We've been saying Nostr needs better onboarding and discovery for years. Agreed. But let's talk specifics.
Apps need three things to work as social platforms:
Sign-in. Search. Tag.
If you can't nai...
They don’t care about what makes Nostr special. I can’t blame them, sometimes I wish I could be as blind as they are.
They need escapism, they need news, they need to keep in touch with their special interests and friends. That is all they need.
Retention is the metric that tracks alignment between what they seek and what they found. They passed the technical hurdles of setting up, finding a client, a relay, posting notes…
Content is king, always has always will be. Nostr lacks escapism, lacks news, lacks diversity of special interests.
Content creators should be hunted, kidnapped and put to work. Who’s in?
They need escapism, they need news, they need to keep in touch with their special interests and friends. That is all they need.
Retention is the metric that tracks alignment between what they seek and what they found. They passed the technical hurdles of setting up, finding a client, a relay, posting notes…
Content is king, always has always will be. Nostr lacks escapism, lacks news, lacks diversity of special interests.
Content creators should be hunted, kidnapped and put to work. Who’s in?
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