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Nostr had been growing steadily throughout 2024, but recently dropped below 10k users for the first time this year, following a major, costly attack. It had previously crossed 20k and was aiming for 50 DAU in the near future. Unfortunately, over half the user base, hit by spam, have left. I hope it's just a temporary setback and that Nostr can recover. Would have been nice if they'd focused on spamming the competition, and helping to grow nostr. These are the worst people.
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Nate of Earth 1y ago

the down sides of a new protocol no-one to hot fix issues as they arrive. With the funding from SATs we really should.see more mature clients and features to beat stagnation. at the end of the day we have no killer app just a bunch of clones of other apps, not that that's totally bad it just means slow progress to adoption and with such a small userbase the incentive to post is just to damn low. people need to feel seen on a social network.

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Melvin Carvalho 1y ago

It’s worth noting that Nostr isn't that new—it’s 1/8th the age of the web. Bluesky, in just 2 years (half the time), has grown10 million users, adding more daily than Nostr has in 4 years. A key reason is Bluesky’s developers work constructively on the protocol, and they’ve invested in infrastructure, while nostr infrastructure is neglected. Some excellent devs with grants are working hard, but others seem to have eased off. Many shy away from the simpler devops work, or onboarding fixes, opting instead for novel, unproven solutions.