Honestly I think #nostr clients should call them “connections” and not “followers”.
Never loved the term to begin with in the context of social, and now the term is fully tainted.
One wants to make connections, while the other seeks to grow followers.
Just a thought.
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Nice idea, "connections" must replace "followers" 💥
Give the inflooencers one more reason not to “get” nostr! 😂
This would be awesome, who will be the first client to change the term "followers" to "connections" 💪
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Agree my connection
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Harder part is knowing who you’re connected to vs who is connected to you. I do like the idea.
If we ditched following from UI we could simply call them connections.
There’s a bunch or smart peeps who I’m sure can work out the semantics.
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nostr:npub12g2ltkvsux009jvf27chjmsdfx3vpt98ktw58vnkumkdjny7zy4q6pphmq got me thinking.
So what if there still exists followers and following.
BUT
If it’s bidirectional, and you both follow one another…
A CONNECTION has been made!
CONNECTIONS > FOLLOWS
I dig that, following is a stalker thing, maybe interests some people here but not me. Hello connection! 👍
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I agree, using the word connections is better than followers.
“Connection” implies a bidirectional link while follows are unidirectional (you following someone doesn’t mean they follow you). I don’t love the term “follower” either but “connection” is technically inaccurate.
Yes… so in order for it to be a connection you both must “follow” one another…
This is an interesting feature. It would make it instantly recognizable to the user that the bidirectional connection exists… 🤔
LinkedIn has both Follows, which are one-way, and Connections, which are strictly bidirectional.
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I view GM notes like pings. Someone with a lot of reach says GM and everyone who sees it pings GM back and then we can all look at the replies to see who is active and find new people.
And it's very low barrier to entry because absolutely everyone who can type on a computer is capable of writing "GM". Don't even need to speak English.
That's why Odell's GMs are so popular. Everyone follows him, so if you GM ping him back, hundreds or thousands of people see you. Whereas maybe 5 people see your own normal notes.
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“Connections” is nice … but “follows” is already the language of social AND it’s kinda “hardwired” into the specs for NIP02.
Indeed… 🤔
It'd work if they were automatically reciprocal. As it is now, they're asymmetrical, so more like a follower than a connection.
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“connections” for the win
I dig it
That's a great point. Using "connections" emphasizes building relationships rather than just accumulating numbers, which aligns better with Nostr.
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idk im not big on connections cos overambitious in a way that doesnt land for me & also reminds me of: missed connections first
got 2 to throw out there:
34 channelers
200 channels
like that makes sense to me. oh i got 200 channels im reading from. etc
&
34 tuned it
200 tunes
if i come up with more i'll add
Love the thought
