NOSTR WILL BE REPLACING THE IRS

nostr will literally replace everything, ebay, facebook, twitter, uber, patreon, paypal, everything

yep many people here never took to the others, listen to #[5] talk about using mastodon and i completely agree with him on it

as they arrive, there is bitcoin mainly and libertarians

on nostr you will basically only end up talking to people that are willing to talk with you, so many groups will isolate here with some crossover

that cant work, as a new npub is not on their feed

it's a bad investment even if you have bitcoin

yep it creates exclusivity, no new users use them because most people dont have bitcoin

generally, but there will be curation here that is safe, you can already take the follows of safe people here to get a safe feed

Can anyone give me a better understanding of paid relays? I have read a couple explainers and I understand them better but I still have questions.

I get that the main purpose of them is to reduce/eliminate spam, increasing the signal to noise ratio. But I'm having troubling seeing how exactly that plays out in the current state of the network. Can anyone give a specific example of how it has made their experience on Nostr better?

Do paid relays just improve your global feed quality or does it also make your follows feed better in some way?

Do paid relays increase the reach/viewcount/likes/comments/zaps on your notes in any substantial way?

Are you seeing notes from users that you didn't see when using only free relays?

Another benefit I have seen given of using paid relays is higher speed. Has any one actually experienced recieving notes or their notes being propagated at a noticable higher speed on paid relays? Or is this more of an expected benefit as the network grows?

Does anyone actually use the global feed and find it useful? If so, what do you get out of it? On Amatyst I find it completly useless with the default relays. Whenever I open it up it is the same spam messages over and over again. On NostrGram the experience is much better. Most of the irrelevant garbage is gone but it isn't that much different than what I see in the Following+ tab. I still find the Following and Following+ tabs to be more usefull at feeding me notes that I am interested in.

whomever makes these stupid lists that block relays will just end up not having anyone to talk to on nostr, and no one will use the list either

The Mute feature: A user's freedom tool.

What is muting on Nostr?

Different clients will refer to this as muting or blocking, but the end result is the same. It's a personal content filter, allowing the user to regain their personal freedoms. If you don't want to see a user or a user's content, you can mute or block them. It's highly effective. The best part? The freedoms of the person that was muted or blocked are not impacted at all! They have the freedom and ability to continue to post, reply, and carry on just as they previously were doing. Win/win. This is the freedom to communicate that Nostr empowers us with.

Enjoy!

I'm associating so hard right now.

I'll save you time. I will likely be associating with them.

i see the value with helping devs or future content creators but currently it just makes nostr look like a desperate bitcoiners gig

Did you know that someone on Fedi lied about killing their dog?