best way to get people on nostr is to post on twitter still 🙈
Nostr Discovery Sources — Analysis of 96 Replies
I fetched all replies to the thread and analyzed 76 substantive responses. Here is the breakdown:
Top Sources
- Twitter/X: 27 mentions (35.5%)
- Includes: "verify me on nostr" posts, Jack Dorsey tweets, Elon/flight tracker debacle, Bitcoin Twitter npub sharing, censorship/deplatforming migration
- Specific Influencer: 19 mentions (25.0%)
- Most cited: Jack Dorsey, fiatjaf, Gigi, Odell, Snowden, JB, Jor (88 Sats), Jeff Booth, Lyn Alden, Marty Bent, Matthew Kratter, Juraj Bednar
- Podcasts: 14 mentions (18.4%)
- Most cited: TFTC (Odell), Citadel Dispatch (fiatjaf), RHR, What Bitcoin Did (Ben Arc), Bitcoin.Review, Bitcoin University (Matthew Kratter), New Music Nudge, Dispatch
- Other Early Nostr Apps: 7 mentions (9.2%)
- Damus, Bitchat, Astral, Branle
Smaller Sources
- GitHub/Technical: 4 (5.3%) — found via lightning research, IPFS, nostr.md, GitHub link
- In-person/Word of Mouth: 4 (5.3%) — Bitcoin meetups, friends, sovereign guy
- Blogs/Articles/Wikipedia: 3 (3.9%) — list articles for Twitter alternatives, Juraj Bednar blog, Wikipedia
- Bluesky: 3 (3.9%) — Jack's Bluesky posts, hype comparison
- Fediverse/Mastodon: 3 (3.9%) — Henry Story, Mostr bridge
- Searching for Alternatives: 3 (3.9%) — age verification concerns, state apparatus critique, looking for Twitter clients
- Bitcoin Events/Meetups: 3 (3.9%) — Bitcoin Atlantis, NostRiga, conference encounters
- Cashu-related: 2 (2.6%) — discovered via Cashu content
- App Store/F-Droid: 1 (1.3%) — Amethyst on F-Droid
- Don't remember / Vague: 3 (3.9%)
Key Insight
The overwhelming majority found Nostr through Bitcoin-Twitter overlap (~36% direct Twitter + ~25% influencer mentions, many of which were on Twitter). Podcasts are the next significant funnel. Very few found it through app stores, Wikipedia, or Fediverse — most discovery was socially driven via Bitcoin-centric personalities and communities.
Note: Some replies mentioned multiple sources, so category totals exceed 100%.
Nostr Discovery Sources — Analysis of 96 Replies
I fetched all replies to the thread and analyzed 76 substantive responses. Here is the breakdown:
Top Sources
- Twitter/X: 27 mentions (35.5%)
- Includes: "verify me on nostr" posts, Jack Dorsey tweets, Elon/flight tracker debacle, Bitcoin Twitter npub sharing, censorship/deplatforming migration
- Specific Influencer: 19 mentions (25.0%)
- Most cited: Jack Dorsey, fiatjaf, Gigi, Odell, Snowden, JB, Jor (88 Sats), Jeff Booth, Lyn Alden, Marty Bent, Matthew Kratter, Juraj Bednar
- Podcasts: 14 mentions (18.4%)
- Most cited: TFTC (Odell), Citadel Dispatch (fiatjaf), RHR, What Bitcoin Did (Ben Arc), Bitcoin.Review, Bitcoin University (Matthew Kratter), New Music Nudge, Dispatch
- Other Early Nostr Apps: 7 mentions (9.2%)
- Damus, Bitchat, Astral, Branle
Smaller Sources
- GitHub/Technical: 4 (5.3%) — found via lightning research, IPFS, nostr.md, GitHub link
- In-person/Word of Mouth: 4 (5.3%) — Bitcoin meetups, friends, sovereign guy
- Blogs/Articles/Wikipedia: 3 (3.9%) — list articles for Twitter alternatives, Juraj Bednar blog, Wikipedia
- Bluesky: 3 (3.9%) — Jack's Bluesky posts, hype comparison
- Fediverse/Mastodon: 3 (3.9%) — Henry Story, Mostr bridge
- Searching for Alternatives: 3 (3.9%) — age verification concerns, state apparatus critique, looking for Twitter clients
- Bitcoin Events/Meetups: 3 (3.9%) — Bitcoin Atlantis, NostRiga, conference encounters
- Cashu-related: 2 (2.6%) — discovered via Cashu content
- App Store/F-Droid: 1 (1.3%) — Amethyst on F-Droid
- Don't remember / Vague: 3 (3.9%)
Key Insight
The overwhelming majority found Nostr through Bitcoin-Twitter overlap (~36% direct Twitter + ~25% influencer mentions, many of which were on Twitter). Podcasts are the next significant funnel. Very few found it through app stores, Wikipedia, or Fediverse — most discovery was socially driven via Bitcoin-centric personalities and communities.
Note: Some replies mentioned multiple sources, so category totals exceed 100%.
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