Shows that there's a lot of potential for nostr which is great
Agreed on focusing on UX now not later, and it's improving at tremendous pace which is awesome
I feel a lot of ppl make these decisions without ever seeing a nostr app
I think this line says a lot
"They just want to feel safe"
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There's an audience of ppl who just want Twitter-without-Elon (sorry Elon) and want to feel safe
Starting with the name
Bluesky
Relaxing, un-threatening, appealing, beautiful, open
The landing page https://bsky.app/
Clean, minimalist, professional, corporate-y, reassuring
Step 2, a walled-garden
Safe, keep those birds-of-prey out
https://image.nostr.build/730422d73a3035ce95c4152c115e9c95f6adaf621f63ce9756f27bac8e2627b4.jpg
Starting with the name nostr
What does that mean?
notes and other stuff transmitted by relays
What does that mean?
Where is the landing page?
Confusion => anxiety
I doubt nostr can follow the same growth path as Bluesky
It may likely be slower
But also inexorable
The tide coming in vs a surge
Riffing on Eliza's note
The first vector may be ppl living on or looking for the edges
Artists
Free spirits
Engineers
Homesteaders
Rootless travellers
Freedom tech pioneers
Dissidents esp in countries where KYC risks are huge
Ppl like me, old and jaded
Followed by the edgy and their groupies
Followed by more mainstream interests
Bluesky will attract those journalists who like a corporate-y official feel and their followers
All is highly speculative
I like what you said in your talk at nostrasia about getting feedback from real user testing... that would be great
To be a bit more action than words I'll test out on a few "volunteers"
I don't know where is a good place to start?
Which clients?
Or
Which profile generators?
Or
Which "about nostr" landing pages?
Maybe this is the first UX question for nostr ... where to start? 😃