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1182 sats \ 11 replies \ @DEADBEEF 26 Jan \ on: Do You Use Nostr More or Less? nostr

Sadly much less. The clients have gotten better and I really like the idea of the protocol but interaction, engagement, and zaps have all but dried up. Whenever I post anything now I feel like I’m just throwing my note into the void to be forgotten. The first 4-6 months were great though. Seems like things went downhill when Apple banned zapping notes and then got even worse when Wallet of Satoshi pulled out of the US.

Some of it might just be me. A Twitter style social media never really appealed to me. Reddit (now SN) is more my style.

346 sats \ 0 replies \ @m00ninite 26 Jan

Some of it might just be me. A Twitter style social media never really appealed to me. Reddit (now SN) is more my style.

This is why I'm so disinterested in nostr as a Twitter clone protocol. Twitter fuckin sucks, man. It's designed around influencers and followers and dunking on each other than it is about discussion.

Def have a better time on SN

393 sats \ 7 replies \ @justanumber 26 Jan

I've been feeling the same about "throwing notes out into the void". I was thinking people were just ignoring me specifically haha so thanks for posting.

188 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek 26 Jan freebie

Same for me but I also haven't posted much so maybe I just need to be more consistent and hope for the best. Or some nostr celebrity to "discover me" lol

I also tried to post smaller notes (basically crossposting what I post in the saloon) but also noticed a lack of engagement with that kind of content.

And I don't even want to post smaller notes:

A Twitter style social media never really appealed to me

-- @DEADBEEF, above

update: I mostly use it for DMs since I only have nostr and SimpleX in my profile as DMs options

298 sats \ 3 replies \ @DEADBEEF 26 Jan

That’s actually a smart idea. SimpleX is a good solution for DMs since you can create a new profile for each “place” you want to receive DMs from and it is anonymous and secure.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek 27 Jan freebie

And nostr is like the opposite of that but there are more people DMing me on nostr though lol

The eternal trade-off between network effects and UX vs security and privacy

336 sats \ 1 reply \ @DEADBEEF 27 Jan

Yeah, Nostr DMs are horrible and should either be fixed or removed from the spec. Most people on Nostr have no idea how much metadata is leaked by DMs.

15 sats \ 0 replies \ @028559d218 8 Oct

Old post but I thought I would comment anyway.

I always without exception use a VPN, if not VPN+TOR on nostr. Nostr by design is on the internet forever and who knows who is running relays. Not a great situation if you ask me. In no way shape or form are DMs on nostr private and any meta-data there isn't private either.

200 sats \ 1 reply \ @JuanMiguel 27 Jan

You guys just don't know how to use Nostr 😉 Even without a following you can get your notes shown to a lot of people just by using tags like this:

Let's say i want to write a note about #bitcoin, or maybe something about #privacy, i will use tags like this, and it will reach much more #nostr users.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DEADBEEF 27 Jan

Believe me, I’ve tried that. I just must be really boring or something 😅

178 sats \ 1 reply \ @kr OP 26 Jan

fair enough, i’m in a similar position.

i just checked and my last nostr post was 4 months ago, though i still check my feed from time to time

365 sats \ 0 replies \ @DEADBEEF 26 Jan

I still try to post something at least 1-2 times a week but rarely get any interaction. Seems like a lot of my followers no longer have any activity. I’ve also noticed more and more of the people I follow have gone dark as well. Increasingly my timeline is also filled with the same recycled memes. I keep hoping things turn around at some point - I really did enjoy the platform for the first few months.