#la #losangeles #asknostr If we wanted to start a regional Nostr user group, what would be the best way to get started with that? Is there some kind of Nostr "make a group and invite people" kind of thing?
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i believe a region-only relay would be the best option?
The quickest way to get this rolling would be to buy a relay from relay.tools (12k sats/mo), and configure it to reject access to everyone other than the npubs you add to the access list. Then, add the npubs of all members of this group to the access list. All users will be able to connect to the relay by browsing to your relay URL, and authenticating using the Nos2x signing extension. All approved users will then be able to chat exclusively with the group right from the browser. So it's a relay and a group chat client all in one.
Nostr does have a communities function which is similar to this, but clients only seem to have basic support for this. Once Nostr can replace "facebook groups", we will see adoption increase. I currently also face a need for this use case. If you find a good solution aside from a private relay, please lmk!
nostr:nprofile1qqsxvns8pl39uakaema9fy5uphjzajkssyqfx5r7yn0yvgs828xm02spzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcm6e8rm is built for this but is a separate paid service, however they do have some public event listing as a starting place.