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Tip for nostr apps:

Nostr has a super power, generating an "account" is as simple as generating a private key.

The first time user experience can therefore be **fully automated**!

This is a MASSIVE UX win, we take the initials user journey from 5 clicks for username, password, email etc, and we reduce it to 0 (!!!!) clicks.

User lands on the website, and EVERYTHING JUST WORKS. Initially with a "guest account", but later the user can either add metadata to this new key, log in with an existing nsec or nsecbunker, or add a new nsecbunker setup with another provider.

We can therefore delay the nuances and complexities of account generation to an arbitrary point later in the user journey.
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HoloKat 1y ago

Low friction in, low friction out. While yes, this is a cool feature, sometimes you want that added friction to personalize your experience and add some skin in the game. It’s a psychological trick to have some vested time in the app but it could reduce churn. Sometimes that customization is also necessary for a relevant experience.

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Max 1y ago

Great point, though that personalization could come early on in the UX journey still, it's just that the first screen is instantly useful, instead of yet another account creation flow.

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HoloKat 1y ago

I’ve seen people confused with the whole key generation step, they look for a field for email and password and wonder where it is 😂