I want to increase NOSTR usage, but I must be doing something wrong, I only see the same few people here over and over, despite following many, and having quite a few followers.
It's a bit boring. No offence.
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Mine feels similar, I wonder if it's to do with few posting?
esp in your timezone
outside your tz you wont see bc you are asleep and no algo pushing them too you
follow more people
and maybe try out global more?
i dont like to do global myself, to much spam, but maybe you can buy and use nostr.wine relay and filter
I do use nostr.wine, among many others. Should I only use one?
Some people dominant the feed with constant posting. It would be nice if we could categorize who we follow with a rating system and higher rated follows show up in our feed at higher rate.
Same. I think overall activity is down. I’m switching clients to see if I see a difference.
Which client are you using? Have you fine-tuned your relays?
Damus (and I believe Amethyst) let you follow hashtags, which can definitely make it easier to find regular active users.
I follow 500+ plebs and it can still seem quiet at times. I’ve heard 1K+ follows is really the minimum for a robust feed, but it’s one way in which I’ve been a bit lazy so far.
Nostr also has busy & slow weeks, and (just like the wine industry!) it seems a little slower in summer. More people need to post about their boating accidents, I guess.
I have amethyst, and a page full of relays, one paid. I don't know what fine tuning is, nor the feedback loop it affects.
I think we are in the very early stage. I'm feeling the same but I believe that in the end freedom tech will win 🏆!
Search global.
Follow more people.
Go through other people's following lists.
I'm only following like 500 and I can't keep up because most post daily.
Feel like I miss a bumch of shit if I'm not here. 😂
Definitely some characters around here post a lot. Guess it’s just early days. In fairness I haven’t seen you post much at all.
Ripper posts get <5 likes, making me think I'm not appearing in my followers' feeds at all.
Well I will make a conscious effort to Luke any posts of yours I see. I also think the etiquette around here is a bit different in that likes are almost frowned on, because of zaps. With clients like Damus no longer allowing zaps on notes I think it’s all now harder to track, maybe
I know, what should we be doing?
i use the conversation feed of my follows and global for new plebs. Global feed when everyone I follow is offline. follow hashtags of interest.
Time heals all.
Welcome to no algo’s sir.
You dont follow that many people. And obviously the feed is chronological. So not everyone is awake posting at the same time. For sure its a different experience tho for now but it will change and evolve quick. Be patient and enjoy watching the path being built out. Explore different clients and relays.
But most of what you are experiencing is probably more a reflection of how your attention and chemistry was hijacked or perhaps still is, by the bird app.
It will take time for your dopamine receptors to recallibrate.
Great to see you here tho Parman 🤙
Follow more people and hashtags
Yes. It is boring.
Be the activity you want to see.
Agreed, I've been actively seeking out movements, cults and subcultures giving out nostr pamphlets just to get some contextual diversity in here.
No joke, I think I deserve a medal or at least some praise.
Some help with the footwork please?
Use Primal and select the “Categories” pull-down (not sure its official name) and scan content more broadly
Same
I thought the same thing for a bit, you have to actively curate your feed. I found following hashtags helped
Use primal and refer to the trending section to see hot topics... Can also follow a few tags like #plebchain #zapathon #foodstr #coffeechain #permies
Same here.
I feel like I should more on Nostr just to do my part.
Same here
#wereearly
fax
Switch up your relays, try different clients. Primal doesn't show all posts that cross your relays (and i don't know why). Though be warned: When you go to global in Snort, get ready for your PC to wake the hell up. It's like mining; executing JSON.parse as fast and many times as possible - there's a lot happening. But on the flipside? Its real-time.
- Follow hashtags so you can see posts about the things you're interested in, rather than only focusing your feed on specific people
- Add a relay like wss://relay.mostr.pub , which bridges the Fediverse/Mastodon into Nostr and allows you to follow all those people from your Nostr client as well.
Also if you want the Fediverse/Mastodon post activity more
integrated into things like the explore/discover tab, try the client I'm
working on called Agora. The Discover tab for it combines the most
popular posts from both Nostr and Mastodon.
you only see posts from people you follow and it's sorted chronologically
Gotta follow thousands of people for it to work
Not just me then. I'm not getting anything out of it.
Go follow my whole list of accounts I follow but follow at leat 700 and you won't be bored 😜
what are you interested in, what would you like to read about?
I used to think that, but then I realized I was just always looking at the trending notes from the last 24 hours. When I switched it to the latest notes from my tribe (people I follow and the people they follow), I see new things all the time from all sorts of people.