Fountain 1.1 with #nostr is now live on iOS and Android!
Why Nostr?
We regularly hear from both listeners and podcasters that the social features in Fountain are a great way to discover content that’s worth listening to.
When you support a podcast, or comment on an episode, your message is surfaced to your followers in the Fountain home feed and anyone that sees these can add the content to their library.
But this came with a few problems. When you first start using Fountain you wouldn’t have any followers so your posts wouldn’t get seen. If you wanted to share something you were listening to, you had to choose between leaving a comment on Fountain, or sharing on another social platform.
Today we are excited to announce a massive update to Fountain that solves these problems with Nostr:
- You can bring your existing profile and followers to Fountain
- Your boosts and comments will be surfaced in other Nostr clients
- Posts shared from other Nostr clients relating to audio will appear in your feed
- Conversation and interactions now flow freely across multiple apps
Read more about the new Fountain nostr features here: https://blog.fountain.fm/p/1-1
Please let me know your feedback!
nostr:npub1unmftuzmkpdjxyj4en8r63cm34uuvjn9hnxqz3nz6fls7l5jzzfqtvd0j2 will the followers we had before in Fountain remain connected to our Fountain Account? Or will they be fully replaced by the Nostr ones? For those like me that had already some followers it wouldn’t be the best solution.
Thanks for clarifying.
You won’t be following them on nostr by default no - this is because the app needs to be able to sign the follow events. We do have a screen that lets you find your old fountain followers and follow them on nostr. It’s available by clicking on the people icon in the Home Screen appbar.
Ok found that. Unfortunately nobody of my previous Fountain Followers is on Nostr yet. But question is: Do they still follow me on Fountain and can see my clips etc.? Can I see those contacts still somewhere on Fountain?
