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Proof-of-Concept: onboardstr.vercel.app Objective: billions must generate nostr accs I think this should be the way we onboard 80% of ppl to nostr. i had a friend download damus then i proceeded to bore them with β€˜follow this guy’ or β€˜add this relay too btw’. add your npub to the end of the onboardstr url, and when your friend generates an nsec they will have all the same follows/relays as you straightaway. instantly their feed is lively, and they can curate it themselves from there. image

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I like it, great idea! You could propose in the homepage some preloaded profiles to choose from. If clients supported a standardized deeplink API, it would be possible at the end of the wizard to pass all the account details, minus the nsec that would be generated in the app. So onboarding would be: download the nostr xxxxxx app and click on this link.
Just saw this! Maybe @npub13azv...8m54 was also at #nostrville or is @The Daniel πŸ–– alt πŸ€” My experience using onboardstr: -follow list copy worked great -onboarstr added ~10 additional relays relative to what I have currently. I am guessing there are old relay lists somewhere - logged into damus with the newly created nsec without trouble My view: -best website icon -nsec generation on a website sets up for rugpull, as does the need to share said key -i love the simple flow Improvements for onboardstr: -how might client options be tied at end: e.g. click here for iOS Damus, Android Amethyst, Web Coracle, Nostrudel etc.. -nsec is displayed past screen - consider wrapping -add copy button adjacent to nsec, and string copied confirmation Potential Improvements in #Damus: When damus adds a share/invite functionality, there can be a β€˜referral’ appended to the link with the inviting party’s npub. If the invite receiver accepts, they automagically have the option to add friends follow and relay lists. image
I have a lot of ideas around this, just need to spend a little time and come up with a flow that works. I love the idea of creating a tailored account experience for a friend with all the basics they need to get up and running, though some of the things I enjoyed the most was trying to figure out the steps, and I hope by making it too easy it doesn’t take away some of the magic of what this is.