Maybe the way Nostr can get more people is by making it a good choice for semi-closed hyperlocal mini-social-networks, like a low-effort impromptu social network for a neighborhood, a church, a school...
I gave just an example above, but we can think of many variations on the same theme.
Such a community could have more than one relay, because just one might be giving too much authority to a single person running it, or for other reasons.
Or it could be open to external integration by allowing the rest of the world to read their stuff -- or even reply to their stuff (if all community members are set to use #pyramid's /inbox relay, for example) while still providing spam and harassment protection.
Having a canonical set of follows encoded in the invite isn't bad either, could be part of the community onboarding that some special news channel is auto-followed by everybody and that goes in the "following" feed while the rest of the community banter stays in a relay, or whatever variations of that you can think about.
It goes without saying that people who get introduced to Nostr like that can still find about the rest of Nostr if they want, start following other people, find other relays and gradually open itself to interacting elsewhere.
Such a community could have more than one relay, because just one might be giving too much authority to a single person running it, or for other reasons.
Or it could be open to external integration by allowing the rest of the world to read their stuff -- or even reply to their stuff (if all community members are set to use #pyramid's /inbox relay, for example) while still providing spam and harassment protection.
Having a canonical set of follows encoded in the invite isn't bad either, could be part of the community onboarding that some special news channel is auto-followed by everybody and that goes in the "following" feed while the rest of the community banter stays in a relay, or whatever variations of that you can think about.
It goes without saying that people who get introduced to Nostr like that can still find about the rest of Nostr if they want, start following other people, find other relays and gradually open itself to interacting elsewhere.
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