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Thanks to some analysis from our intern nostr:npub17plqkxhsv66g8quxxc9p5t9mxazzn20m426exqnl8lxnh5a4cdns7jezx0 , according to opt-in AppStore analytics one of the biggest issues with Damus is user retention. 99% of people stop using damus after 6 months.

In the next version we will be looking at ways to get mores users to that “ah ha” moment that gets them to stick around like all of us addicts.

Ideas welcome! Notifications is obviously a big one, but maybe we could make it easier to get people their first sats.

I think the Sats received stat that I saw on nostr.band is the right idea. A major attraction to me is cumulative likes on TikTok and cumulative Karma points on Reddit, as a reward for adding something valuable to the conversation.

I think Jordan Peterson said it best (he also collects art like this): It feels like living in a museum! However the focus is constantly on the next best thing, and trying to outdo myself, and asking artists to outdo themselves. There’s no such thing as standing still and enjoying it for very long, because there’s so much new stuff that needs to be done 😂

It’s much closer to love, sacrifice, devotion, blood, sweat, and tears, and paying for it because I personally value it far above money, including #Bitcoin opportunity cost.

No I never approached it as an investment. It never crossed my mind that the money I was spending would ever come back. I was looking for the highest quality art I could find on eBay that I could afford. If I felt that the object in question was extremely high quality, and I could afford it, then to me it was good value.

One of my favorite music discoveries this year is Tengoku Oginome. She wrote 5 albums in 5 years by herself - 50 different songs! And she’s working on a 6th album now. It’s inspired by 90’s alternative rock.

I would say yes, but you have to accept what eBay is giving you, and not have something specific in mind or else you probably won’t find it for the price you want to pay. However if someone wants to buy art I will always tell them it’s better to support living artists creating new work.