I would probably look into oxchat, it’s a messaging platform built on Nostr with encryption, that would allow all of your members to come and go as they please. It’s also probably the closest to what they are used to using on facebook, Nostr isn’t very noob friendly, certainly not if you are trying to convince a lot of people to join.
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I've been on it a year and still do not understand it 🫠🤣 but I am so excited by the potential!!!
It’s getting a little easier but that is based on what client you use. IMHO, Primal is probably the easiest to get going on, they have recently added the ability to backup your nsec to your keychain (iOS) so you don’t have to worry about losing access to your account because there is no other way to recover it. Adding familiarity is what is going to draw in new people and trying to convince a noob that they need to remember yet another set of credentials can be quite off putting, especially if you are just hearing about Nostr. That’s enough to turn people away right then and there.
Hopefully some of the other devs work on that rather than working on their reputation like a certain client I know, cough Damus cough…
Nostr’s strengths are also currently its weaknesses to the average person.
Honestly I was on Primal first because it was easiest. I almost left Nostr completely. Their trending pages reward controversial rage bait type stuff and I was baffled by the stuff I saw there and absolutely did not want to be in the same community as those folks 🤣
I found Amythest, learned to curate my relays, followed some hashtags, and now my feed is almost always positive stuff that makes me really happy. But I pretty explicitly don't recommend Primal to any normies because they will be seeing furry porn and worse ðŸ«
LMAO. Well, to be fair, you were using a feed based on some form of algorithm. The only iOS client that has a feed based solely on your hashtags is Damus, but I can’t stand them. YakiHonne is actually a really good client to use once you get the hang of things and their team is very nice and also fairly responsive.
As far as my current feed, I just use the firehose feed, which is how I came across your comment.