Nostr Web Client

> There are also clients to have communities ..

Yeah, but that kind of adds another layer on top of plain nostr. I'd prefer a nostr #community to exist and be accessible on "base" nostr, not exclusively in this or that app/client.

My point is: I think it'd make a huge difference if people were to adopt a culture of differentiating between different kinds of #hashtags.

Example: using the following hashtags transports/signals IMO an intention.

#comm_cats (don't know if this is supported)

#commCats

These, to me, say more clearly that the note is adressing a _community_ who cares about cats, than just using the hashtag 'cats'.

Maybe other people feel differently and they perceive using just a plain 'cats' hashtag as having the same intentionality of addressing the community, I don't know.

I like how adopting such a system of using hashtags would enable communities that are offering at least some of the functionality of #reddit communities. And all that with "plain simple" nostr.

Repeating myself here: I think agreeing on some common format for tagging communities would really make a difference. People might also be more conscious about tag usage if there's this explicit hint that a community is addressed. As opposed to just writing a post and adding a few tags that are somewhat related. nostr:npub1njst6azswskk5gp3ns8r6nr8nj0qg65acu8gaa2u9yz7yszjxs9s6k7fqx

7fqx 2y ago

I understand what you're saying and I feel like whatever works should be tried and what ever you feel like trying and what not.

There was a time when every hashtag seemed to be ending in -str, but I think a lot people concluded that that is pointless and actually confusing and bad for new member discoverability or what not. Obviously -str some still exist/stuck and are popular.

Communities are confusing, because they do in fact appear as normal posts on 'base nostr'. Just adding that only as a clarification or perhaps to further complicate the issue lol. I can't tell. Afaik community posts show up in all clients, mobile or web, they may just not have the labelling at the top which tells you which community it's from.

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7fqx 2y ago

Realistically, there is not much need atm for hashtags or communities, cos there really isn't the ussrbase for it. They're for potential future users.

And I'm not sure how that happens outside of a literal online community relocating here for whatever reason. In a large enough number for it to become 'a thing'.

Dissident Sound 2y ago

right now communities function more or less as hashtags.

for them to work like a forum they need to both stop appearing in regular timeline.

and also there need to be moderating tools that work or at least make sense.

right now as a founder you can't even delete spam from your community - that is BS

to be decided 2y ago

> for them to work like a forum they need to both stop appearing in regular timeline.

Why would they?

Let's say people were using hashtags consistently as communities. If you want to take part, you simply search for the hashtag or (if your app/client has the functionality) pin the hashtag as a separate timeline that only contains notes with the tag.

> and also there need to be moderating tools that work or at least make sense.

> right now as a founder you can't even delete spam from your community - that is BS

Some work on this has already been done :)

(NIP32 Labeling)[https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/32.md]

This supports a number of use cases, from distributed moderation and content recommendations to reviews and ratings.

(NIP56 Reporting)[https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/56.md]

A report is a kind 1984 note that is used to report other notes for spam, illegal and explicit content.

(NIP72 Moderated Communities (Reddit Style))[https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/72.md]

I'm a bit sceptical of no 72 though, seems a bit complicated to me.

7fqx 2y ago

Zapddit.com may do what you want from this already? I suppose like with a lot of things here it's a matter of other users ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

It's not particularly up my street as a client, but I suspect we are after slightly different things

to be decided 2y ago

> Afaik community posts show up in all clients, mobile or web, they may just not have the labelling at the top which tells you which community it's from.

I read that as just another reason to use hashtags as communities. No new NIP/feature needed.

7fqx 2y ago

Yep, fair enough. I sort of see a different use case away from the twitter-style feed which is heavily b!tcoin chat. But I know nothing;)