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Making an app user have to *think* about relays early and upfront is bad UX.

You are making a tradeoff: cognitive burden for censorship resistance.

When 99% of your users do not face a direct censorship threat, you only add overhead.

Especially now with multiple categories of relays, that are confusing to even nerds like us.

All this effectively does: annoys the users who want nostr, and repels those who are curious.

Instead of offering on-ramps to newbies, we are offering on-walls.

Relay management is a must *and* it belongs in advanced settings. The word "relay" should be used sparingly and deliberately.

Convention over configuration all the way.

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someone 5mo ago

i think even the private and public keys are confusing and should come in focus after the user opens the app the 3rd time or so. if the user is really engaged, then the app should offer to backup keys.

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franzap 5mo ago

Exactly, we should definitely keep keys and relays as part of this culture, while maximizing for user retention

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