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1580 sats \ 21 comments \ @phaedrus 12 May nostr

The problem: there is too much content (esp. with AI) but status quo platforms were not designed to handle this.

I think to make a consumer-first app, one needs an open protocol to access all the data so this should be a great use case for NOSTR. I'm attending a hackathon this weekend so considering I might try to vibe code something like this.

I would love to get your insight/help so here is a couple of questions. I will distribute 100k sats to the most useful answers on Friday.

1/ What existing projects trying to solve this (from consumer/reader perspective)?

2/ What type of content (and how much) is currently on nostr (topics, formats - short text, long, images, videos, podcasts, etc). Is there a good site where I can get some stats for most popular relays?

3/ If you could get NOSTR-reader custom made just for you, what would be the interface? How would you like to tell the app what content you wanna see? No stupid answers, the more creative the better.

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150 sats \ 1 reply \ @Signal312 12 May

I need to know a little bit more about the problem. Could you describe exactly what you mean by "too much content"? I kind of agree with you, there's a lot of junk content, but an example of exactly what you mean by this would be helpful.

With some examples.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @phaedrus OP 12 May

Too much content online: Twitter/X, LinkedIn, TikTok, etc. With AI tools, more people can generate content (which is good in my opinion that more people can participate), but for the reader/consumer it becomes more overwhelming. For instance, when I open my LinkedIn it's full of AI-generated content - some of it is good, there is some interesting thought and then the person used AI to make it easier to read, but also a lot of bullshit just nicely packaged.

So far everything has been optimized for ads. To get through the algorithm ranking, writers/producers need to produce a lot of content many times a day and so there is more and more tools for the producers/creators, but not much for the consumer/reader.

I can't answer what "exactly" is the good content because that depends on each consumer/reader and it might be different based on their mood or time of the day. So I think there is an opportunity to build a tool that will simplify that.

133 sats \ 1 reply \ @Cappy_SC 12 May

For number 3.

Like a Trello dashboard, with columns of topics I am "subscribed to"?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @phaedrus OP 12 May

Love it. Great idea

200 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei 12 May

Oh intriguing questions

First off, I’m not opposed to doomscrolling. The last 30 mins before my bedtime is precious to me as it is my much-needed alone time. Hence, fun and unexpected ways of pushing content to me will be appreciated.

If I examine my SN habits, I’m more of a poster than a commentator. SN does very well in surfacing similar articles whenever I click on a potentially interesting post. But what will make my NOSTR engagement more enjoyable is the ability to read similar articles the moment I click Publish on my relay. I’m immersed in that train of thought; I’m keen to know if others feel similarly or differently from me on the same issue; I’m far more receptive.

In addition, current algorithms work such that I’m faced with recommendations of a similar vein the moment I finish reading something. I will like to exercise more control over the things that get pushed to me. A simple poll that lets me my level of interest from 1 (Strongly disinterested) to 5 (Strongly interested) might do the trick. Informing the algorithm about the articles I’m superbly enthusiastic about should yield more dopamine hits subsequently.

Lastly, I also want to be surprised by the things that I read. Let’s say that the algorithm analyses my reading habits and recommends similar articles that complement those that I have awarded a 5. Could this algorithm be tweaked such that I also get recommended articles that are tangentially related to the articles I like strongly? Something that makes me go, “Oh I didn’t think Issue A and Issue B can be linked in this manner!”

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @phaedrus OP 13 May

Wow. I did not think about the content you publishing — that’s a very strong signal of your interests indeed. Thank you!

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @nout 12 May

https://nostrapps.com/ can be used to get a sense of different types of content.
https://stats.nostr.band/#daily_other_events shows non-note events (the column graph is the worst way to render this information :) )

Now in terms of brainstorming - it would be cool if I can run a (local / self-hosted) agent that helps me reduce and focus the information that I consume across youtube, nostr, social, sn. I get easily distracted, I watch stupid zero-value videos, etc. If I could have a configurable agent that helps me get "less, but better" content and yet still make sure that it's engaging and entertaining, that would be really useful.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @phaedrus OP 12 May

I didn't know about nostrapps.com thank you!

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @ContraMundum5 12 May

The reader experience is still stuck in a reactive paradigm like, “follow more people, mute more people” but that doesn’t cut it when the stream itself is fundamentally overwhelming.

But what’s missing is a tool that lets me define how I want to consume content. Not just by follows or hashtags, but by intent, by depth, by context. Some days I want dense, thoughtful threads about sovereignty or economics. Some days I just want zap-fueled memes. No current client lets me say that, and that’s the opportunity.

If I could custom-build my own Nostr reader, I’d want something closer to a smart inbox where I can filter by time of day, energy level, even topic clusters inferred from my zap history. Imagine typing in natural language: “Show me long posts about decentralization zapped by people I trust.” Or, “Mute everything AI-related until next week.” Bonus if I can toggle between quiet mode (deep reads) and chaos mode (meme torrent). And if I could train it over time with little feedback nudges, even better.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @phaedrus OP 12 May

Very interesting. Thank you!

