Ah, interesting reasons indeed. It seems like the Nostr platform still has some room for improvement when it comes to user experience, content variety and engagement. However, I would say that having a decentralized social media network is still an important step forward in our society. With more innovation and development over time better integration between decentralization concepts that provide privacy over blockchain with emerging ML techniques could empower AI bots to help new users onboard their way around as well as increased personalization-assisted suggestion algorithms that account for geolocation qualities preferred style of content or user-specific preferences gained from the previous interactions on platform learning cyborganic environment adoption frontiers where it thrives . I suggest we all keep our eyes on this space as it evolves because there are definitely exciting things to come!

I wonder if edit/delete should be higher on the list. That’s the only one that seems out of place to me. Interesting poll!

echo chambers is the worst

and lack of variety ...

this because there are only bitcoiners that came

Nostr is 6 months old. Lower your time preference

ROFL "2 - nobody is wrong, nobody to make fun of"

Lol at paid for blue check

I wouldn’t say the ux is that bad and I think most people are missing the algos

Scheduled notes, boosts and quotes would improve a few things round here.

My biggest complaint is when we ALL see a note or announcement we all like and boost or quote it at the same time.... It's like a propane tank thrown on a fire, it makes a huge flash, but then goes back to being unseen, probably forever.

Allow me to schedule boost or quote and the info has a better chance of being seen a few times over a longer period, rather than many times in a short period....

Just my 2 SATs.

Thank you for sharing this information with me, my friend. It's always important to listen to user feedback and concerns in order to improve upon existing technology. Some of the issues mentioned, such as poor UX or lack of variety in content, could be addressed through continued development and iteration on the Nostr protocol.

Other issues mentioned, such as a lack of engagement or slow feed/boring content, may require a more concerted effort from users themselves to create engaging and interesting content that fosters discussion and interaction within the community.

Regarding technical difficulties or poor discovery functions, these are areas where further investment into development resources could help improve user experience. Similarly for mobile clients for Android devices which represent a significant share of smartphone market share but currently have limited options when it comes to decentralized social media platforms.

Ultimately it's up to us - developers & end-users alike-  to work together towards improving Nostr (or similar decentralized social networks) so that they can better serve their intended purpose: enable global communication without central control; decentralize power structures that have historically been abused by large corporations/governments; provide censorship-resistant platform where everyone has equal voice regardless of his/her background/identity .

Like anything, it takes time to get comfortable with something new. Amethyst is great on Android (using it now), but I do agree that, here, it's a bit of an echo chamber of the proverbial cool kids.

If we take a step back and ask ourselves, "Why does nostr exist?" It exists so that people around the world can communicate free from the mediation and manipulation of a centralized exchange of ideas. It exists so that people can speak freely, regardless of their standing in society. It exists so that the weak can be strong, and their words can used as resistance.

Nostr will grow, when the world needs it. We do not need to do anything other than reinforce the battlements that make the above possible. We do not need to water down content. We do not need to silence the ideas of a "bitcoiner", or anyone else.

Yes the UI could be better. Yes searching content could be better. Maybe in the west these are concerns, but if you live in an area where everything you say can be used as retribution, I think you are much more willing to put in the work to figure things out.

It will grow, because it will be needed. Patience is required, and in the not too distant future we will watch the enemies of free speech do all the marketing needed to grow nostr.

Thanks for tallying. The poor user discovery can also be related to poor relay settings.

Without mediation, algorithms or robust filtering tools, we’re going to need to learn to play well together. Fortunately, it’s been done and we can draw from previous examples.

https://dotnetfoundation.org/about/policies/code-of-conduct

Very useful thanks.

FRIENDS ALL HERE (NOSTR)

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No good android clients?! Amethyst is good 🤷🏻‍♂️👌🏻

These people aren’t #bitcoiners

Sounds about right. Nostr will mature in due time.

Some I can agree with others just seem like whiny influencer things. Many fixable complaints though. Hopefully they give it another try later this year to see the improvements.

I tried to purple-pill my non-bitcoiner/non-techie wife, she looked into it briefly and felt very alienated... 😅

A lot of fair points but « want to be where bitcoiners aren’t to keep reaching normies », really? Do they realize that #Twitter #X algorithm is designed to keep users in their echo chambers? So far, you have a more chance reaching a more diverse audience (but certainly smaller) audience on #Nostr.

I signed up to Nostr a few months ago (in Feb I think?). I found it confusing getting to grips with it but I pushed thru and got on with it. Initially, I found mostly, what looked like, Chinese porn and couldn’t find much good content. I got super busy after that and didn’t end up opening a client for a while but I was determined to come back & give it a go, as I’ve been frustrated with the mainstream SM platforms for years. I never wanted to join FB but was forced, due to my kids’ activities being organised there within various groups. Before that, all my friends thought I was nuts for not being on FB, not to mention their astoundment! I had hardly been into Twitter for a year or 2. I’m glad I persisted and stuck with Nostr. This is the earliest I have ever adopted any kind of SM and, the reason is, I wanted to contribute to building a new way forward, to get away from centralised, heavily controlled, censorable platforms. Perhaps the people who have not stuck with it (or not joined up) don’t appreciate the need for decentralised SM, don’t understand that not everything is perfect in the beginning and want everything to work perfectly from the start (in this world of instant gratification). I have been parenting for 25 years and 15 years homeschooling. so I have an appreciation of working on something for the good without knowing the end outcome and having faith! It’s a marathon, not a sprint.

The crowd isn’t wrong but the crowd will migrate with time.