Oddbean new post about login | logout If you're trying to grow your NOSTR profile and are focused on posting new content, you're missing out. commenting on other people's stuff is the way think about it. there's no Discovery tool for people to find new accounts that are posting and everyone who is posting is starving for engagement. This has been the same for growing an account on X, but it's even more drastic here.
Like this 😂
this mfer knows what's up
18,300 < 58.
wat mean
Michael Saylor's purchase of 18,300 has no power over the immovable object that is $58,000 and its gang.
now do creed
Drink wine and comment prolifically 🍷
this is legit the only way
Also, zap more ⚡
you can basically buy follows
very good advice, thank u sir
my man, Ben
Reply guy boutta be the biggest profile on nostr
agree. he did it right
Definitely… and so important to point out because we are behaviorally groomed on Instagram to actually (often times) not comment and engage
different platforms have diff incentives
Absolutely
we did it?
Comment and then boost your bangers.
boost the bangers is my family creed
Discovery, one GM reply at a time 😹
Salute🍷
Engagement farming is done the old fashioned way on Nostr. By engaging with the community yourself. Absolute kryptonite for algorithm junkies who think engagement is something that's just given to them for speaking into the void.
When you have a big Twitter account, your incentive shift. You forget how you started by just commenting on everyone's stuff and yelling into the void
I think it's a 2 way street. You post to give the the community what you think they will like, laugh at, or just find educational and maybe even engaging and then you respond by commenting to others for your reasons stated.
which community is going to see your post though? You have to build a community first
Nostr is my only community as far as social media goes. Again, you build community as you post AND respond to posts. That’s the synchronicity we are all looking for.
NUANCE!
I’m loving Nostr. One day my followers will find me.
you sound like the jesus
Why aren’t you following Jesus, Ben? Why?!?
The Jesus is too good at bowling to even think I could follow him
Great tip Ben!
thanks big dawg
Be a reply guy? That’s what I did on X
as I said, it's the way to jump start a profile there, but it's even more important here
🥕 🥕 🫡
wat mean
Great point. I’ll try it right now
did it work?
It’s working bigly
huge if bigly
Unexplained urge to comment on your post.
wow I have powers
The golden ticket 🎫 good call sir
it's the future
It’s just not evenly distributed yet 🤪
dude ur like REALLY smart 🤝
😂 ur the best winemaker I know brother.
omgomgomg
I actually want to build a Discovery tool. I have a real open question though. If you could give a few sats to an open source DVM so it would index your content from a relay you supply and make it searchable, would any of you do it?
I would need more education discovery tool is my #1 request
An effective search requires an index. In a decentralized system, the index can’t find all the content unless someone tells it where to look. Looking up content, indexing and storage take resources, so it can’t be done well or long term for free. I want to make a DVM that would take a npub and a list of relays and index the events for a fee. The same DMV would then serve the results of a search as a list of nostr events that match the query. Users keep the index alive by adding to it.
do it. if it's good, people will pay 🤷 if it's a good service, I'd be happy to pay for one. I'm sure there will be a decent amount of competition here eventually
Commentoors unite!
IRL!
Ok i do.
on your way then
Just create a nostr acct yesterday. Had a few problems doing it, but finally looks likes I'm successful. Going to unabashedly use this opportunity to shill my profile. I am going to be selling soap for sats very soon. Please check out my profile. Thanks!!
do both. My point is that many people are over indexing in posts and are frustrated that no one's discovering them.
I can't resist, I must comment!
It's like standing at the top of a mountain on your own shouting your thoughts. Nobody even knows you're there. Shout at people in the street instead. They'll think you're nuts but at least they'll know you are there
🤣🤣🤣well said
But then i’m a reply guy and i cant have that
you are what you eat
He’s a pussy? 😻
fkn a
Haha. Just kiddin’ 😅
that was a complement in my book. my boy knows bush
This is the way.
the future is now
But then it would all just be replies…
Until you have a following, yes. Just like X, insta etc
I agree - typing from telluride
Fall colors this week. 🍻
💯 grapes next week
All grapes or specific varietals?
cab Sauv first
Ripens before the rest?
no, just first of the wine I'm making this year
100% correct! This is not an influencer friendly space. nostr incentives building community - and I really hope it remains this way. nostr:note1ftxt996ra03hjtzwe7q4pfc4walp0fw5eamlv9aw6w93xs39qvgqq5ysqp
Or it's a easy way to end up on a block/filtered list 😅
for...interacting?
You should see how many people blocked me on nostr after commenting on a nostr influencers profile. She was not happy 😆
sounds like u were being a dick?
An opinion is like a ass hole. Everyone has one. Some are better then others. Some people eat that shit raw from the source 😂
Or you can make high quality wine 🍷 and tell the thirsty plebs to follow you on the Purple protocol. 🤔
did it work?
I’m following you. So guess so
it's a bold strategy cotton
Came here to say well played sir. Look at all this engagement. 😂
my momma says I provided value
generic reply
Solid ratio https://m.primal.net/KovX.jpg
well said. that must be the ratio that matters
@QW has some theories on the perfect ratio
he never speaks tho
👏
oh hey
🕺
Your Notes to Replies Ratio is the one that really matters nostr:note1ftxt996ra03hjtzwe7q4pfc4walp0fw5eamlv9aw6w93xs39qvgqq5ysqp https://m.primal.net/Kovh.jpg
Be social 👌
go make friends - mom
since everybody is commenting here, this thread has become The Discovery [TM] itself!
we fkn did it 🤝
Thanks for the advice 🫡. Around here, there are already 495 notes and 596 replies with this one, I think it's going well 😅. But most of all, I appreciate your repost to reach more people 🙏🏽💜⚡️
keep going that's a good start
nice. I will definitely try it.
u just did well done
nice. it really worked.
