My first reply on nostr since I dipped my toes in earlier this week. I can definitely see the issue in connecting with others, which in my opinion is also the biggest hurdle jumping into a random social media today, unlike when it first came out 10+ years ago.
I'm trying to spot interesting people, thoughts or activities. I think we're still in early stages but their may be better ways of connecting with real humans who express themselves properly as well.
Also was dissapointed to see a large majority of podcasts and music I can zap are just about bitcoin. Once people can share more of their genuine work unrelated to bitcoin is when things will get more interesting!
Maybe we just need patience, and trying to spot the sparks amid the noise. Next to that, user experience optimisations (as an application dev I might be contributing), and more selective groups and networks.
I would say, share the best content you can here and let the networks form that way! Thank you for sharing this though, it shows your humanity among the very surface-level posts.