Yes! Welcome!
Start following some of the more active accounts. With a lack of an algorithm, this is how you populate your feed and interact with interesting people.
A good place to start is by checking out the #[1] which gives a daily rundown of news in and around the protocol. Some of the most influential devs and users are tagged there, so its a great place to curate your follow list.
Enjoy!
Thanks for the tips! Yeah, I was surprised actually how many people saw my first post. I assumed especially since I didn’t use hashtags or anything it’d get completely buried, or that this would be a ghost town like so many other new social media apps. Imagine my surprise when a day later it had 20+ comments. I’ve never seen that before right out of the gate. Let’s just say this community’s first impression has been stellar. 👍 (Or should I say 🤙)
There are a bunch of us who use a specific relay that attempts to show new users who are posting for the first time. I’m assuming someone picked your post up from there and then shared it with the rest of us!
We love welcoming new people with different interests. Nostr was started by a bitcoiner, and is heavily influenced by bitcoiners. But it has so much more potential than being a bitcoin echo chamber, and we love sharing that.
There is a movement here called #grownostr started by nostr:npub15879mltlln6k8jy32k6xvagmtqx3zhsndchcey8gjyectwldk88sq5kv0n which is attempting to bring in new users with various interests like your self. Also check out #artstr
Enjoy your time here, and don’t hesitate to ask questions 🤙
Here’s that welcome relay:
wss://welcome.Nostr.wine
And the original article about #grownostr:
Awesome! I figured it had something to do with how the relay system works. I had no followers really, so figured my post had to be reaching someone somehow. Thanks for the reply and I’ll definitely pop questions if I think of some. ☺️
