I have questions!

- I’m looking at the “+1” scores here and there which suggests a plan to calculate retention scores based on data. Relays, stats.nostr.band, something like that?

- So far, it the largest inflows of new users have been catalyzed by something external (Jack’s donation, Elon’s ban, etc.) that brings attention to nostr, and then a percentage (no idea how many) end up sticking around

- Anecdotally, I’m here because Derek mentioned it on stackchain Twitter and I joined because it looked fun and Bitcoin-y. I stayed because of the quality of interaction with people that just never seemed to exist in other social spaces, along with a sense of wonder and excitement that it may actually work.

But none of my friends or coworkers who have created an npub have logged in after their first day or two, go my knowledge. Namely because censorship-resistant, Bitcoin-enabled, freedom tech stuff isn’t a priority for most of them. So it seems like it’s still a self-selecting audience, at least for a social media use case.

- Incentives for advocates is an interesting question. “Use my ref link” is so often associated with cringeworthy “influencer” content that I’d steer clear, personally, but the flip side is that we know it works sometimes….

- If there were better tools to understand more about where new users come from, that could be valuable, but again, with our philosophically/ideologically freedom- and privacy-conscious user base, I’d bet that a nostr client loaded up with Google analytic tags would be a non starter.

I have more questions than answers, it seems 🫡