I can't confirm that at all! There are certainly confusing clients (I still don't understand Yakihonne, I can hardly even remember the name!). But Primal, for example, is almost identical to the classic Twitter client. Everyone should be able to get along with that!?!?
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Primal is a special edge case, in that it is a centralized client. The feed of posts comes from Primal’s servers — that’s why in the recent AWS outage, Primal stopped working entirely.
I specifically want my followers using any client but Primal, because using Primal is essentially anointing them with the permanent power to censor people’s timelines forever (whether willfully, or more likely forced to by regulators and App Store operators). It is recreating the problem of the fediverse, and a centralizing attack on Nostr.
Maybe this is a kook position, but I am on Nostr because I specifically do not want a central authority being able to shape discussions.
I will admit that Primal has a very nice user experience. But it is easier to write centralized clients than decentralized clients. Making a centralized client for Nostr makes it much easier to spend resources making a very compelling UI. But it is also two steps back with that step forward.
yes - Primal serves a special purpose also - is much needed too. similar ones - 80% human npubs doesnot understand or practice decentralization - so need smooth on-boarding experience 1st
1% of 15k daily users HERE host own client app - aka self suffocient decentrialized
I tried Coracle and it doesn't really work. It doesn't seem to let you interact with anyone else's posts. Primal isn't perfect, it takes you back to the top of someones feed when you return from an individual post, but it's more functional in general
I'll probably try some more
Try x21.social if you’re on desktop!
Will give it a go, thanks
Would love your feedback if you come across any funkiness 🙏
You’re a sick pedophile.
The leftside tray bleeds over the post feed on Safari (screenshot attached). Otherwise very nice looking. Works great in Firefox.
What resolution or device are you on here?
2025 15 inch M4 MacBook Air, Tahoe, default text sizing and display settings
Ok ty I’ll troubleshoot!
This should be fixed now.
Yeah the site seems to work a lot better than on Primal
The main problem with Nostr is that almost all of the posts are by Crypto Bro schemers and Low IQ Neo Nazis, not exactly appealing to the general public.
There's also the fact that most people who aren't already in these spheres don't want to fuck around with public and private keys etc. I know it's incredibly simple but it's a barrier to entry. I guess they're required rather than a normal login due to the decentralised nature of Nostr.
What about Damus?
I really like Damus, but I notice that when I refer new users to it they find it confusing and quit in the face of the unclear UI. I think if you aren’t previously exposed to Tweetdeck that it is a confusing experience. I loved Tweetdeck but it wasn’t a wildly successful product. Old Tweetdeck was the best Twitter client, but I had tons of complicated search columns. Normal users don’t need these features.