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I’ve always been interested in who exactly makes up the larger nostr community. I feel like they are a lot of assumptions about the demographics and values of the people who use nostr regularly.

The loudest voices on nostr don’t necessarily speak for the majority, which probably makes it difficult to create effective solutions to improve the platform and grow the community.

It would be interesting to develop a survey of some sort to help us truly understand what people like and dislike about nostr and identify opportunities for growth.

I would love to hear people’s opinions on what information would be helpful to collect and even connect with folks who may interested on collaborating on something like this.

#plebchain #asknostr

inpc 1y ago

I always feel wary of data collection… there’s too much of it everywhere.

That said, most Nostr content doesn’t interest me, I’m an independent musician and sound engineer so my world is far removed from nonstop bitcoin and Nostr talk. In answer to the

first of nostr:npub1494rtg3ygq4cqawymgs0q3mcj6hucvu4kmadv03s5ey2sg32df5shtzmp0 ‘s questions. I got objectionable content on sign up from a bot, which I think was some sort of test to see if I can handle ‘free speech’. Free speech to me is more free Julian Assange than yay I can say retard but if that’s someone’s jam, that’s on them.

I’m here because I understand the importance of information networks and I dislike platforms that dictate what I see and actively seek to do harm for profit.

I mostly use the Fediverse, that being my only social media platform since 2019. Nostr is a protocol, not a corporation. That interests me.

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vinney...axkl 1y ago

Makes me happy to see people who aren't foaming bitcoiner anarchocapitalist software developers being active on Nostr (I am all these things, but I don't want to be entirely surrounded by them). Especially if they're artists and musicians.

Please don't go anywhere, Nostr needs you as much as devs and sats

vinney...axkl 1y ago

But while I'm on it, set up a zaps wallet! I tried to zap you but couldn't. People are trying to give you money

inpc 1y ago

Thanks and nice to meet you! The lightning side I’m finding pretty tough at the moment. I’m using Primal but ideally I’d rather run from my own node/self custody etc. Not sure why zaps aren’t working, works the other direction!

I can probably work it out but it would take me a day, where as someone more familiar with the tech could probably do in10mins.

I’ll pursuit though, digital dystopia is a big concern for me, especially now you can make songs inputting a handful of words, even if I think they’re shit, it doesn’t mean they won’t find economic value!

vinney...axkl 1y ago

Re Lightning, I'm not entirely sure what's going wrong for you but I'm also using Primal and it works for me. Do you have a lighting address set up? (See screenshots of settings > wallet and profile > edit profile)

I think your right to prefer self custody in general, but I've only got a few thousand sats in the primal wallet and I think that's completely acceptable and convenient. Send it out to a self custody wallet later.

vinney...axkl 1y ago

I failed to add the screenshots to the last note doh

inpc 1y ago

I thought Primal functioned as its own wallet in iOS? I also have Phoenix and Mutiny but neither seems to have a NWC and invoices are different to a lightning address right? I’ve seen I could link via ZapplePay, I’ll take a proper look when I’m not at work.

vinney...axkl 1y ago

Does your Primal app show a lightning address like mine does? I'm not sure if "Primal Wallet enabled" is synonymous with "also has a lighting address enabled" but I'm suspecting it's not and you have the former (so can send) but not the latter (cannot receive)

inpc 1y ago

No it’s blank, whether I click the Primal Wallet Enabled tab or not… Weird as I seem to be able to zap people, at least the sats disappear…

Looks like I’ll need to get a node up and running I guess.

vinney...axkl 1y ago

you can send from the primal wallet but cannot receive to a lightning address.

I would recommend getting in touch with primal on Nostr or elsewhere and asking how to set this up. I unfortunately don't remember how I did it!

inpc 1y ago

Worked it out! I was assigned a name which turns out was the lightning address, although that didn’t seem clear at the time, I thought it was a user name but I’d already registered one elsewhere! Everyday a learning day…

vinney...axkl 1y ago

Totally agree with you about the digital dystopia concern. Personally, I think peer to peer tech, trust-but-verify, and sovereign (trivial to use, zero maintenance) personal servers are the only ways we avoid that calamity. Building it!

apa 1y ago

I understand your concerns about data collection. In this case, the collection and use of the information would be completely transparent. The questions also wouldn’t be invasive.