{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"econoalchemist wrote","author_name":"econoalchemist (npub10m…2tff3)","author_url":"https://yabu.me/npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://yabu.me","html":"I started using Nostr about a year and a half ago. NGL I struggled with it, I wanted it to be that Twitter replacement I was searching for but there were several roadblocks: \n\n• getting content to load\n• self-custodial Lightning is a pita\n• little to no interaction\n• getting a mix of content beyond just Bitcoin\n\nTherefore, I found myself stuck choosing between battling an algorithm or a miserable UX for social media. But that changed when I saw this dude's posts about making a few simple adjustments and that was exactly the unlock I was looking for. \n\nIn the last 24-hours I went from totally frustrated with Nostr to operating my own public relay, running a local private relay on mobile, \u0026 getting content to load quickly on my 3 favorite clients - first bullet point ✅.\n\nI continued following his suggestions and funded Zeus to manage some inbound/outbound channels which is made easy with their new LSP. With that setup, I installed Minibits to create a mint and get a Lightning address. I topped off the mint from Zeus, then I configured the NWC secrets for my 3 clients and removed the friction to zaps in a self-custodial way - second bullet point ✅.\n\nBut then I figured out being an introverted lurker on Nostr doesn't bode well here. I started following more accounts, boosting, posting, liking, commenting... The more I use it, the better it gets - third bullet point ✅.\n\nFinally, YakiHonne was the key to curating the content I was seeing. There are options to choose a number of topics beyond just Bitcoin-related stories and I recommend checking it out - fourth bullet point ✅.\n\nAll in all, Twitter is a dumpster fire as you probably know since you're here reading this and if you have hit some friction switching to Nostr hopefully some of this info helps.\n\nnostr:nevent1qqs8wekawm8x7scjrdjcf3gsy7dm6f7my2v4usasysenzu0kya9lgsgpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qgswmdrsyuff0tz6v8e80u7dzn09f3n7khxdyrhsm80jn0scdpdmqpqrqsqqqqqpjf6jm2"}