I love Primal too, but don't sell yourself short Will, Damus is amazing too! Looking forward to when I can use it again when it's added to Android.

I use nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 for nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u and nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg for nostr:npub10qrssqjsydd38j8mv7h27dq0ynpns3djgu88mhr7cr2qcqrgyezspkxqj8 because I love both experiences very much 💜🫂

Still love Damus more, but Primal is definitely nice. Damus is way more responsive for me when I am replying in threads. 🐶🐾🫂

My two favorites clients 🫡

Primal is improving. I find Damus to be more feature-complete and versatile.

I like and use them both for different things

They finally got me here, so I'm happy. I do want to try others though. Really looking forward to native multi-person chat groups someday soon.

I love that Damus was built by the people, for the people, with little to no funding to begin with, was open source from the start, and is the first iOS client that started a lot of this. Damus will get better over time.

Primal is fantastic but started closed source and centralized before becoming open and more decentralized, had funding, and I don’t think it has as many community developer contributions. Nothing wrong with any of that, but both clients were born out of different environments.

Not long ago I noticed an account I don't follow in my Damus feed. What happened? I've tried looking at other nostr apps but haven't found anything like Damus.

I love them both. I just spend an hr on each. There are activities I only use Damus for because its so good

Damus does better bookmarks, invoices/lightning addresses, and re-notes, so I switch between them. The zaps on primal are smooth af though and I find myself using it way more

I respectfully disagree. I didn’t test Android. But iOS:

1) Scrolling feels wrong. I wish I know what it is, it just feels like there is friction.

2) Feed doesn’t update automatically, you need to refresh or tap the new notes button.

3) you can switch between notes and notes and replies. You have to keep going to the top filter, which is far.

4) Padding between notes is very tight.

5) Search page is unfinished.

6) Video player is not good.

What I am trying to say. You are judging Damus too harshly.

The only thing Primal is better at is the wallet. Which admittedly is fucking amazing.

I love them both, but Damus still my main.

I have issues with Primal with content not loading and notifications taking forever to load. Damus, with all its faults does not have these issues. Design-wise I still like Damus better.

Why don't you like the caching server?

Bad first impression for me. It wont load and then it crashed. I’ll stick with Damus.

What's the deal w primal wallet, is that custodial akin to getalby and stacker news?

Are there any plans to sneak zapping back into damus? That and timelines are the main reason I use primal

it filters content with an opaque algorithm and on Android its slow to update a feed. I want to like it more but I keep going back to Amethyst

Plebster feels best IMO. Primal has bad video integration and no drag-to-refresh feed

IM NEVER LEAVING DAMUS

nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s you’re a legend. Damus onboarded so many of us in the early days. Still my main app. Never deleting.

I always come back to Damus. 💜

Still on Damus 🫡

Damus forever team

The problem is it's unlikely Primal will ever be able to transition away from their caching servers as they are central to how Primal is built

Nymble's architecture will be able deliver better performance in the short term leveraging BitDNS (ie. Namecoin) as the discovery mechanism for the relays. Initially the settings point to servers hosted by Nymble [Nymble relays will be smart] but at any moment people will be able to redirect traffic to their own servers with zero loss to UX

The Nymble offering will be unique in another MORE important way: people will be able to keep a complete and permanent record of all their notes. Their entire history of contributions to the Nostr ecosystem (whatever the user wants to show) will be on full display at a decentralized webpage found at [yourNAME].bit

** .bit has been around almost as long as Bitcoin and is secured by Bitcoin hash via mergemining. Refer to BitDNS or Namecoin for more information.

From here we're a stone's throw away from being able to access whatever information we need without tradeoffs to security or UX AND have the ability to better lure influencers from all disciplines/tastes with the promise of being able to monetize their following directly according to what the market is willing to pay.

The future looks pretty amazing guys...

When is Damus xoming to Android?

Looks like some friendly competition is calling.

Steel sharpens steel!

I’ve been loving Primal on iOS lately. It’s all I use

That’s a huge compliment coming from you Will. I also really like Primal but Damus IOS is still my favorite ❤️

I like primal on Android but it must be easier to add a person too follow and the other way around

I use both. Honestly I only use primal for the feed filter functionality, like Trending, nostr highlights, etc. Damus is clean and fast af

Will try Primal again once it’s better than Damus. The wallet/zapping didn’t even work the last time I tried.

Thanks man, really appreciate it!

Good artists copy, great artists steal.

I often have text swiping issues with primal. Never with Damus.

Is it native or some type of multiplatform?

I genuinely prefer Damus

I like the feel and presentation of damus just a little more, but easy zaps makes primal my primary (ios)

I actually use damus.

Damus loyalist here

I just downloaded it and bought $5 worth of SATS and got only 6k ish. Ugh! SATS are getting expensive. Zaps are the anthem. Why is Apple still throttling Damus if they allow primal zapping ability? You are right though, it is smooth.

👀

nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s is a baller for posting this. Thank you sir.

People might think there’s fierce competition between nostr clients, but that’s not the case. It’s not Primal vs. Damus. It’s Primal AND Damus AND Amethyst AND Snort AND Coracle AND countless others.

Believe me when I say it: Nostr UX is going to get insanely great. We will blow the legacy web out of the water.

nostr:note1nu089e79xqyq2xlg4usa3v42hg0shdewc3nnflx0f454xezuujnqt55aqg

#Plebstr waiting in the dark since 6 month 👀

How are you feeling nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr ?

Best of best testimonials are from competitors.

Why doesn't it work on your account?

I agree!!! I can’t even see notes and replies on #Damus . No default settings or anything. #Primal is 2.0 for #Nostr . Right on nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s !!!

still a damus girl forever

would love if I could manage multiple account though

All your base are belong to us!

You should develop some caching servers. Let me know if you need some help.

I still prefer #Damus iOS

I am still a Damus maximalist. Clients should be in friendly competition to offer the best possible experiences and this is exactly what Nostr needs.

I am still with you, Will.

And doesn’t Primal force it’s user to give their credentials for their wallet in order to recieve zaps??? I think I’ve heard that before somewhere… but I don’t want to spreas any FUDs here. I am asking.

😡

🤨

Stays humble.

Stacks sats.

Pays respect.

This is the way.

🙏🏻

I came here from X, hoping for a real freedom of speech as they started censoring me when I tried to speak about stuff that's not allowed here. Hello — I'm here to punch y'all with truthbombs that will get you banned everywhere else. It's good to be here!

В ньому нема перекладача вбудованого.

Keep at it bro, we appreciate you hugely.

But yeah, it's killing it right now.

Yes this app has come a long long way over the past year.

Same thoughts. I left nostrverse for about six months, but when I returned I saw a lot of progress. And the Primal became its messenger.

Primal is definitely a great client but it wasn’t all that good that it got me to stop using Damus 🫂

Why without caching servers?

I keep going back to Amethyst for the react with any emoji feature. Primal only has red hearts ):

Group hug!

Glad you said that Will. I’ve been feeling guilty after switching to Primal.

I don’t like that nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg does not support other currencies other than US dollars when sending sats. Not everyone lives in the United States or uses the dollar.

What about Primal Wallet can it be used when you switch to other clien with your public key?

It asked for my fucking date of birth to activate wallet. Fuck it

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