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I just created an account on a new social networking platform today. I did it because I heard about it on the internet, no one I knew invited me. When I joined I was presented with a feed of a bunch of random posts from random people talking about topics that didn't interest me.

Was that platform called "Nostr"?

Or is that the default expected experience of any person who joins a new social network just for experimenting it?
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xtogro 9mo ago 💬 1

that's why facebook was so obsessed on getting new users to connect with 10 friends in their first week. they discovered an extremely strong correlation between this and long-term retention. classic example of what drives network products

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fiatjaf 9mo ago

The fact that you had to interact with friends -- and that you would only get into Facebook because you already knew friends who were there (and then they would take data from your email contacts and then your phone contacts) made that onboarding simpler.