i think the shift from BTC to sats as the unit is very important. buying 0.01BTC or 1M sats with 200 crap bucks feels very different, but its the same.

We can only see what we think is possible.

If they're in the US, Cash App is a good option because you can start out with buying as little as 5,000 sats (~$1.00). If they do try this, lemme know how it goes for them because I wanna make sure this process is great for newbies ☺️

Where are you based?

So is Damus supposed to refesh automatically? Invariably I end up closing the app and reloading it to get a refresh of the timeline?

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GM #[1]​ Looks like you broke the site :)

Had a couple things happen at work over the last couple days that made me reflect on my first 3 weeks using Nostr (Gnaw-ster).

The first was yesterday. Two of my co-workers had a 45 minute conversation dredging the bottom of Jeffrey Epstein's degeneracy, it was like r/conspiracy come to life. About five minutes in I thought to myself,

"I should figure out what bird photo I should use for my bird note tonight."

Then I went to the warehouse and did some restock work while I dreamed of birds.

The second was today. A customer wanted to talk, and eventually we came to the point where they want to show me something on their phone. This leads to a few minutes of doom scrolling, and a conversation about all the news that feeds their fear and anxiety. The whole time I was thinking to myself,

"I should make big zappy eyed pictures of #[0] and #[1] like I did with #[2] , that made me laugh."

That helped me ignore everything they said, and kept my sanity intact.

So congratulations and thanks to Nostr, all the devs, all the plebs, and even the trolls. You've made social media positive, and you're somehow more sane than the real world. I 💜 you guys!

I'm going to zap ⚡100 to everybody's first comment on this thread. I'd love to hear of your similar experiences, a good recipe, or just whatever. I'll keep zapping till I run out of sats or ability to stay awake!

🤙

Had a couple things happen at work over the last couple days that made me reflect on my first 3 weeks using Nostr (Gnaw-ster).

The first was yesterday. Two of my co-workers had a 45 minute conversation dredging the bottom of Jeffrey Epstein's degeneracy, it was like r/conspiracy come to life. About five minutes in I thought to myself,

"I should figure out what bird photo I should use for my bird note tonight."

Then I went to the warehouse and did some restock work while I dreamed of birds.

The second was today. A customer wanted to talk, and eventually we came to the point where they want to show me something on their phone. This leads to a few minutes of doom scrolling, and a conversation about all the news that feeds their fear and anxiety. The whole time I was thinking to myself,

"I should make big zappy eyed pictures of #[0] and #[1] like I did with #[2] , that made me laugh."

That helped me ignore everything they said, and kept my sanity intact.

So congratulations and thanks to Nostr, all the devs, all the plebs, and even the trolls. You've made social media positive, and you're somehow more sane than the real world. I 💜 you guys!

I'm going to zap ⚡100 to everybody's first comment on this thread. I'd love to hear of your similar experiences, a good recipe, or just whatever. I'll keep zapping till I run out of sats or ability to stay awake!

🤙

I’m old enough to remember when we turned off our computers when we were “done” using them.

If anyone wants to zap this bartender in Jackson Hole, we set her up with #[0]​ 🤙

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Nostr is very very cool…but…we’re a long way from normies wanting an unfiltered, decentralised social network which doesn’t have all their favourite famous peeps.

Bitcoiners will naturally have a love for Nostr because it fits with their worldview and understanding.

Like educating the benefits of Bitcoin, Nostr will have the same challenges. Zaps, nPubs etc… won’t mean much to most people.

For now it’s a super cool Bitcoin chat room.