Something we are really lacking here on Nostr is a Twitter grade search.

I tend to post a lot of charts and data and if can't even find my own posts with search, I can't see myself replacing my Twitter usage with. Nostr usage.

Anyone know how we can solve this?

Each relay needs a brand and an identity.

Do you want an option to share your geo location when posting? #Amethyst #zappoll

GoodMorning

Relays feel like much less of a big deal than fedi instances. I find myself thinking of relays like "swarms" in that It seems clear to me fro. My use so far you need about a dozen or so of them at least for this place to work.

Discussions on Bluesky starting to realize the inevitability of centralizing around one instance that comes with using a federation model.

testing from mainland China 🇨🇳

do you see this?

Like the sound of that :)

Influencer onboarding is probably the best way to grow nostr’s social use case.

Most of us are here because of Jack. Had he not mentioned nostr and actively participated early on, we may not have found it or stuck around.

What Nostr app should Amethyst integrate with next?

What Nostr app should Amethyst integrate with next?

Nostr is a way of life, and sharing life is a wonderful thing. Even when you feel down, there are still people here to hug you. 💜🔮 #Nostr #foodstr #lifestr

“What’s hot” on bluesky

also explain the web 5 meme whilst also showing me you can’t explain the web 5 meme

Also the safe space people just straight up calling to bully people

also bitcoiner perception check on how the general public can’t distinguish the difference cause the memes

also… decentralized.

Recently, I have seen everyone's suggestions for Nostr's new user growth. Most of them think that the reason for the slow growth of new users is that our place is like a Bitcoin echo chamber, and everyone is discussing Bitcoin, so other users who are not interested will not enter. It is recommended not to talk about the topic of Bitcoin in the future, and it is even suggested not to fill in the relevant introduction about Bitcoin and freedom, for fear of scaring away newcomers.

I think these are not the most fundamental reasons. The establishment of Nostr is very compatible with the concept of the Bitcoin crowd, especially the lightning payment zap reward. It is precisely because of this that Nostr has a very strong belief foundation, and we are willing to give the clients on Nostr the greatest tolerance and inconvenience in experience. Only in this way can the client on Nostr have time to grow and improve. Only when we really like this place, we are willing to spend time and energy here.

If we cater to new users, don't discuss bitcoin, ban bitcoin and introduce yourself freely. As a result, we cannot truly express ourselves, and Nostr is about to lose its vitality and soul. This will just kill the place.

My advice:

1. No matter who you are, you should truly express yourself, whether it is the love for Bitcoin or the praise of freedom, this is the reason we like this place, it belongs to us. Only if we like it here, others may like it too. Nostr is not just Bitcoin, Nostr is a way of life, please share your life as much as you want.

2. Tolerate others, as long as everyone does not attack those who are willing to express their love for shitcoins here, this has already made a huge contribution to the growth of Nostr. Because people who come here can truly express themselves, you don't need to pay attention to him, but please don't attack people who express themselves differently from you. Otherwise, there will be racial discrimination about coins here, which will prevent more people from joining.

3. The attention and recommendation of clients on Nostr is too centralized, and most of the recommendations are bitcoiners. I am not saying that this is not good. It is necessary to make decentralized user recommendations on the client, so that users in every field can build their communities and circles here. This requires user experience design on the client side.

4. We continue to build better here, waiting for an opportunity...

Because we are here, Nostr has a great soil and I am hopeful for the future, building together. #Nostr

Nos is very much a work in progress, but #[0]​ has been working away at it making it fast and fun. I can’t way til we roll out the new threads view.

Taking break from nostr for a few days. I need to get off tilt and focus on my work.

I’ve been reflecting on the state of things here as i start to use bluesky more often (i still like nostr much better fwiw).

I know this may offend some of you but I’m getting frustrated with how caught up we all are in our zapping wonderland with no concern for the outside world.

If we want this place to grow and succeed we really need to take a look in the mirror and ask ourselves what it would be like to join nostr right now if you knew nothing about bitcoin. You would probably hate it, and stop using it within a day. Our worlds may revolve around bitcoin, but to a majority of people, they could give two shits about bitcoin.

Nostr is now considered by many outsiders as a “bitcoin project”. And I, for one, think that’s a terrible thing for nostr adoption and growth. There are brilliant people in this world who care about freedom tech but just don’t understand bitcoin yet and want nothing to do with it. And by making nostr all about bitcoin, we’ve scared those brilliant people off, who could have helped this place develop even further than it already has.

The way things stand right now, I see nostr adoption as being fully tied to bitcoin adoption. People won’t want to come here until they understand bitcoin. Instead of selling people just nostr, we now have to sell them nostr + bitcoin. And it shouldn’t be that way.

I’m still bullish on nostr, but we really need to do some self reflection at this point and ask ourselves what the correct path forward is.

See ya in a few internet frens 👋