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People > Algorithms Still new here and figuring out how to curate my feed. I’m following pretty much everyone, because I’d rather have more voices and more content to engage with. My theory is simple: if someone posts things I don’t like, or just spams, I’ll unfollow. But in the meantime: more content = more community. Is this the right move? What have you tried?

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At first I followed almost indiscriminately, but it got annoying because a lot of folks are just boosting primal trending page stuff so I was getting a lot of repetition. Then I tried following tons of hashtags and expanding my relays, but that leaves openings for a lot of spam. What I've settled on is a few quality relays some with paid membership, and following a few hashtags that are used mostly by people and blocking the bots that annoy me. I get a lot of fresh content, not too much spam, and I run out of new scroll material which is good. That's the sign I need to get off my phone anyways 😅 There's a million different strategies, have fun developing your own! Nostr is great because you are the algorithm, you get to brainwash yourself 💖
Search for content you're interested in and look for engaging people from there. Find someone that you really like their interactions and check their follow list. There are a ton of npubs here who don't just post engagement bait. Follow a ton then whittle it down.
It's a pretty weak take tbh. "More content", let's just embrace it all, spam and bots and ads, its all good, let the people decide! We base rules that allow free markets to flourish is a better start. Kinda like having a highway with lanes and speed limits. Establishing those bases are what allow for freedom with reasonable bounds.
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Welcome to Nostr. I did the same thing at first, and I'm still looking for more people to follow that share interesting content or have interesting insights or opinions. People to engage with. Following.space has some lists of people to follow that might be helpful. It's still early days on Nostr but there's a few different niche interest communities on here with really interesting people.
That actually makes a lot of sense. I kind of approach it the same way cast a wide net first, then slowly refine as I figure out whose posts resonate with me and whose don’t. It feels more organic than trying to “optimize” my feed from the start. The cool part is, sometimes the unexpected voices end up being the ones that stick with you the most. How are you finding the balance so far too much noise, or still manageable? I'm also new here btw
I follow only a hand full of active people, and then browse threads, replies, profiles, the occational hashtag etc. Always end up in weird fringe but relevant places rather quickly that way. In other words, other than the barebones minimum i don't use feeds at all.
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An important thing I've come to learn about Nostr: The advice to build up a huge follow list is wrong. Cultivating a list of people with good viewpoints and honest intentions is a much more valuable. Follow people you interact with regularly who reciprocate your interactions with them. Follow for follow leaves you with a feed of low quality content, and a questionable list of follows riddled with possible bots and scammers. It is true that this is more difficult initially than platform based algorithm driven social media, but leaves you with a much more rewarding experience. The key to Nostr is honest human interaction, not legacy social media growth hacks to grow follower counts. #nostr #grownostr
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