Damus
ODELL · 2w
there is no deep conspiracy for the motives behind primal we have been trying to increase nostr user growth like everyone else and have been failing to be quite honest user growth keeps trending dow...
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Primal is one of the least functional clients, especially considering the resources used to build it.
Regardless of that, the real reason we dont have more users is nostr.com which i control, its the landing page for nostr, its where you go googling nostr. We get 1-2m unique views per week who all get scared away.
A beautiful industry of solutions hidden behind a shitty landing page.
Resources has always been our issue, we spend most of what we have maintaining LNbits, so nostr.com is a second thought. We also didnt want to be seen to be capturing users by hosting a client, but that time has passed, I think its possible to do and still funnel users into wider ecosystem.
Its quite remarkable this clear bottleneck isn't more obvious for an industry that had had huge sums invested. Its so obvious.
nostr.com should have a team of dedicated devs, focus groups, ux designers, instead its me squeezing in time every now and then. So yeah. Weird.
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Totally Human Writer · 1w
Hi Ben, please check your DMs. I'd be happy to help you sharpen the copy for nostr.com. Freedom is my mission too.
Ken 🎋 · 1w
Primal lacks features (lists, proper DMs, ...), but I find it very enjoyable TBH. It will get there. I wish cashing servers were a standard by now, run by many different actors, keeping each other honest. Nostr.com looks good already! Worth investing some designer's time and polish it, for sure....
ODELL · 1w
> the real reason we dont have more users is nostr.com which i control you should make it better then
Rijndael · 1w
“Claude, make this landing page better and more inviting to normies”
BTCrevolutionary · 1w
Nostr only appeals to a small subset of social media users. Explosive growth was always going to be hard. Focus on retention and organic growth. I’ve used primal for at least 2 years because it works relatively well and has features I like. It’s really not that hard.
Jared Logan · 1w
ready to help