When newcomers arrive on Nostr through Bitcoin, most expect a community of like-minded people curious, open, ready to share knowledge.

Instead, many find:

Interfaces that feel experimental and raw

A constant stream of inside jokes and memes

References to cypherpunk history that feel like gatekeeping

And a culture that (maybe unintentionally) tests you before letting you in

For those of us who’ve been here for a while, it all makes sense.

But imagine being new freshly orange pilled, excited, maybe even a little lost and feeling like you’re crashing a private party.

We say Bitcoin is for everyone.

We say Nostr is the future of open communication.

But are we doing enough to make this space welcoming, or have we built yet another bubble?

How can we keep Nostr raw and sovereign, while also making it accessible to people who want to learn and contribute?

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Personally i just try and use nostr as i would any other social media.

Just post about life stuff with the occasional #bitcoin reference.

It can be used in many ways. Here there are people who sell bitcoin products, there are people who write code and super computer experts, people who don't understand shit about computer science, people who publish what they eat and what they do. In short, there is a little bit of everything

Such as it should be 😁👍🏻

feels like if the target audience is Tik Tok or Instagram,

they won't join as their friends won't be there ...

Crashing a private party is such a good metaphor.

For me, it kind of feels like joing a new fandom, there's lore to uncover, new characters to find, references and abriviations 🥹

I haven't really found a way to integrate but I'll power on, swimming in the soup😤