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 I am rethinking the user profile page. How do you generally use the page? What are your most used features there? What actions do you look for? What should stay? What should go? 

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 Badges 
 Should it stay or go?  
 Should stay 
 Badges are unnecessary 
 yep 
 One row OK. Many rows, slows things down bigly and sometimes crashes.  
 Stay 
 Go stay hidden in an accordion ☝️ 
 I'd opt for go 
 The usefulness of badges hasn’t even been exploited yet IMO , I’ve only seen two education projects gen up and using badges for something like certifications makes a lot of sense 
  I generally only use it to copy my npub or look for a older post of mine or some other user. 
 Seems to have all I need 
 Seems sufficient as it is, well balanced. 
 I'd agree to that too.  
 I use it to peruse my note history. Pretty solid. 
 Me too 
 Ditto! 
 A "Being John Malkovich" button that lets you view nostr as that user. 
 that is called an npub ser 
 I don't think that capability has been broadly marketed. Few know! 
 There is no such capability in amethyst, right? Of course you can copy the npub and create an account with it, but a Malkovich button gives you a very easy way to do it. Just to temporarily transcend into someone else's persona. 
 That's what I was referring to. Selecting accounts -> add new account.  
 It seems like its missing a list of posts the user liked and zapped 
 A section were I could see my nip94 pictures as a album  
 Some way to see my feed without my boosts and quotes  
 And a way to share that feed with others, taking out the profile header from notes and displaying it lige a "blog" only the content of the notes  
 I use it a lot for finding and accessing a specific profile. Someone I know I am following/is following me 
 I like the status, I think it should stay. 
 Ditto! 
 I wanna see the complete npub of an account. 
1) my shiny vanity key is cut off
2) it's easier for impersonators to mine a key with only a few matching letters at the start/end 
 See the reactions 
 Maybe remove zaps from the profile page.

I saw some people complaining that some devs receive more zaps than other and having this info in the profiles can lead to attacks, so showing how much a person is receiving should be discouraged 
 I look at follow/following quite often & I really like recommendations.  A mutual follow list would be neat. I never look at reports. Badges are fun but laggy & sometimes seem to cause crashes, maybe be call on request(?). But it's fine to me as it is too. I don't miss what I don't have & it doesn't feel cluttered.  
 I can't scroll through the following hashtags. 
 Imo remove badges, remove zap history and total amount. 

It would be nice to have a "media" page and maybe the ability to pin/highlight a note at the top (instead of bookmarks). Or maybe turn the public bookmarks page into a "highlights" page where the profile owner pins their personal favorite notes.

Btw, I mainly use the profile page to read the notes and look at follows/followers  
 I use it to check badges and following lists to find more people to follow. Can I earn any badges using Amethyst?

Also use to check relays that might be worth checking using too, though not too often. 
 Overall I think it's good. I'd like the page to assemble faster. 
 Make the Profile page a "Dashboard" for your notes, replies, follows, zaps, bookmarks, relays, etc. 
 i would love to quickly see how many of my followers and follows also follow the user. might be a good step towards evaluating the inferred trust for that user. 
 I wanna copy one's bio etc.  
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 Would be nice to create a new post directly from the profile page, instead of having to double back to Home first. Also would be nice if while visiting another profile, I can create a new post that mentions them directly  
 👆🏾👆🏾that too👆🏾👆🏾 
 I would love to see there a "Books" button where you can easily list the books you read and how you liked it (1-10) and what are you reading now. I think we should push reading books more. 
 I just want to run amethyst on my Chromecast with Google TV. 

I have the APK. But it says "this app isn't compatible with your tv".

It looks really good when I screen cast it. But I would like to use my remote to navigate.

Or maybe just use my phone as a keyboard for the TV.

I'm always pushing the limits. Just ignore this if it sounds too crazy. I can't help it lol..😊 
 I'd like to be able to post content from the profile page, rather than having to change to the public feed to do so. 
 I think you should stop adding features for a while and concentrate on fixing the memory issues. Amethyst (and Onyx) both crash so frequently that it is a constant struggle to use. 

If you insist on adding new features, at least start with audio notifications for DMs. 

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 I almost never use the profile page - usually list to copy an npub if that. It’s too much work to scroll through to see what people talk about. 

What might be interesting is seeing people’s curated media. Perhaps podcasts they appeared on, books they wrote, talks they gave - something that lets me see who they are beyond a short bio. 
 But then again, I’m not sure if I’d even look at that and if I’m just brainstorming features 😂 

Don’t trust me. 
 I’m the same, literally use it to check the bio for any red flags before I click the follow button. Although I’m a #damus user so I’m not sure how amethyst presents the page 
 how brave of you 
 I use it for the same. I check bio and replies. The real person lives in the replies. Sort of like how they say "real America shows itself in the comment section of an article." 
 karnage uses it to mute people 
 i use profile feeds all the time, one of the best features, need a liked feed too 
 with no algo, you are the algo. muting is pretty much a “don’t see” function with an unfortunate negative connotation 
 Oh that’s true lol. I do mute often. 
 liked feed 
 I think the message (✉️) icon on top next to the follow/unfollow is redundant and can probably used for something else.  
 It would be nice to see monthly likes, zaps.

A good pick would be to display hot topics/ hashtags that users post about. 

Apps linked to user account like blogstack or satellite earth etc... would also be a nice feature. 

Last... Relays used for selected profile connection. 
 I can’t vote bro I’m only zaps 
 I mostly visit people's profiles to DM them, copy their Npub, or look for specific posts.  
 Feels like search in somebody's profile could be interesting.  
 100% especially my own profile page. 
 Finding specific notes by keyword and date range would be fantastic. Right now I have to find the npub and use Advanced Nostr Search. This should be possible within the client. 
 Would be so great!! 
 I would like this feature and use it often. 
 Coracle has this 
 I use it to vet a profile, i.e. seeing someone's posts to decide whether I want to follow them or not. I mainly see whether I find their past 10-20 posts interesting, and I check that they don't post too many posts per day. 
 test
 
 I visit so I can see a follow button and click it. 
 I looked at lightning addresses. I'm looking at setting up zaps so wanted to see what services and domains people are using. 
 I read the bio to get a sense of background and seriousness. 
 Are you talking about Profile for viewing myself or when viewing others' profiles? I thought the latter but many here seem to be answering for the former. 
 Pinned posts please Ser.