To add to this, I've been looking for a Reddit alternative since joining Nostr. I also like to think I've been diligent in my searching.

So far there is primarily OddBean as far as clients go, and there is the "communities" NIP which has implementations on Nostrudel.

More than anything I'd simply love for Amethyst to fully incorporate a better model for this.

nostr:nprofile1qqs8eseg5zxak2hal8umuaa7laxgxjyll9uhyxp86c522shn9gj8crspz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgmwaehxw309a6xsetxdaex2um59ehx7um5wgcjucm0d5hszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz75w59d4 is going to try and integrate OddBean with relay.tools which would enable on-demand "community relays" or, "topical relays".

To me it seems my personal goals on Nostr are very much in my line of sight.

However, while the concepts are coming together, the infrastructure is very entangled and unpronounced.

The overall user experience does not seem to have the same support going for it.

I can track these ideas to the point where I am using my own self-hosted OddBean client, running on my own on-demand relays. I could even accept Sats to allow other users to host their own communities on my websites.

Then comes the challenge of mobile- OddBean and relay.tools have both been designed in simple mobile-first approaches, but there is yet to be a dedicated mobile app for either.

This is where my personal desires for Amethyst's future lie.

I like to imagine one user could have a "tiktok" experience, while a other has a "twitter" experience, while I have my "reddit" experience. I think we all have various demands for all structures of social media, and flexibility + integration are the future.

Small apps have never held the same appeal to me. Anyone can code a Nostr client the same way that anyone can pick up GameMaker or HTML. It's possible but not practical, or preferable.

Competing with mainstream means delivering on mainstream successes, and more.