Substr Update - Shared Nostr Events, Community Space Cards, Live Stream Polish



Quick build update from Substr. I’ve shipped a lot of product polish recently, but two bigger areas deserve a deeper explanation: Shared Nostr Events and community-level customization.

**Shared Nostr Event posts **
Substr is community-scoped by design. I intentionally do not load the full global Nostr firehose into every /s/.
That keeps communities focused, but it also creates a practical issue: people often want to bring an existing Nostr post into a community thread.

So I added Share Nostr Event posting.

What this does:

- You can post a Nostr event reference directly into a substr.
- The shared card resolves richer content (mentions, links, media, video) instead of just showing raw IDs/URLs.
- Engagement actions (likes, zaps, replies) are wired toward the original event target, so interaction stays meaningful across clients.
- I improved repost compatibility so shared behavior is clearer outside Substr too.

Why I did it this way:

- In a global client, “repost” can assume broad feed context.
- In a community-scoped client, I need a wrapper that anchors the post inside a specific space while still respecting the original event.
- This is my bridge between “community context” and “cross-client interoperability.”

**Community space cards (making each /s/ more ownable)
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I also expanded moderator controls for the right-side “space” layer with dedicated cards:

- Message card (editable title/body)
- Social links card (compact icon-first links)
- Useful links card (curated title + URL entries)

This gives each community a stronger identity without turning setup into a heavy CMS flow.

I’m exploring how to make communities even more distinct and self-owned:

- stronger space identity patterns,
- clearer utility cards,
- better “what this community is for” signaling,
- and more creator/show/community-specific layouts over time.

Other smaller fixes

- Relay UX refinement: compact cards, status dots, clearer relay info.
- Signer/login flow cleanup with better QR/copy/manual paths.
- Mobile-first signer onboarding improvements (wizard flow, clearer steps).
- /s/ sharing improved for PWA (native share first, copy fallback).
- Atmospheric background behavior fixed (viewport-anchored, no stretch on long pages).
- Rich-text mention parsing improved (nostr:nprofile... support, including leading emoji cases).
- Clickable identity and /s/... badges expanded across more surfaces.
- Stream + chat improvements: better layout, publishing/read behavior, diagnostics, and interaction polish.

Cheers and on to the next one!

When you want to share an event, meetup, hackathon, conference, tour, or anything similar, you can now post it in the Event Substr created by @Tomek ⚡ K

https://substr.network/s/events

Been tinkering again… small and bigger updates, step by step ⚒️



Starting with a smaller one:

If you’ve created a Substr, you can now:

add social links

show a dedicated links card

add a text card for extra context or info


Also made some updates to the Substr settings page to make it more logical and easier to navigate.

More coming.

I’m trying to give people a place to gather.

With Substr, you can build your own space around whatever you’re working on like a show, a project, an idea.
Not everything dumped into one chaotic feed, but something with its own context and pace.

You can post, share links or media, run Q&A’s, polls, go live, chat… just build something with your people instead of shouting into the void..

Got some open-source art, illustrations or other media you wanna share?
Or you hunting for some?
Check out the Open Source Art Substr


https://substr.network/s/open-source-art

Stay Humble