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Laeserin | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Whichever one Band and Primal are using (Freerse uses Primal, I think). They get very similar results, so the logic is probably similar.
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brugeman | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Strange coincidence that we independently created algos returning same stuff.
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7fqx | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 A lot of this is probably down to the idea that nostr is a replacement of twitter, but what is really meant by that is specifically bitcointwitter, imo. Primal sidebar feels like an exercise in appealing to those who miss bitcointwitter content lol. I think there's growing demand for other stuff (non-bitcoin content).

I think a lot nostr makes sense through this lens. Nostr is successful at replacing bitcointwitter.

So yeah it's an adoption issue too, and the unofficial algos and meta incentives (zap nudge unit) reinforce this.

I'm agreeing with everyone lol
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Laeserin | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 😂
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7fqx | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I mean it's all fine and mostly none of my business lol. I'm a non-dev user lolol.

Primal can do whatever it likes obvs, but it's often recommended to noobs, and they will see that sidebar and probably not join, unless they're coming from bitcointwitter, in which case they may join. Or they may just think nah, I prefer bitcointwitter.

And tbf to the bitcointwitter people, they also complain about nostr not being varied enough lol.
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7fqx | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 And you can counter with Trending / What's Hot / Recommended Users on any platform is always shit. Which is true. But most platforms don't have a majorly off-putting, bitcoin tourettes (feedbacklooped with incentived zapfarming), problem:)