The hashtag thing is mostly organic. Just try searching terms and see what you can find, or ask others if they know anything about a topic. It doesn't have to be more complex than this.
I would definitely agree with the hashtag advice - I didn’t really understand it at first, since a few years ago the trend was to just add “str” to whatever word you’re tagging. For example “watchstr” points to anything related to watches, “artstr” is for art, etc.
over time, though, nostr has grown in size and functionality so simply adding “str” doesn’t matter much.
That said, if you’re interested in a topic, there are some terms that are nostr-specific, like Shakespeare is one of the more widely-used ai tools for building things. You might not have heard about the ai tool Shakespeare outside of nostr.
As far as bots are concerned, I agree with Beave on that one as well. They’re pretty easy to spot.
Usually they write trite-sounding two- or three-sentence posts that seem a little too bland to be real people.
Now, that said, there is a project on Nostr that several folks are working on to help sort out bots and give an actual “score” to show how much you can trust the author. It’s called the Web of Trust - where a score is between 0 and 1, instead of between 0 and infinity, which eliminates the ability to “buy” followers.
If you’re interested in learning more about that subject, @david has a lot to say about it. He’s the one who introduced the idea to me a long time ago. Not all clients use the Web of Trust function; Amethyst and nostria.app are the two that come to mind.
All of that said, your Nostr experience will be GREATLY shaped by which relays you use. Basically, relays are the way that determine what information is shown to you, and who sees your posts.
I wouldnt get discouraged at this, but default relays will give you basic, but not always reliable, information. The “number of followers” will vary widely based on which relays you use. You may see that you have 1,000 followers on primal. Most of those are bots that you will never interact with.
Nostr.land is a paid relay, but it’s extremely cheap, and very reliable. It made a world of difference for me.
over time, though, nostr has grown in size and functionality so simply adding “str” doesn’t matter much.
That said, if you’re interested in a topic, there are some terms that are nostr-specific, like Shakespeare is one of the more widely-used ai tools for building things. You might not have heard about the ai tool Shakespeare outside of nostr.
As far as bots are concerned, I agree with Beave on that one as well. They’re pretty easy to spot.
Usually they write trite-sounding two- or three-sentence posts that seem a little too bland to be real people.
Now, that said, there is a project on Nostr that several folks are working on to help sort out bots and give an actual “score” to show how much you can trust the author. It’s called the Web of Trust - where a score is between 0 and 1, instead of between 0 and infinity, which eliminates the ability to “buy” followers.
If you’re interested in learning more about that subject, @david has a lot to say about it. He’s the one who introduced the idea to me a long time ago. Not all clients use the Web of Trust function; Amethyst and nostria.app are the two that come to mind.
All of that said, your Nostr experience will be GREATLY shaped by which relays you use. Basically, relays are the way that determine what information is shown to you, and who sees your posts.
I wouldnt get discouraged at this, but default relays will give you basic, but not always reliable, information. The “number of followers” will vary widely based on which relays you use. You may see that you have 1,000 followers on primal. Most of those are bots that you will never interact with.
Nostr.land is a paid relay, but it’s extremely cheap, and very reliable. It made a world of difference for me.
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