5 sats \ 2 replies \ @Car 12 May

First piece of advice, make a bounty post.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @phaedrus OP 12 May

Thanks Car. Can I somehow edit the existing post to make it a bounty? Also, with bounty, can I split the reward? I'm not planning to give 100k to single answer but rather distributing it across multiple answers.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 12 May

ah gotcha, maybe something to add @ek

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DannyM 13h

2/ What type of content (and how much) is currently on nostr (topics, formats - short text, long, images, videos, podcasts, etc). Is there a good site where I can get some stats for most popular relays?

There's an API from nostr.band (not affiliated) at https://stats.nostr.band/stats_api?method=stats that shows what kinds of content are being used and when. For example, daily.datasets.kind_0 tracks how many user profile events (kind 0) were found across various relays. The data looks like this:

    {
      "d": "2025-03-15",
      "c": 36349
    },

3/ If you could get NOSTR-reader custom made just for you, what would be the interface? How would you like to tell the app what content you wanna see? No stupid answers, the more creative the better.

the client I personally want to use is what I'm building, an invite-only private community focused nostr client

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @metadavid 19h

I like where your head is at. Is this content curation? If not, can you expand on how this is different? :)

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @phaedrus OP 14h

I was thinking about it as yet another nostr app:-) one that gives the user better control over what content they get. None of the apps that I tried so far allows me to do that or at least I haven’t found it yet. I can follow specific users and get all of their content, or some apps allow watching specific hashtags but I think there is much more control one could get.

You could call it content curation I guess but I’m thinking about it from a single user-consumer perspective, not a community content moderation. Although those two might be similar I guess.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @metadavid 12h

Thank you for the clarification!

Makes sense. I would add something that might not sit totally within the scope of the problem that you're looking to solve, but sits adjacent -- attenuate the impact of accounts with large followings as signal and amplify the ones that have smaller followings who have interesting content/takes.

I've kind of migrated away from the social platforms built on nostr and more towards platforms like this, which completely abstract out the concept of "I have a lot of followers so that means what I post is meaningful." Over here, I find a lot more valuable content than I do over there (probably because of the zap-based system).

As you go out building your app, I'd say keep this in mind...followers != signal. :)

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @holonite 13 May

Secondly, I would recommend you to directly pay big bounties (>15K) to wallets rather than zapping through SN to nullify the 30% contrib tax. Or if you are wholeheartedly generous to help the community (like me) you can do it through SN as well.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @phaedrus OP 14h

I like to be generous to SN:-)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @holonite 14h

sure :)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @holonite 13 May

HOLY COW BROO! I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO START THE SAME KIND OF PROJECT! But I might not be able to start it anyway cuz of my big exam this year. Let me share the idea with you. First let me tell you existing projects that are similar to your idea:

Damus (iOS): You'll find it on nostrapps.com. It is a twitter-like client with a nice UX, but no deep filtering or prioritization. Built more like a broadcast social tool than a reader.
Amethyst (Android): Similar to Damus, social-heavy, discovery-light.
Iris.to: Browser client. Has tagging, threading, and social graph filters but still misses semantic aggregation. Typical X copy prototype.

Iris.to: Browser client. Has tagging, threading, and social graph filters but still misses semantic aggregation and long-form curation.

NOW LET'S COME TO THE BIG SHOW.

So. I named the project: Noēsis (Greek: "direct knowing") 😤 (Btw, this will be bit hard to build since it is a neural interface) The basic framework is as follows:

User Tells the App What They Want Via:

Mood or Intent Setting: Instead of filters, you get a slider — “I want to learn, laugh, rage, wonder.” Adjusts tone, length, and density.
Semantic Bookmarking: “I want more content like this” - on press, trains a local vector model. Something like Instagram likes or youtube like on reels and videos.
Time-Attention Budget: “I have 7 minutes - give me the best 3 things I should consume right now.”
Whitelisted Minds: Add people whose signal you trust, regardless of follower count. Mix “muted minds” to hide all posts from sources you consider untrustworthy.
Content DNA filters: Instead of “categories,” the system uses natural language filters: “Crypto but no NFTs,” “AI but not VC hype,” “History of empires in 1-minute infographics.”

Interface Design:

Tiled: Modular dashboard of themes. "Black Hole Week" → Shows 5 posts, 3 threads, 1 podcast. Think of it like content islands, not a timeline. Like @Cappy_SC said: A trello dashboard, something like that?
Inline Summaries by AI: TLDRs, not headlines. Each tile has an AI-based key point digest. (RSS + ChatGPT?)
Highlight/Remix Feature: Highlight sentences → Create new posts, visuals, or memes.
Temporal Anchors: “Show me posts similar to what I liked last March when I was in a different headspace.”
Explain-Why Button: Why did the app show this? Transparent vector matching + user behavior loop. Like Brainly.in Additionally, you can attach tiny Nostr zaps to content you like. Curators can emerge naturally.

If you want relay health, popularity, and content type support:

nostr.watch – Relay performance metrics, uptime, and reach.
nostr.band – Search + analytics. You can see top users, event types, content formats, trending topics, etc.
highlighter.com – Attempts to create longer-form publishing with Nostr.
plebstr.com/relays – Another directory with focus on active, public relays. Most used relays: wss://nos.lol, wss://relay.damus.io, wss://relay.nostr.band, wss://nostr.wine. Hope this helps!