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Biggest complaints:
- Bitcoin echo chamber / not enough variety of content
- Difficult to use (my guess is these people have only tried it once 8 months ago lol..)
- Feeds not busy enough
- Toxic to web 3

My thoughts:

I bet we can solve a lot of these complaints just by asking people to select some topics to follow in onboarding and doing away with global entirely, or make it an optional thing. It seems global is responsible for turning people off because they see a bunch of spam / too much bitcoin content and or some other crap.

Topics solves some of this - they will see more focused content.


Better navigation UX can help - like browsing hashtags (see primal).


The network effects thing IS a challenge. Have to have users to create content and have to have content to attract users. Lists could help here. Even something as suggesting a list of RSS feeds that post on Tech news for example would be helpful. We already have RSS feeds for all sorts of stuff but they are difficult to surface.

Engaging with non-bitcoin content can help too (if you find it interesting, probably don’t want to force it).

Other than that I am not sure how to get more non-bitcoin users here other than creating a “safe space” for them where they don’t see that type of content at all. Whether that’s a bitcoin-free relay or a client that specifically mutes bitcoin terms via a pre-defined (user can still modify) mute list, or something else I can’t think of atm.
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hiddenfeather · 142w
Being new to Nostr, I missed the heavy bitcoiner stuff or whatever it was. I just see a ton of potential for the protocol. However, talking to people about using Nostr, I get a lot of, "LOL, no." The FOSS crowd should be all over it, but they just dismiss it immediately. Community creation could fix...
The Callnote · 142w
Would love to hear their actual reasons that weren’t some other sources than their experience .. I. Cant seem to hear anything from a place of reason on my end , even asking for an honest reason seems to make them mad?
TKay · 142w
We just need to #Zap diverse content. When all the zaps go to the Lyns and Jacks for their Bitcoin/Nostr content. It’s a feedback loop that that’s the content wanted here. The more diverse content gets zapped, the more word of mouth spreads. **We should find a content creator every week, a...
Little Spoon · 142w
I think a real ostrich farmer posting daily could help the cause. Keeping my eyes out. https://youtube.com/shorts/kf6pnUbg-3Y?feature=share
VelvetBlue_art · 142w
Have a section that has zero Bitcoin, too. they won't have as much fun but...
aponcol · 142w
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Sashimi Sub · 142w
Thoughts on using bertopic to tag the nostr events?
ビットコイン · 142w
I would like to create some rss feed bots any idea on how to make one?
henq · 142w
Usenet had (has?) a tried and true topics hierchy. In the days, I was subscribed to computer. lang. perl and rec. windsurfing. Anyone could add her topic, just had to convince nodes to support it. https://web.cortland.edu/flteach/methods/obj2/usenet-hier.html
Séimí Mac Síomón · 142w
Web 3 can suck a dick tho?
The Bird · 142w
I just started and learning to navigate both Iris and Snort. I figured I would just bring over and share content that I was either sharing or consuming elsewhere in order to help add non BTC related content. It takes a little extra work to get started on NOSTR, but not that much. People generally on...
Luke · 142w
I think you still need global, yes it can be an echo chamber at times, but sometimes I just scroll through the global feed and find other stuff that interests me, but if there was a client that would start up new people with a list of hashtags to follow, that would be awesome
Fiat Shenanigans 🤡🌎 · 142w
I for one don't mind that Nostr is dominated by Bitcoiners to start off with. Good in my eyes that they set the tone here. Toxic to web3? Yeah... There's no fixing that. If you bring your web3 shitcoinery here you will be rightly criticized.
やトナ · 142w
Obviously I cannot tell people what to do but if the first message written to a new nonbitcoiner user is “make sure to set up your lightning wallet for zaps so you can receive bitcoin!” They’re going to leave. It’s a turnoff and sounds scammy. IMO it’s best to let them learn naturally, w...
AJ Nobody ⚡🏴 · 142w
Web3: Why would we embrace greater centralization risk, VC control, and a propensity to shitcoin? This. Is. Nostr. (Not wEb3.)
Derek Ross · 142w
Being a Bitcoin echo chamber and an environment that's toxic towards Web3 is a feature, not a bug 😂 But seriously, growing Nostr into new and exciting content has been a goal for a long while.
someone · 142w
Clients should show the global and some beautiful hashtags like #art or #photography or #nature and refine from there by gradually following the follow list and dropping the global depending on the size of the follow list.
ErDuende · 142w
Filtering feeds by language could help a lot for people onboarding.
Schrödinger’s Catbox · 142w
I also find the content bitcoin-heavy. But that's what the people who have put in the effort want to talk about, so be it. There's plenty of time and opportunity to shape this environment to everyone's liking.
Paul · 142w
I just started with nostr and this note of yours sums up my experience so far.. but then there's plenty of interesting discussion in the replies. So.. maybe content is ok afterall. I don't have a problem with the difficult onboarding. I wonder if it selects for a more interesting user base? TBD ...
bblfish · 142w
Speaking as someone who just came to the platform, I could not tell initially if there were a lot of people here or just very few. I did not want to follow all the people that were suggested to me in part because they all seemed overly bitcoin related. (I quite like Lightning btw, so one can slowly ...
An Alien's Angst · 142w
They don't have to be non-Bitcoin users. It is probably best that they are Bitcoiners (or can be quickly converted); the sorting and economy building is a good thing. But, it is possible to be a Bitcoiner that is not so obsessed with the thing that one talks about it 24/7 as if it is the single mo...
An Alien's Angst · 142w
I don't really want to see the mainstream topics and culture imported over here, so I'm against the safe space idea. It's ok if the userbase is different from other platforms. It doesn't meet any goals if the userbase is just fanatical Bitcoiners.