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While I do agree the current user base is overwhelming Bitcoiners (I am one myself), this is really on those people.

If you don't follow any Bitcoiners, you do not get it in your feed. I've created alternate npubs to test this and followed users of certain hashtags and had a pretty clean feed save for users that have varied interests.

So the issue are more they 1) didn't follow people with like interests; 2) didn't post content so those people could interact and; 3) didn't interact with said content.

They are used to the algorithm doing the work for them. I will say, however, finding content can be difficult and the UX on some clients attempting to find said content is frustrating.

Bitcoiners could have easily ripped cord and went back to Twatter. The reason why Bitcoiners have stuck around is because they will put in the work. That whole Proof of Work thing is pretty important until devs mature their works and make it lazy accessible.
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Beefy 1y ago

Yeah. I'm ride or die and will prob keep posting gaming and non bitcoin stuff for foreseeable future, but those who I introduce to nostr under the guise of "You can get a few pennies worth of bitcoin when people enjoy your content!" get extremely disappointed. Maybe I set expectations too high and it's my fault.

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Svoboda 1y ago

That's definitely fair. Unless they comingle with a Bitcoiner, they are unlikely to get zapped I would think. So they would need to Venn diagram with both Bitcoin and the respective topic.

What would go a long way, and they do this on streaming music services, is have topic subject matter experts that serve as curators of follow lists to get people up and running into a topic.