A sat (short for satoshi) is the smallest amount of #bitcoin. Over here we use it to tip 😄

I’m fairly new here as well but here is my take on your two queries

1. You can send or “zap” sats from a connected lightning wallet to others if you like their content and vice versa. It’s not a requirement to use Nostr but it is part of the culture to get paid for your useful and helpful content or pay others for theirs. I can expand on this more but I’m not sure if you are a Bitcoiner so I don’t want to dump too much information on you.

2. Hashtags can help your posted notes get discovered when that specific hashtag is searched in the Universe screen. This is also not a requirement because your followers will still see your notes. But I do think hashtags are helpful early game for new users like you and I.

Have you read around ultra processed foods? Avoiding those seem to have a lot of benefits. Just finished reading ‘ultra processed people’. The similarities to fake food and fake money were not lost (although the book only tackles the food side).

This is my issue. I want to change my diet but don’t want to take it to the extremes and it have a negative effect on the kids. We’ve made really good small changes, real butter, filtered water, high protein breakfasts etc but we are still stuck in the rut of adding fruit/honey/cereal/crisps etc to the diet. Like you say, mainly for the kids sake.

I need to do more research 👌!!

Brilliant, thank you 🙏. Saved you YouTube link to watch later on and will check the website out too.

Good question, problem is that I feel like I'm not the best to answer it. 😆 I like to check the trending notes and just browse through the global section on Primal. Admittedly I rarely search for things on nostr. Discoverability is a little tough on nostr but it is something people are discussing and working on...

I also suggest being liberal with muting if you see something you really don't want to read or see again. In some regards, nostr isn't the safest social media for work. Though that might depend on the relays and clients you use. Most of the time, there's not much to mute around here since there's a lot of good people. Which is a little surprising considering how nostr is huge on free speech and you really can say whatever you want.

Also, sometimes you might see some 1 sat zaps with advertisements. There also are some interesting ways to advertise to people beyond that like reacting, following, replying, and whatever else might give you a notification.

There's a lot more to nostr than what Primal shows so I've been trying out noStrudel to see things like live streams and whatnot. I haven't dove into all of it yet. So depending on your device, you could try out different clients and have some fun.

Lastly, from what I've seen people who get zapped usually contribute with valuable insights, information, and project announcements. It's pretty awesome and wholesome. Other than that, I don't know of any other tips or thoughts off the top of my head.