Introducing Top Zaps
We just released an update to all Primal clients. You’ll notice that we now render several top zaps at the bottom of each note. The top zapper gets their zap message displayed. Brevity is enforced: we only allow room for 4-5 short words. Anyone can zap any note and include any message. Note author can mute abusive users and keep their sats. Let’s see how this goes!
https://m.primal.net/HzmQ.mp4
yes, it's impossible to know how top zaps will actually be used out there in the wild. there is probably a lot we still don't understand about this feature.
but even if some portion of it ends up being an ad space auction, imho that's still very interesting. 100% of the proceeds going directly to the content creator is kinda wild.
top zaps will evolve for sure. we'll just have to observe how they are being used and improve things. the obvious next step is to provide some level of customization to note authors, so they can disable disable this or set threshold amounts. we want to do this in a standard way so all nostr clients can benefit.
in any case: 🍿 🍿 🍿
Yes. The ongoing maintenance part is a bigger lift. But if it's a public highly-visible document, client devs will ensure that the entries for their clients are accurate.
This was an epic rip @ODELL, @Stuart Bowman, @hzrd149. 👏👏👏
Stu and Hzrd are already legends of Nostr. Such refreshing pragmatic thinking. Everyone should try Satellite.earth and noStrudel.ninja web clients, but their biggest contribution is probably the blossom protocol for decentralized file storage. Insanely bullish.
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Hey @isolabell.art 🎨 and @Ava. Thanks for the tough love feedback. We are planning to revamp how kind1 notes are rendered. The plan is to render the condensed version in the feed, but to support inline media for the selected note in the thread view.
Primal Android users: we just released a patch for an issue we recently introduced that prevents feed updates in some clients. The error message is: “Unable to load newer content at the moment. Remote key not found”. If you are affected by this issue please upgrade to build 0.97.4.
Apologies for this! We acted quickly as soon as we discovered the problem. Let me know if this fix worked for you.
https://primal.net/downloads
Primal optimizes for smoothest onboarding of new users. @OpenSecret optimizes for maximum freedom.
We still respect each other and are good friends. Working on the same mission from two different angles.
There’s a lesson in there. ✌️💜☀️
Agreed; we are planning to add that feature a future release. In the meantime, we can do this manually for you if you wish. Just let us know your desired handle and we will get it done for you. 🫡
A few facts about Primal:
- We have 4 devs: 1 iOS, 1 android, 1 web, 1 backend
- We open source everything we build under the MIT license
- We’ve raised a small seed round from mission-aligned investors
- We optimize our UX for onboarding new users to nostr and bitcoin
- We’ve always been friendly and supportive of other nostr projects
- We will continue building and shipping; that’s a promise
Our goal is to build a profitable business that serves nostr users and no-one else. We expect that to be a long process, spanning many years. We are here and ready to grind.
Anyhow, GM. ☀️
Thanks for the feedback. We strive to make the onboarding as smooth as possible. We used to display a long categorized list of suggested follows, but that took too long for users to go through while onboarding.
Note that we are not using any algos for the new suggested follows. We are simply working off the same categorized list; we just let people choose their desired categories. Our list of suggested follows is publicly available btw:
https://listr.lol/npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg
Zaps are the near-term killer feature. Openness is the long-term killer feature.
Let’s not talk about zaps in the past tense. They are absolutely the killer feature that makes everyone’s eyes light up. We need to double down on that. Lightning can scale globally through a combination of custodians and self-custody, which is fine. We are totally in the process of winning here, let’s lean into it.
Creating a better public square, powered by zaps, is the correct opening move. An ecosystem of apps built on the same open network will seal the deal. Nostr will replace the legacy web. Agreed, censorship resistance is important, but it alone won’t bring in the masses. But using the same identity and social connections in an ecosystem of beautifully executed apps that work well together? Everyone will dig that. That’s Nostr’s checkmate move.
IMHO we have a lot of work to do, but everything is moving in the right direction.
My enthusiasm got a major boost after I saw the @Sovereign Engineering presentations in Madeira last month. Nostr development is blossoming 😉. @Gigi and @PABLOF7z started something special there. Hard not to be bullish.
Primal feature request time!
Let us know what you would like to see next in Primal. What’s missing? What’s busted? What irritates you? What are your hopes and dreams?
Tell us and we will make it so. 🫡
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