Helping out new users over the last days made me realize that the largest hurdle for new nostriches is building your own feed. Most users expect there to be some sort of out of the box feed (curated by an algorithm).
Currently most clients are not doing much to support users to find new profiles to follow. Hashtags are the only way to find content and profiles, but if you are new, you don't even know the hashtags.
IMHO we need:
- Suggested Hashtags for new users (I've created nostr:npub1ceq89j69ckn52pfngnm2sasf6t5z3j24c5pel5klnhs4e5r7cmlq5l6k9l to spread this information)
- Trending hashtags (for news and current events)
- A way to subscribe to hashtags
- Suggested profiles (not just the top 50, but based on topics).
What are your thoughts on this?
#nostr #welcome
nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s
nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac
nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z
nostr:npub1plstrz6dhu8q4fq0e4rjpxe2fxe5x87y2w6xpm70gh9qh5tt66kqkgkx8j
nostr:npub1dxh2e6qxwtqgaamjngp7t9ldf6wathd203zhxjw4t5fvqslg574s5hu7np
Also some kind of feed algorithm that one self hosted or something would be really good. On Twitter there is an addictive quality of searching and finding good people ( not as good now that views of followed accounts are limited)
Most people I know on here I find on twitter..and I find I have to go manually look again and again- main feed here is kinda bad even with a good list of accounts.
Helping out new users over the last days made me realize that the largest hurdle for new nostriches is building your own feed. Most users expect there to be some sort of out of the box feed (curated by an algorithm).
Currently most clients are not doing much to support users to find new profiles to follow. Hashtags are the only way to find content and profiles, but if you are new, you don't even know the hashtags.
IMHO we need:
- Suggested Hashtags for new users (I've created nostr:npub1ceq89j69ckn52pfngnm2sasf6t5z3j24c5pel5klnhs4e5r7cmlq5l6k9l to spread this information)
- Trending hashtags (for news and current events)
- A way to subscribe to hashtags
- Suggested profiles (not just the top 50, but based on topics).
What are your thoughts on this?
#nostr #welcome
nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s
nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac
nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z
nostr:npub1plstrz6dhu8q4fq0e4rjpxe2fxe5x87y2w6xpm70gh9qh5tt66kqkgkx8j
nostr:npub1dxh2e6qxwtqgaamjngp7t9ldf6wathd203zhxjw4t5fvqslg574s5hu7np
Hashtaga a great idea.
We also can benefit from:
- sharable relays/predefined starter follow lists- user curated and preferably available from your app.
-more mastodon connectivity,ditto bluesky
-app "stores" that make it easy for users to see nostr's broad functionality base- nests, streaming, music, etc... I like this platform but keeping up with all the micro developments is π΅βπ«
I have found that I really like having basically one app as my nostr network entry point- is it possible to include an "app store" to make it easier to find out about other nostr projects? Feel like I saw so.e app thatsid this already but now I can't even remember which one.π
Seconding this
Dump follow button for this icon next to people. When you have followed- is becomes a color. Save alot of screen space for other stuff and self explanatory.
2 and 3 should be small colored dots

They have both been capitol cities where the emperor lived.
So it's so maxi in here that I'm not sure how to answer this question anymore.
I follow people who are bitcoin but...more normal. And use mostr to follow other more punk people ... And also a few libertarians. Matt taibbi is here sometimes.
It's dated and the federated model is a cluster- too difficult to use.
You may not be aware but there are ways to link fedi and nostr- so to some extent the two are interlinked.
Nostr has some of the same problems with onboarding.
I am a fan of going in the direction of customisable clients that can start off with recommended packages of starter relays-follow lists that people can share around. This would be good for other niche communities that want to be here.
Nostr already seems to me to have more functionality built out than fedi.
Brutal but true...however...Systems like mastodon also had a small pool of regular users to begin with. This is a stronger core group than I have seen in most social. It functions waaay better than most others I've tried and the dev speed is amazing. It just needs another community to onboard.
By "hodling" culture, I mean the culture of not selling - this is to prevent existing stake holders from cashing out directly.
Technicly, long term this will mean lending protocols that allow borrowing against btc so people don't get tempted to switch into real estate later.
One could say similar things about Saylor. I don't know what kind of timeline this etf is looking at, but it seems unlikely to me that they will begin purchasing much prior to halving- so the existing culture has a headstart.
Tech wise it's less clear to me, but to maintain cultural power I think emphasizing holding culture is key to maintain existing network . Lobbying( for example, mining regs got defeated) and pushing for adoption in other places like El Salvador, etc. Also very important.
Doubtful that this person has any genuine support for btc- just wants the constituency
All Apple needs to do is be ok with other App Stores.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2710/text
Lol sure.
2nd round of Amethyst logo proposals by nostr:npub103vypyhddrad9289zp8lf2dxlkkrmq3e0utx3qg449ea8x2wel6sas2700. Thoughts?
PS: zaps to this post are sent to nostr:npub103vypyhddrad9289zp8lf2dxlkkrmq3e0utx3qg449ea8x2wel6sas2700
Imma be real with you none of these really work for me.
Why not something like a crystal lattice? It could be both to represent the amethyst and a kind of depiction of interconnecting relays.
Like these but purple.
https://nostr.build/i/cc6159303150519e7c93e5e995c45f9fb54481f4ea875ceaeb5f427ac3682c11.webp
Alot of people are being drawn to bluesky right now- good to watch. The he funny part is that getting on nostr is so easy- this place from day one has the nonexclusive vibe. @t protocol/bluesky is trying to feel like web2.0- still do not have invite and find I am increasingly unsure I'd even want to- I think it's the "not musk" twitter but old users will not actually like the decentralisation.
Looking for reading recomemdations- on aggrey trade beads- has anyone written in detail on how this currency system was manipulated?
Hrrm. π«€



