I tried to onboard my friends tonight and had a heck of a time. Both had iPhones so I got them both on Damus. And they could show me their QR code. But once I got it, I couldn't figure out how to paste their public key into my phone client to follow them. I tried nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg, coracle (nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn) and amethyst (nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z) and none of them had an obvious way to follow someone by pasting a pubkey.

Also one installed nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm but couldn't figure out how to connect it to Damus nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955, and I couldn't either.

Eventually I followed them both after they posted and I searched for them.

This needs to be easier on phone clients. There need to be maybe more menu options? Or maybe they are hidden somewhere? I had bragged about how much I know about nostr and am involved in nostr, and then I couldn't even get them setup. It was embarassing.

Oh, and nostr:npub1wmw3ny90zg6gmy7jlme76vthjjreapn94cmx9vduxzjhntm9xamq24stj0 and nostr:npub1ckhwr3lvc8g5yvwg22hv8vysvk437q0hlftvm5d432x43ps2ll5qfkpq0g are gonna need zaps once we get their wallets setup. They were floored to find out that random people might just send them money for something they post.