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Nostr suffers terribly by leadership all having gigantic accounts, so that they don't know how dull and lonely and frustrating Nostr can be for the remaining 99,996% of us, down here in the steerage class. Twitter didn't get so big by being 50 Million People Wait for Jack To Post Something

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As an experiment I recommend all the Devs made a new account, on primal. Tick all of the interests when making it. That's what the average person sees when they get here. Someone needs to have a talk with the people at @primal They don't even have gardening as an interest when you onboard, they push the same group of limited interest people onto everyone. And according to almost everyone primal is the best for onboarding.. Come on now this ain't right
I like the "free market" feel of Nostr. Like moving into a new town where nobody knows me. Laying low at first, not going on stage anywhere. Observing what's around, what needs are already covered and where there are gaps. Checking out profiles of people with comments I appreciate. Keeping the permanency in mind, gradually putting out some of my own, building trust. It would be alarming to instantly have thousands of followers! The global feeds aren't a great place to start. The follow packs are handy, and those can grow. #grownostr
Hilarious how the engagement on this post kind of refutes your whole theory. Say things worth responding, reacting and paying for, THAT is how nostr is modelled. Twitter has everyone extended on credit then at a moment's notice, they get throttled and banned. Just like how drug dealers sucker new customers.
A decent enough solution **_would be_** hashtags, and new users are suggested hasgtags instead of npubs - would be, but isn't, because people abuse hashtags and then people unfollow the hashtags. I suggest limiting the number of hashtags that can be added to a note, or relayed as a relay policy - 3 tags seems like a good maximum. That way, interest groups break off into their own silos, instead of the current psychology of an implied demand for conformity.