Oddbean

I don't want to be mean by mentioning it again and again but it is the most common complaint about nostr. And it sort of feels like that problem is never really taken seriously. Not many clients has really thought about catering to another demographic besides bitcointwitter expats. Nos social and voyage might be the only examples I know of. The user recommendations at onboarding is probably a bigger problem than most think it is lol. imo imo Imagine having this 'no bitcoin chat' relay set up as a choice at onboarding. You're timeline might be slow, but that is actually preferable for a lot of people to a barrage of bitcoinisms.

This is a common objection and I covered it here. I don't think this reaponse is very useful. Just like the 'fillow more people' response. You're assuming the problem is with just not finding the content and interactions, but that it exists? I disagree. nostr:nevent1qqsx0e45zs9ken2yzhefmmyp09w9dnmgm4efszur2dgurxt8m73f6yszyzw2p0t52p6z663qxxwqu02vv7wfupr2nhrsarh4ts5stcjq2g6qkqcyqqq823cvyap7d

You follow 400 people and expect to have the interactions with thousands? How is that even possible without algo. You are delusional. Search by # and follow people that you have common interest in or reply to interesting posts. If you followed thousands and can’t find anything interesting, then this is not for you. Go back to TWTR.

I never said I expect to have interaction with thousands. No idea where you got that from lol. Anyway I've covered these common responses / points in the longform note lol. It's also not about me. This is the most common nostr complaint, it's not just people aren't finding their interests present here (and that is not just a matter of them not looking hard enough). They may find some posts here and there, they also want meaningful interaction around that. (There are some notable exceptions. Meshtastic, permaculture and Siamstr.) But the impression a lot of people get is that this is a bitcoin chatroom, their interests aren't currently here (in any meaningful way) and it's not likely to be here soon. Their feed is full of bitcointwitter chat. And yes they leave, back to twitter, or matrix, Reddit etc etc. And some people like me aren't just not nostr-only. I do go on twitter for Other Stuff.

You can experiment with this now by adding Bitcoin and other keywords to a mute keyword list in certain apps. I know Damus offers this and I believe as a reference app Amethyst likely has an option. I would be curious to hear about your or anyone else’s experience trying this out. Does it solve the problem? If not what else is missing, needed etc. feel free to dm me with the results.