Nostr Web Client

So far we’ve copied most of Twitter. They have decades of learning what’s best for a microblogging product.

We’d be fools to ignore it.

But zaps are a new concept.

Presenting them as highlighted zaps like this, as envisioned by nostr:npub149p5act9a5qm9p47elp8w8h3wpwn2d7s2xecw2ygnrxqp4wgsklq9g722q , makes them stand out massively.

The UI follows what a new-comer would expect. Except zaps.

One of the distinct features of nostr stands out immediately igniting curiosity.

There will be many more opportunities like this, to represent a unique feature of nostr, not as a weird obscure thing to hide, but as something to be put front and center, to lean-in into what makes nostr special.

Niel Liesmons 1y ago

Why keep this bar though?

There is zero signal in there. These numbers don't mean anything. They can all be faked, except for zaps (and the zappers are already displayed). And they are especially invaluable if you can't even access the reposts, bookmarks etc from others.

Chat UI's are far superior to Twitter in information density and in how they stimulate actual conversation. They do not show the same redundant icon bar on every post. They just focus on signal.

For Nostr microblogging that signal would be:

1. Did people value this post? 👉 Show zappers from high to low

2. Did this post spark conversation (within my network) 👉 Show Pfp's of who commented, ordered by WoT

3. Is this a Thread? 👉 Show Pfp of author as first commentor

That's it. No need to show the buttons for all actions. Chats also solved that part with right click, gestures and long press.

What Twitter did right is threads, character limit, reposting, tagging, hashtags, bookmarking, ... NOT the display of their engagement farming numbers.

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Discussion

HoloKat 1y ago

You can easily fake zaps. Just zap yourself

Niel Liesmons 1y ago

That's why you show the zappers and not the zap total. (love that Snort also does that in a way now 👍 )

HoloKat 1y ago

You can fake the individual zapper. It's really trivial. I could make a profile that is very popular and zapped to the top of zap ratings and it can all be just me zapping myself under different npubs and profiles.

Niel Liesmons 1y ago

Setting up numerous lightning addresses has a significant cost.