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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And look at me here thinking you need to follow some people actually not to be lonely here?! π€ i dont know... hey thats just me... I dont think your followers and not followings will make you less lonely. π
I have 30 something followers and follow 50+ I aint lonely here at all... π€£β¨οΈπ€π
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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
Primal devs DGAF about anyone who isn't very enthusiastic about sniffing each others' farts.
They were paid, to come here. Not home-grown talent.
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
Thatβs why we need more people, to dilute the obvious accounts that end up controlling the narrative, that are pushed by most client apps or followed for the zaps. To be able to create an alternative of interests, of people, of visions for the small accounts.
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.
No, it proves her point. She's one of the big leaders that we all follow. And she deserves to be - this isn't criticism in the least.
I like that extended credit drug dealer analogy. Very apt.
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your loneliness, anger toward those with βmoreβ, and need for recognition of your significance started long before nostr ever existed
follow me
I just looked through my follow list. Interestingly, I have some of the biggest accounts all the way down to some of the smallest, with no big gaps between sets of numbers. Just observing and interacting with ones I appreciate as I go.
I thought I'd see an obvious dividing line between follow counts, but not really.
steerage class lol
yeah some days it's boring but sometimes i find super interesting stuff. on those days i zap and repost. this is the way
Nostr fudders are back. π
Trending 24 is real
I still think shouting into the void will work eventually.
Proof of work is the way to grow!
In all energy manifestations
I'm new here but it seems pretty good so far.
Welcome to Nostr!
Itβs alright.
Your signal drives your engagement.
#WTFSTR π
"50 Million People Wait for Jack To Post Something"
i hope we donΒ΄t have so many sheeps here
you are totally right, we need more people on nostr
#plebchain #followcahin #grownostr
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.
Hashtags only retain utility within a good relay.
How does a relatively less techy person know which relays are good? How do I check their differences?
Look at the global feed and scroll for 15 minutes.
Eww. I don't like the global feed. I think I can handle one level higher in the techiness department, if it means skipping global

Jumble
A user-friendly Nostr client for exploring relay feeds
You are whitelisted on theforest, so everyone sees you there.
Cool, thanks
I'm guessing it's this "theforest.nostr1.com" thingy in the top right? I see notes... I could do a little test... Okay but wait, what does this have to do with finding good relays?
Jumble is a relay explorer. You can look at the feeds of different relays. There are just safe-for-work examples preset, in that list, but you can add any relays you want to regularly look at, or combined relays into one feed.
Ooooh it makes more sense now. That was not obvious... This merits more exploration
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