Yes, I confirmed the same behavior.
There is a ‘first aid’ in damus settings that could help here.
Maybe iOS damus should auto-surface this on detected missing contact / relay list nostr:npub13v47pg9dxjq96an8jfev9znhm0k7ntwtlh9y335paj9kyjsjpznqzzl3l8 nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s
Confirming first aid via iOS Damys helped fix the missing contact and relay list/inability to follow people
TBH this happens every time I onboard someone to Damus. The default relays never seem to work as expected and it always has the most issues with following other users or saving profile data. I’ve mostly had to switch to Primal to get anyone properly set up.
So you would say it’s a Damus issue and not a Nostr issue?
What is happening under the hood is a private key/nsec is successfully generated *without* a contact list, a relay list.
Damus accepts the nsec, and does not overwrite the contact list. The rationale is that in certain situations the user might accidentally lose a larger contact list.
This is a crap experience for first time nostr joiners. Will investigate how to improve.
Oh wow. I’m not 100% sure I understand all of the ins and outs of the Nostr protocol, but I think I understand what you’re saying. Thank you for the help. I’ll be sure to recommend a client app directly when pointing someone to Nostr.
This really needs to get prioritized IMO, it’s probably leading to a lot of abandoned npubs and contributing to the “Nostr doesn’t work” myth.
nostr:npub1r9rek7zzenudd0fszwl4q37hr29uvhzf7zefrzddztarx5mx9pzs0faeyf thank you for your patience and persistence. I’ve documented the issue in detail, and am challenging the devs to improve the onboarding experience.
nostr:npub13v47pg9dxjq96an8jfev9znhm0k7ntwtlh9y335paj9kyjsjpznqzzl3l8 s lets revisit/discuss automating first aid.
nostr:npub1aeh2zw4elewy5682lxc6xnlqzjnxksq303gwu2npfaxd49vmde6qcq4nwx can you confirm this is for newly created keys with damus, or via nsec login flow?
If the latter, where are the keys created?
I’ve seen this problem occur both with keys created via Damus as well as other clients including Primal. I don’t have too much specific I can offer, only that Damus is one of the more frustrating clients when it comes to seeing newly created profiles, as well as publishing profile edits for new users with the default relay set.
so you're just referring to not seeing up to date profile info?
maybe this is the same as
It’s hard for me to give you a detailed answer because it’s something I mainly observe when helping others onboard, which is infrequent.
Without the ability to manage multiple npubs in Damus and create new ones without signing out of this one, it’s not something I can quickly test.
I tried setting up a test profile using Damus running on my MacBook and didn’t run into any real issues so maybe it’s not a consistent problem.
This npub populated right away for me when I searched for it: nostr:npub1kgep4vrwk92gqt7h3xqsxke7gv8kscc9d5cmc20ev6rz30djs50ss2dan3
For all I know, it could have been something to do with my own relay set, which is hopefully resolved now.
the "cold start" issue is real and a bad experience. it takes a bit for things to get into the cache, especially on mobile connections when downloading all the profile pictures and metadata.
nostr:npub1aeh2zw4elewy5682lxc6xnlqzjnxksq303gwu2npfaxd49vmde6qcq4nwx when you experienced this unhappy path are you on cellular, or wifi?
Last time it was on cellular when I was helping nostr:npub1qh0jz20dqhry8asgr8nxcyafjyvecmqdqcqdflnpf5q5ecjmctusn6kgkm onboard in Vegas.
I'm guessing all it could take is one large pfp to wipe out the bandwidth on the connection and then nothing would load. need QoS or something