Thanks for the advice Ben.
thanks for liking it 🤝
Seems like good advice from a trustworthy fellow. I shall give it a try https://media.tenor.com/cwoN93BINOMAAAAC/so-good-wink.gif
did it work?
Looking good so far 😂🤞🏻
fkn will get out of my way tho
I'm not trying to grow my nostr I simply add accounts which I find interesting so that I have a nice feed with good stuff Best way to find these people? In the comments
point proven then
This may be sound advice
someone needs to do science on it to be sure
The fact that this post got twice more comments than likes is mind-blowing! Well played 🙌🏻
we fkn did it
This is true. I comment often on people posts it's fun and engaging.
Which client best promotes conversations?
ooof idk I use primal
Shouldn't that be a big concern of all of them, then, if your point is valid?
find the one that works best for you. I use primal and have used others. primal is my fav rn
This I do a lot, actually. Can't blame you for that.
blame me harder
That’s a great point! 💡 https://media.tenor.com/QqUSn947qk0AAAAC/albert-einstein-lol.gif
smart words gud
Plus commenting is way easier. I always struggle coming up with something original and interesting to share. Maybe I just too self conscious/ self filtering.
just send it bro (but also it's not for everyone)
Is this true? 🤨🤨
try it
[insert comment here]
do it
Everyone here is making the same joke haha. Shows how much we all agree
we did it
Makes sense : )
Hi
following along for the shower thoughts
niceeeeee
Thanks for the tip. I appreciate all the posts here that can help increase my knowledge in this space
why put crypto in ur name?
I’m happy using that name because it’s true. I am old and love Crypto. I always knew the financial system was corrupt but had no idea how corrupt The penny dropped when I read The Bitcoin Standard and Lyn Alden’s “Broken money”
you lived those books and still do crypto??
Great tip Ben, I will be ordering a few cases of wine, let’s chat to work something out!
That's interesting. I didn't know that was crucial to growing your Nostr profile. Thanks for the tip!
It's hard for anyone to find you otherwise
IM JUST POSTING HERE TO BE SEEN!
sell out
LOL
thanks 👍
Yes this is the way. Still need original content as well otherwise why would someone follow a profile. Having said that- here is my shameless plug : follow me for great cycling related content 🚵🚲
wen MTN bike?
Im here
nice
interesting perspective 🤔... benny likey
Ben 🤝 Benny
nice to meet you BenJ! your checkmark got me jealous so I went and got my own bennyverified checkmark. bennyVerifiedx2 👌
lfg
LFG!
If I don’t get 1+ follow, this is fake news!
rooting for you 🤝
1 tap zaps are dangerous lol
I love your message with it 🫡
Nice to meet you all #nostr #plebchain
I'm not really focused on creating any profile here at Nostr. Just sharing some of "my stuff" and thoughts with whoever shows up. I like to pop in at least once a day for a few moments. I'll post something, share something, zap someone and repost something.
Ben's will take over NOSTR.
we already have 🤝
This was how twitter grew so big in the beginning.
I like to reply... Is that what the recent reply guy bot is doing? building up a social graph by just replying to everything with an echo script?
Folks, @BenJustman is right.
Agreed 😄
Seems like good, insightful advice to follow!
Well played!
Well said sir! 🤘😎🤘
Any programmers in here? Happy to connect! 💻
It's a better place for discussion rather than making announcements, especially when compared to X.
I'm commenting
nice work there
Ben, thanks for this. One odd thing I found after reading this is that the number of replies to your post shows 116, however I am only seeing 15. I know we’re early but… is thing thing working or does it need new spark plugs?
I don't see very many comments here either
maybe y'all aren't connecting to big enough relays? maybe it's a data saving option from your client. maybe you have a setting turned on to only see followers comments. idk y'all, but it's not a spam filter issue
thank you, that might be it. I did check my relays about a week ago and noticed a bunch that I had originally signed up are no longer working. I added a few new ones, I searched for the most popular. The reason I even looked was because I remembered I signed up for the Damus one, and now I have an android and I'm using primal so I was wondering if there was a Primal one, but I didn't see one. I added the wine one.
Share your Nostr profile in your telegram group! https://t.me/nostrx_bot/nostrx
lol sure, but use something other than telegram
Cheers.
Like this?
get em
💯
Maybe not just a random comment. But a comment that gives value 😉
Word!!! 🙏 great advice
I believe it takes time for most nostr users to realize this. The discovery problem on nostr is similar to the internet before Google
If I need some wine Ben, you’re the man
my man 🫡
I concur… This is actually how I’ve built a reputation (maybe not so many followers) on the old school social platforms. Just engaging with other humans and providing value when I can #v4v #valueforvalue
@sfhodl thanks for the generous #zap
You really do have it all and you give great ideas on how to expand our network.
#thanks for the compliment just trying to serve and add #v4v #valueforvalue
Great
