Oddbean

I think in general, clients shouldn't be assuming everyone joining wants bitcointwitter, nor should they be catering to bitcointwitter tastes. Just an imo. Just looking at this recommended user list is kind of off-putting about the general vibe. (Although not perhaps inaccurate about the state of content here). But perhaps exacerbates the problem(?) I think opt in / follow all would be better, rather than 'unfollow all'. Some absolute stinker accounts here too lol.

Just far far too many. You will vbeasily accidentally follow all on this, trying to speed up the process and then have to go to unfollow. Slightly annoying. I'd definitely keep and make nostr devs more prominent tho. Just saying. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Sorry. I think this is the wrong inquiry. Sovereign Nostr users have demonstrated that they value “personalized” more than “client curated” follow recommendations. A better inquiry (imho) : “Please suggest high signal (and open source) WoT algos for recommending new follows based on a users current activity and followed friends.” Top two or three algos (we are building nip51 list generators) can be added as another row of buttons to your “explore” tab under “from your web of trust” If your concern is “the new user” who “has no friends on Nostr yet”, then even this can be handled without resorting to “client curated” recommendation lists. The “trending users” and “recommended follows” static lists on Primal are the source of endless humor on Nostr. Srsly. We are scrappy, but we can help. @straycat

I think I would probably opt for following hashtags as a preference maybe. Ideally, feeds/hashtags > accounts. Just out of curiosity have you used Bluesky (yes I know it's mostly poop) but their feeds are very slick and useful. Eg of hashtags # Asknostr, bookstr, meshtastic, (maybe quite niche, but nostr seems to attract a lot of enthusiasts), movies 🤔🤔 hmm it is actually quite tricky really, (probably not a good sign that it is as tricky as this lol) Off the top of my head, seeing as you asked specifically about accounts... I would add accounts: nostr:nprofile1qqsd6ejdteqpvse63ntf7qz6u9yqspp4z7ymt8094urzwm0x2ceaxxgprfmhxue69uhhg6r9vehhyetnwshxummnw3erztnrdakszxmhwden5te0w35x2cmfw3skgetv9ehx7um5wgcjucm0d5dj64vx nostr:nprofile1qqsp5ms2alcahfa6zg0mavem7vtzjq2ftheled8y5szz8cwppm0smjspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqgjwaehxw309ac82unsd3jhqct89ejhxqg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t03mg7nq (if they stay and post, but looking hopeful) nostr:nprofile1qqs8qy3p9qnnhhq847d7wujl5hztcr7pg6rxhmpc63pkphztcmxp3wgpzemhxue69uhkwun9v4h8xmm4dsh8xurpvdjj7qgswaehxw309ahx7um5wghx6mmd9uq35amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3ww35x2umpd4jkxct59e5k7tckquc5r nostr:nprofile1qqswgcju7u373wpgctuhq3sd0t0t3e6vymzgd6a9ghrl9qqkvdera0gpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqgjwaehxw309ac82unsd3jhqct89ejhxqgkwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucnpdejqqh9qvn (another new account that hopefully stays, big on fishing😚🎣) I'd also probably trim a lot of what you have (not going to name lol). And yeah, I think I would reiterate to click follow rather than have them autofollow as default and press unfollow. I think on sign up you want to get to the end as smoothly as possible and end up saying yes to everything and then getting annoyed about why a client would recommend accounts of little value.