Nostr Web Client

Question:

I am new to the whole Nostr thing, but is there a way to see / check if your posts are being seen by others?

I ask this, because since a day or two, I cannot even see my own posts after I made them. I am using the primal client on desktop.

This could be a relay thing of course, but I'm using the 'standard' ones that primal.net already connects to, plus a few others.

I know I have very little followers, but I have the feeling that I just send things 'Into the Ether'. Which allows me to use an image that might trigger some response, which in turn would show me that things are all set up correctly, and I just have to work on my exposure somehow...

Tips and advice are welcome.

#beginner #nostr #question #introductions

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Luke 1y ago

Welcome to nostr. I don’t know of a way to tell if your posts are being seen, but hashtags are the best way to get exposure. From personal experience primal can get tricky once in a while, that’s why I use multiple clients.

Luke 1y ago

Ask your question again and use the #asknostr tag

Permanent Beta 1y ago

Hey nostr:npub1ry930jxmrdtzvqfdrq7846ymzcc0hh0ll68ttvjg7kkrptsa0pds3vqy4m thank you so much for your reaction. I'll send out the question with the hashtag too later today.

interesting enough, it shows your reaction as replying to 'UNKNOWN'. (see screenshot)

Do you know by any change how you got my message into your feed? Was it the introductions tag, or something else?

Svoboda 1y ago

It is likely that your username hadn't cached yet when he responded in his client of choice.

Luke 1y ago

Yes, it was your introductions tag. Most clients don’t have algorithms, if any yet, so hashtags are the best way to get attention.

Svoboda 1y ago

Not in Primal but if it shows up on your profile feed, it's been broadcast. You may try out Coracle if you want to see the Relays your note has been broadcast on. It is shown on the bottom right hand of posts.

Unfortunately, interaction is really light on nostr unless you're a nostr dev or Bitcoin influencer. Every once in awhile one of my posts will get some response, but with people being locked into their follow feed by default in most clients, unless they actively look at a global feed or hashtags, it is definitely into the ether as you suggest.

Cygus 44 1y ago

No way because everybody can create clients...

Bishop 1y ago

check you are connected to good relays.

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Riddy 1y ago

Welcome! I can see your post ✌🏽