Primal is my primary client.

Huh... Again, I have no clue how my notes are even making it to that relay.

Is that how much the invoice is for?

4200 what?

I wonder why that's happening.

Is anyone else on Primal getting random DM's from @npub1relayxmv7tvfqa3jx36m6hqzlqt3vlgwe8hg004d6xyudzmp6v6q9p35vr about a lightning invoice for attempting to post to their relay despite said relay not even being on your relay list? #asknostr

The Dreaming Boy is a Realist, Jujutsu Kaisen, Reign of the Seven Spellblades, My Tiny Senpai, Atelier Ryza, and Mushoku Tensei. Atelier Ryza just finished up today.

Well, the current #anime season is starting to wrap up.

Everyone should read the #manwha "How to Become a Dragon"!

That's great to hear!

Exactly.

Ya know... I think my ideal #nostr client would be the love child of nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr's Primal and nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn's Coracle that's been raised by Tweetdeck. And before someone says to "just make it yourself", I have neither the knowledge nor the drive to do it.

Primal has the algorithms, a lot of content moderation tools, and their "trending" list. And it seems they are taking a page out of Bluesky's book and ultimately allowing users to outsource all of that. They also have a Twitter-like UI, so that helps a LOT.

Coracle has the layout in terms of how threads are nested, it shows what relays a given note has been posted to, and its advanced search features. It also has a neat relay review system, the NIP-32-based lists could be useful, if a little underutilized, and it's one of the few web-based clients that implement nostr connect. And I almost forgot to mention support for multiple accounts.

And finally Tweetdeck. Good god, where do I even start? Multi-collum layout allowing you to have multiple feeds on one screen and scheduled tweets were the two biggest features. Granted I never did use that second one.

Side note, I've actually managed to post at least one thing a day for two weeks straight so I'm slowly breaking out of my shell.

Oh absolutely. That's why most "normies" back out when they join or don't bother joining at all. Unfortunately, nostr is in the "chicken and egg" phase so it's kind of difficult to pull in enough new and "normal" users to help diversify content enough to start a chain reaction. Sadly content isn't the only issue nostr has right now.

I'm quite shocked that the Fediverse has that many daily posts still. After the big mastodon stumble it seemed to kind of fall out of my internet field of view. Granted I don't follow a whole lot of people across the platforms I'm on.

Some of that discrepancy has to be from all the shitcoin bots and other spam.

I think it goes a little beyond being "just bitcoin content". It's true there's still a LOT of bitcoin content on nostr, but one thing to also note is most of the popular users here are vocal bitcoiners. Not only that most of the recommendations of who to follow to new nostriches are... vocal bitcoiners. But like you said, until there are communities of normies that not only join, but stick around to actually use nostr, that problem won't be solved.

I don't think was about generating keys. Moreso about using a NIP-07 compliant extension.

Well, there are a lot of factors at work here.

While wallets and keys ARE tricky for the average person to understand, the stigma of crypto=scam is still prevalent. Whether it's the fact that some of the loudest voices on nostr are vocally pro-bitcoin, the fact nostr integrates bitcoin by default, the constant shitcoin spam, or the mere mention of cryptography in general if the average end-user sees any of this they nope the fuck out. I do understand that a lot of that can be solved with a larger user base diversifying the type of topics being talked about, but the problem is getting enough growth and more importantly, retention to have that.

Bluesky sets out to have one role, to be a Twitter alternative. Nostr, on the other hand, is trying to be a Twitter alternative, a Reddit alternative, a Spotify alternative, a Craig's List alternative, a Twitch alternative, etc. Nostr is predominantly advertised to others as a Twitter alternative. Still, when people join and stick around long enough to see other apps, they MAY end up being confused as to what nostr actually is.

Another thing Bluesky has going for it right now is the fact that there's a single gateway into the ecosystem. While it's not necessarily a good thing in the long run, for now, it's good because it reduces the confusion of new users as to where to actually go. It also helps set a base list of features that other clients should implement. Nostr, on the other hand, has many different clients with many different feature sets. While this is ultimately a good thing, you start to run into the problem of keys becoming less and less portable because clients are introducing more and more features that other clients aren't implementing, thus potentially breaking clients. Focusing on a smaller number of clients will really help with that.

A bit random to mention out of nowhere, but I have never beat a #Mario game before.

But not everyone is a developer. In the end the average end-user is going to want to use what ever client is the most popular. If we have say 100 different clients with 100 different feature sets, you are going to start seeing more and more cases of posts made in one client and not displaying properly or at all in others. And then we ultimately end up in a situation where one's presence on nostr isn't as transportable as it should be.

So having a "mega app" that is popular is not necessarily a bad thing because it can help standardize a list of features that new clients might want to target. It can also help a lot with onboarding new plebs because there would be a standard expected experience that is relatable and replicable.

In the end you could still encourage those with the know-how and applicable skills to create their own experience.