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Mandana

I think the better question is

How can you promote yourself on Nostr?

With no algorithm, people want to discover great accounts. If you're good, you'll do better here.

But how can you first get their attention?

Jay 1mo ago

Do people want to "discover great accounts" or find people worth building relationships with? Do people want to waste their time in one-way, consumption focused relationships with npubs who won't even know their name? I think celebrity accounts that only care about gaining attention, and the revenue that comes with it, are NGMI on Nostr. Or at least, not helped by psychotic king-making algorithms (primal).

I can only think of a few type of people who think along the lines of your note: politicians (sociopaths) and salespeople (scammers). Neither of which I want to make it easy to grow on Nostr.

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M✨️ 1mo ago

Just be you and stay jay only few are left . One off uss . POW JUST DO THE WORK 🫂🧡

arkinox 1mo ago

GM Jay

Jay 1mo ago

GOOD MORNING, FEELING SPICY 🌶️✌️🧡🔥

Mandana 1mo ago

Or small business owners?

Jay 1mo ago

Have the entrepreneurial spirit to find a way. Either to use what currently exists or invest in new solutions.

Currently, small businesses that align with Bitcoiner culture can find customers by supplying goods that are hard to get. Showing up at real life events seems to do more good than zapvertizing at least.

But if you're a podcaster making talking head content, I think you'll be hard pressed to stand out.

Mandana 1mo ago

Seems like you don't have this problem so you're not looking for the solution. But it is a problem on Nostr for lots of people I've met. Lots of people with very cool (Nostr) projects and ideas.

We should be trying to make it easier for good ideas to grow. Not force everyone to master an extra and very difficult career.

Jay 1mo ago

I don't and I'm not. But even if I were, I wouldn't try to port over the practices of a century of propaganda turned marketing on the best social communication protocol ever invented.

Mandana 1mo ago

Yes agreed!

We can promote without being exploitative here thanks to Nostr and Bitcoin.

We can rethink what that attention exchange looks like. We can have better solutions to this problem.

I am working on one that is opt-in. Not trying to force it on anyone who doesn't want it. But it's an honest way to promote. Wish more were open-minded about what may be possible now that we're here.

Lady Mae - Growth Teacher 1mo ago

I agree. The way I see it, people respond differently and mostly bcoz they were burned, exploited or manipulated before.

But as you have highlighted it is an opt-in, it is an option not by forced. Those who resonate and relate with you will gravitate to your content. 🫂