Doxxing my Reddit name. I don't care. The stakes are too high. Help me on-board Redditors.
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Communities are tricky two sided challenges. Nobody wants to join an empty community and nobody wants to write for an empty community. It requires A LOT of work. I ran a community for over a year and experienced this first hand.
The trick is to seed the community with a good number of active users who share interests in the same subject. The interactions must recent so others see theyโre not joining ghost towns.
The issue I see with nostr moderated communities is that you can see all of them right away and most are empty. Big reason not to join.
I think the way to solve that is to have a global cross-community feed and to surface active communities.
I agree, it's a lot of work.
I try to post in the /n/Android community when I post Android related content.
I agree. You need a core engine which is broad base topically and then use that larger whole to spin off vertical or micro topic communities of interest. And something more elegant and tangible vs an algo-based filters on your streams. They will want channels, roles, mods, etc.
At my company we are going to embed a nostr client inside our community app so people can plug into a general topic stream and then spawn their own micro communities from popular topics from the main stream that is nostr today.
In legacy terms, combining Discord with Twitter where Twitter topics that hit critical mass spawn discord communities that are filled with users much faster.
So imagine levels of post engagement. I like a post so I share it. I zap a post. I join a community that is aligned with the topic of a post(s).
Absolutely spot on !!
Agree
> I think the way to solve that is to have a global cross-community feed and to surface active communities.
The default sort is already "last active" for communities on Satellite.
But I still agree with you discovery needs to be a LOT better
I read it a year ago. It's a great book. Maybe I should read again.
Basically, the idea to solve the "cold start problem" (start a network effect from scratch) is to create extremely niched (but very active) communities, then expanding from that. It's like create each time a new and more broad concentric circle, addig more and more value for the existing communities (what causes more users wanting to join) and adding tweaking the product to repeat that for more communities.
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exposed my reddit too to reply and upvote hehe <3 thank you for doing this
Your bravery and sacrifice has been appreciated and will be rewarded
Greta idea. Iโve avoided Reddit after the whole Apollo situation but I may just use it now to post about #nostr
Thx Derek ๐
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I actually have an account on this platform still. Lol
MFW I re-realize that this place is crawling with redditerzkidz
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The replies was way too positive to be Reddit ๐ Awesome post Derek, remember to save some good posts for #nostrnovember though!
i know, i know! this is a completely different initiative compared to #nostrnovember ๐ or maybe i'm just getting started early! ๐
I made an account but Iโm too young to comment lol ๐
LMAO moderator removed my comment bc I didnโt have enough karma. What a fucking joke of a social network
> Can you earn Crypto on Nostr?
> You can't earn Crypto, but you can earn Bitcoin.
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Nostrudel and Flycat also support communities. For future reference you can check for features like this at https://nostorg.github.io/clients/
I'd love to help but I can't use reddit anymore because my client of choice stopped working due to draconian API changes and I refuse to use anything else but my favorite client.
I did to for the greater good ๐คฃ just posted a comment
I came here after your post, but it's a bit clumsy to use so far. Let's see how things go, at least your timing was impeccable
I think you've done pretty well over there.
You are awesome!
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I'm just following in your footsteps! Keep up the great work.
lol Derek, thatโs beyond flattering!
You do A LOT here and you kinda held my hand when I joined ๐ซ๐ Thank you by the way, Iโm forever grateful!
I got off of Reddit a while back, but really that group is for sure the bunch that will come over easily! If I was still there I would upvote!
Models on the other hand ๐ itโs a bit harder, but I will keep trying my best!
Together we will #GrowNostr ๐
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I just need to post more selfies I guess and show your friends that the model community is thriving here ๐๐ I may scare them off! ๐ซ๐๐ค๐ป
Maybe some beach swimsuit shots will do the trick ๐๐
Now we just need the people from /r/bitcoin. Reddit, get on with the rugging, please.
Looks like we need an iOS candidate here: https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/s/zZWnvculOr
Maybe nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955?
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This needs to happen more often. So many people still don't know about nostr.
Nice work! When people bring up the idea that all they see is vile racism and conspiratorial thoughts. They aren't entirely wrong, you can see some shit, but I think one of the most interesting aspects of Nostr is that you can control what and who you see and not some black box algorithm or some company wanting to use your data and serve you advertisements. I think we can do better to communicate why having control over your own personal media, consumption, and data is a better alternative than having someone or something decide what is right for you. As much as I despise nazis, I am a realist and as soon as you ban them they will just find some other soapbox to shout their vitriol from. So choose the alternative where you can customize your experience to whatever you want it to be. It's better for everyone.
So glad to see you take this step Derek. Lots of value on Nostr being missed by everyone on Reddit. Thankfully they are giving them a reason to leave. Trust is shattered.
Posted a comment but I'm not really a redditor so not such how else to help there.
Broke my vow to do #theNostronly by boosting this post. Forgive me.
Good work sir.
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