7fqx on Nostr: I think generally I wouldn't onboard anyone to nostr, there is no point (perhaps I ...

I think generally I wouldn't onboard anyone to nostr, there is no point (perhaps I don't know anyone irl who would stay here/ be interested). People who stay seem to find and seek nostr. You can pretty much tell who will stay. And it's not the people posting 'really excited to be here, can't wait to use this freedom tech'. The people who stay tend to have a slightly um... whacko edge to them lolol.

So yeah there is a struggle to find people to follow, get followers and have interesting discussions about things you care about. Often absolutely no one is talking about topics you are interested in, or you might find a stray post here and there, maybe from months ago. (I have to repeat that unlike what people say I don't think this is not a user problem, it's not a matter of them not having an algo to help them, it's just often not here to be found).

And yeah this often leads to 'paying your rent in bitcoin', the parallel example is on Instagram where you have to post some activism as rent to use the platform. (Although on Instagram you might get 'called out' for not paying your activism rent, luckily not something that happens on nostr if you don't make a 'bitcoin post'). But yeah bitcoin posts are the rent you pay to some extent for exposure. Or appealing to the Old Heads - replying to posts from large follower accounts. Some of whom are just carrying over clout from bitcointwitter, some just got here early and accumulated followers when it was quiet and posting some screenshots of trending page Instagram dead memes was enough to be highlighted, presumably ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯).

But yeah the meta of Nostr is interesting in a way lol. And it hasn't really adapted. The trending notes are just the most followed accounts, the most followed accounts are who clients recommend, clients recommend according to a presumption that you want bitcointwitter2. And so it the feedback loop strengthens. Want to curry favour easily? Make a lame bitcoin 'meme'.

However this also makes it a lot easier to spot potentially interesting people who aren't doing this. People stand out by talking about OtherTopics.

It's just not reflected in the mechanics of trending posts or (potentially) Interesting Posts feeds (which doesn't actually exist afaik).

May as well mention again that a (potentially) Interesting Posts or a better Trending Post could include likes as a % of followers number. So you don't just get the same old read receipted large follower accounts posting absolutely anything and it being considered 'trending'.

This was a long reply lol.