1y ago

you could try to have a second Nostr client, your main client is tied with your main npub, the secondary client is tied to the secondary npub

Laeserin 1y ago

I have that, but I keep gravitating to the one client.

inpc 1y ago

I’ve sometimes thought that, especially giving my tendency to shitpost but ultimately it meant having a music account where I interacted less often and ended up with fewer engagements.

I tend to think people should experience me holistically, they can choose to engage or not.

Slow and steady is my take. We’re not burning through capital like Sam Altman here.

zyrotin 1y ago

This is one tumblr gets right. Their sub blogs make it really easy to swap back and forth, keeping your follows and timeline (no algo reverse chronological, the other thing they've managed to not fuck up) the same.

Here it's just a matter of a client providing the functionality. Amethyst on Android and Nostur on iOS/MacOS feel like they're almost there, and let you go back and forth faily easily, but I run into the problem of not remembering what blog I'm on.

🐢 1y ago

Topical relays is the solution! Instead of putting all your content on all the relays, some relays should filter out the content that doesn’t belong!

The people solely interested in other topics should avoid the relays that allow your bitcoin and nostr content and just follow the relays that show other content!

Laeserin 1y ago

Wait. This is good. Let me think about this.

🐢 1y ago

Topical relays(aka- TREXs 🦖) are a great solution. I know you have your relay that filters out bitcoin and nostr content, but they can be even more filtered, for example requiring a specific hashtag like #🖼️ for example for an art relay. They can even require a npub be whitelisted to post and require the hashtag. This means that people who follow the relay won’t just auto post all their content to it, but will be able to see the content it is sharing!

this methodology is already being used on the moonboi.nostr1 relay to create a bitcoin chart analysis specific relay, as well as art.nostrfreaks.com relay to create an art specific relay!

Laeserin 1y ago

I use the christpill.nostr1.com relay.

CARLOS 1y ago

That’s a problem other platforms have faced for years, is there a good approach?

Laeserin 1y ago

Not yet.

Prague Golem 1y ago

be yourself, it is our job as viewer to know who are the experts in what topics

Laeserin 1y ago

But how do you find them? And how do you keep from getting irritated, when they're posting multiple times per day on topics you don't care about?

Laeserin 1y ago

The weird problem that I have, is that my pet topics are sort of haphazard. Most people have different, but related topics, like "Bitcoin, guns, steak" or "Nostr, Bitcoin, homesteading".

But I'm just all over the place. There's no rhyme or reason to it and it doesn't fit any particular audience.

It's like Nostr Nostr Bitcoin Euro Sewing Nostr Catholicism Bitcoin Nostr Make-up Nostr Selfie Nostr Classical Philosophy Nostr Hiking Bitcoin Fashion Bitcoin Economics Nostr...

Laeserin 1y ago

I also post in two different languages. 😂🙈

Laeserin 1y ago

And the people I talk to often can't stand each other because they're on different sides of an ideological divide and they DM me, whining about Why you talking to THAT GUY?

Prague Golem 1y ago

In this matter, most of the topics are stuffs I am interested in ; you appear to be someone curious about many things and that is wonderful

Laeserin 1y ago

Prague Golem 1y ago

Oh yes, finding them takes time, so far I just have different categories ; I start to notice people talking about development, or more about bitcoins, or about growing or catering garden, or posting about cats ... this is a work in progress

Robertrobert 1y ago

Maybe #OtherStuff when you’re posting other stuff?

Laeserin 1y ago

That's actually the hashtag for everything that isn't Twitter clones. And hashtags get spammy quick.

david 1y ago

Content discovery is a huge pain point on nostr, and this is a problem I want the grapevine to address. The grapevine score is designed to serve as a weight, useful for weighted averages or vote tabulation. If we have a system where you can either self-attest you like to write about topic X or recommend others as good follows for some topic (maybe badges can do this?), the grapevine can synthesize that info into recommendation lists. If Alice wants to find great follows for SomeTopic, her grapevine will have a rec list for that, and you’ll probably be on it if there are indicators you should be.

#WoT

#grapevine

pitiunited 1y ago

How about hashtag based approach? foodstr, memestr, bookstr etc.

One can follow hashtags in most clients, so they don't necessarily need to follow a particular "account".