Oddbean new post about login | logout Nostr generally has poor discovery. I don't have many moments on here where I find new people to follow that I don't already know from other platforms. Thankfully, being decentralized, the client that comes up with more effective algos will have an advantage and will get copied. I just wish there were more interesting data-driven attempts at discovery being tried.
Maybe try actually talking to your followers in the replies lol
Elon keeps his baby birds well fed
https://video.nostr.build/28735f1bd61f3647f337df617b50afffa51f9e3671d4074dd851f2022ba4e291.mp4
At Amethyst you can write a word with tag before, of you interest, and maybe find topics you interested?? You can also add some of your own and invent your own creative notes? Example #Photography / #Artstr / #Funstr / #GM (just click on any and you can bookmark).
https://media.tenor.com/ds6umlkGtjsAAAAC/unsrscandidate-anthony-edwards.gif
https://video.nostr.build/2da6ea713d0b12b19a3368ddf5642aebd1a5f89cc112bcdbf244956bd2d69e5a.mp4
That really had me howling when I first saw it
100%
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Nobody ever looks at replies. They just write posts and scroll the OPsm feed.
Engagement is the discoverability algorithm.
Try #Amethyst and go in the "conversation" section. There you will find a feed with all the comments and reply of your follows, and see with who they interact and much more discussion and notes with different topics. It's like global but filtered by your follws signals.
I’ve not seen Jimmy respond in the last 6 or so years
It would be easy to him to disprove this statement here on Nostr if he really means what he notes, let's see.. 😜😂
Yes I use that often as well
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Agree. Both content and user discovery need a lot of improvement. It's slowly happening with some clients. It will get better. I hope this year becomes the year of discovery and the year of outbox models.
https://zaplife.lol/ Find the signal using value for value?
Hashtags are great for discovery. As are the feed options on Primal. #grownostr has tons of content that is mostly not BTC related. Broadens things so much.
ohhh i was wondering what that hashtag meant
Also, go to a profile of someone you know/follow, then look at their follows and or followers. I generally look for people that have something of value in their profile, or a real pictures like you do... I'll scroll that person's profile to see what they post or share if I like it then I'll follow and try to interact. It can be slow to get started. Interactions are key... Oh and talk about things other than bitcoin. Lol
shame on you. how can you support algos
Cause they can be useful
Content discovery is a challenge, but it also takes effort. Like walking into a party where you don’t know anyone, you may have to introduce yourself to others and follow people as an #introductions to meet new people and discover their interests (for now). This makes the #nostr experience better in some ways because of the organic connections.
Agree, poor discovery is the most annoying part about nostr at the moment.
Jimmysong, "I don't have many moments on here where I find new people to follow" Could it be that most people are uninteresting, working their day job, returning home, taking vacations, hardly reading books, or only the MSM promoted ones, getting sick and not understanding why, still jabbing their kids against measles? Being truly interesting and followable online or offline is hard work and requires an unconventional mindset devoid of fear. Most people don't make that cut. I was utterly shocked how easily many bent/rolled over in 2020/21, just shocked. How I miss pre-2020 when almost everybody seemed interesting. Life was good in that garden of perception. Thus indeed, an algo scanning for the next Lyn Alden or Jimmy Song makes total sense.
You can try Freerse which we are building. We put a lot of effort into the content of our posts and the search findings of our users. Freerse's findings can be searched to find relevant posts and search users. You can also browse directly through a list of users' favorite hashtags to find posts and users who share your interests. The world is live with the latest nostr global posts, and you can find out what everyone is talking about. https://freerse.com https://image.nostr.build/f7528a94ca331c914a4d55cb4c72c3fd6f76745ef4a0b68bea3e498fe2babadc.jpg
Hi Jimmy
