Oddbean

Oh, so frustrated with Primal, I just opened Damus and am writing from that. Let’s see it if works here. So frustrated! I hope this gets to 'thepurpose' and 'withthegrain' ! Boy, I'm feeling very stupid as I still haven't figured out even how to reply directly to post that I see to me. Even just now getting this window to open, two minutes ago, I don't remember what I did other than click around until this opened (well, when I wrote all of this other than this parenthesis, I then hit 'post' and got an error message so am just plan posting it now as a new note). So stupid of me. But assuming that you guys get this, if I make new posts myself (at least I've figured that out) I'll keep adding hashtags, even though I don't know the purpose of those or what they do. So when thepurpose said "I propose we agree on a Castaneda/ Don Juan hashtag that we could concentrate the first few notes." I have no idea how 'we' work together to 'concentrate the first few notes." What does that mean? Sorry to be such a noob!! -Rick #introductions

Can someone help out nostr:nprofile1qqsfse5dgug6m43e888lpafnazgezvfmevj3xsz6dthmzc70epavr4qpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqgjwaehxw309ac82unsd3jhqct89ejhxqgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcdtv958 with some technical support. I don't use Damus or Primal. #asknostr #introductions nostr:nevent1qqsgq0fkejf6mn8t3sr8g3fes6jtgwru3j7mpdz8ty5skz4azec38ncpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygycv6x5wydd6cunnnls75e73yv3xyaukfgngpdx4ma3v08us7kp6spsgqqqqqqs2q4cgl

You need a VPN because WOS does not give permission for people in certain jurisdictions like the US to send sats via lightning. You need to stack enough to send an on-chain transaction. Let me think about the most user friendly option.

nostr:nprofile1qqsfse5dgug6m43e888lpafnazgezvfmevj3xsz6dthmzc70epavr4qpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqgjwaehxw309ac82unsd3jhqct89ejhxqgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcdtv958 maybe you just should switch to another lightning custodian like nostr:nprofile1qqsyv47lazt9h6ycp2fsw270khje5egjgsrdkrupjg27u796g7f5k0spzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqgjwaehxw309ac82unsd3jhqct89ejhxqgnwaehxw309aex2mrp09skymr99ehhyecusqvd6 and have the NWC (nostr wallet connect) possibility available. But since I never had experiences wit not so tech savyy people in this topic, I'm not so sure if this is a viable way. 😌

Thank you! I was tempted to just give up! You're encouraged me. Thank you! I'm back on my old android using Primal... I'll try from my new MacBook air m3 again as that is much easier as I can just type. I'm going to try 'zapping' you as someone else just said that my zaps work. But I don't see that.

Nostr and bitcoin can be frustrating, there’s lots to learn. Hashtags allow you to categorize your notes for other users. I for example follow some hashtags and see when someone posts a note with said hashtag (whether I’m following them or not). To reply to a post on Damus, go to the bottom of the note and look for the button to reply next to repost and zap button. Hang in there, welcome to nostr and endless rabbit holes.

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maybe the best way of describing the usage of hashtags is a way of making yourself accessible. Without hashtags it's difficult for anyone to find your post, particularly if you're new and (almost) no one follows you #becomingaccessible #donjuan a great hashrag if you have a question on how something works is #asknostr! :-)

nostr:nprofile1qqsfse5dgug6m43e888lpafnazgezvfmevj3xsz6dthmzc70epavr4qpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqgjwaehxw309ac82unsd3jhqct89ejhxqgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcdtv958 on many clients you can also "subscribe/follow" to hashtags. From then on, your main stream will display all discoverable notes containing the followed hashtags, regardless if you follow a specific npub (entity like you which is producing notes on nostr). Fyi: The magician behind Damus is nostr:nprofile1qqsr9cvzwc652r4m83d86ykplrnm9dg5gwdvzzn8ameanlvut35wy3gpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuegpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqcu9929 I'm using as clients mainly Amethyst by nostr:nprofile1qqsyvrp9u6p0mfur9dfdru3d853tx9mdjuhkphxuxgfwmryja7zsvhqpzamhxue69uhhv6t5daezumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcscpyug, Primal Android and Web and some Nostros by nostr:nprofile1qqsxg45ph8gx0vdrvtzta6xal7v86frx6jvstsnvhrlvtehmwwh4epqpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqz8thwden5te0dehhxarj94c82c3wwajkcmr0wfjx2u3wdejhgqg6waehxw309ahx7um5wgh8xct5wd68yctvd9sjucm0d5gajr69.

You can mention entities by using an @ followed by their name. It should offer you autocomplete on the full name. The textcolor of the mention changes, like so: nostr:nprofile1qqsfse5dgug6m43e888lpafnazgezvfmevj3xsz6dthmzc70epavr4qpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqgjwaehxw309ac82unsd3jhqct89ejhxqgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcdtv958. The same goes for hashtags: #HOWDONOSTR If you don't mention entities you're relating to,chances are high they will never find out about your note. Me for example am following 1'600+ entities and my main stream is like mountainlions: teaching me to focus my attention on my current prey I'm hunting and not get distracted by all the other animals around there. Whereas I enjoy the diversity very much. h/t nostr:nprofile1qqsr7acdvhf6we9fch94qwhpy0nza36e3tgrtkpku25ppuu80f69kfqpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0d4hhxarj9ecxjmnt9uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7eyerqr for #HOWDONOSTR 🫂