Nostr Web Client

The branding of Primal and other performant clients are too "needy". It's trying to hard. They also reek of Twitter which is exactly what people are trying to get away from. The wave icon is very FIAT. Le Nostr is different so it shouldn't be trying to be or look like twitter, etc.

We need to embrace our nerdy, fun little culture. We aren't going to go from 0 to full network effects in 1 year.

Look at bitcoin's network effects' history. There are waves of adoption. E.G. "cryptoalphas" -> cypto enthusiasts -> black-market -> early tech professionals/retail -> retail speculation on instiutions -> nimble institutions.

This is part of the reason I personally love the UI of astral.ninja. It's different in a very good, fun way. I especially like the the ordered list of my homies on the right, where I can sort to the top my ride-or-die homies, etc.

Derek Ross 2y ago

I miss the simplicity of Astral, but it hasn't been updated since last spring. No client is perfect, but I don't believe Primal deserves all of the hate they get. Everything is open. They have clients for Android, iOS, and the web. They were funded by Bitcoin companies. As for trying to hard or being needy, I think they need to try harder! They have finding for a marketing budget and team. They need to market the hell out of their products and brand. This is how we reach the masses.

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Derek Ross 2y ago

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Jonk 2y ago

I didn't mean to imply anything negative towards the people at Primal, just hopefully critical feedback to the product itself towards improvement. I apologize if it came off differently.

Jonk 2y ago

To be clear, I mean the design itself is "needy", in the way of trying to fit in the fiat mainstream social media design expectations which isn't really selling itself in the best way.

Derek Ross 2y ago

Thank you for clarifying.