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utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻 _@utxo.one 3 months ago
I think hashtags are about to become a lot more important on nostr, we should use them more. It's the main way we can show nostr to normies without pure bitcoin and dev stuff. Like if they come in via a foodstr and homesteading feed instead of a follow feed they might have a better impression. Anyway just thinking out loud, use more hashtags. (Hashtags intentionally left out of this note so nobody knows the secret plan)

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Zsubmariner co@zsubmesh.net 3 months ago
I'm sorry, but I just don't see it. Relay-based segregation or bust. Hashtags have failed for 20+ years. I was an early user of del.icio.us. It was hashtag utopia. But it's not going to happen. I'm sorry and I feel you. But no.
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Moist 3 months ago
the only dumb questions are the ones you don't ask. and the ones darthcoin asks
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Globe99 globe99@nostrcheck.me 3 months ago
Absolutely. I'd zap if it wasn't broken in my #nostria NWC at the moment. 😆 Hashtags are important for both (a) new user discovery and (b) getting your post a larger reach. This is part of the vernacular on #mastodon, and it works there in particular because they've strongly shied away from "algorithms."
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Globe99 globe99@nostrcheck.me 3 months ago
Part of this also from my perspective coming more from Reddit is that there, discussions are organized around topics rather than people....
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Globe99 globe99@nostrcheck.me 3 months ago
Relay segregation is Mastodon with extra steps. If you're relying on "some mod" to access social media it's basically the same thing. And I'm not even saying I think Mastodon is necessarily bad or anything... heck they've got 500k DAU's and are far more decentralized than either Bluesky in practice or X in reality...
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Zsubmariner co@zsubmesh.net 3 months ago
You are mastadon with extra steps. Mastadon, bluesky and dau's are gay and so is everything you just said. Different groups of people congregating in different places to talk about different things with people they want to talk to is just life. Only a communist would think they should tell other people how they should associate.
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Moist 3 months ago
is there a way to have communities for specific themes? or is that client dependent? Nostr is shit when you start. you don't know who to follow and global or trending updates just fills your feed with retards talking shit. its a lot of noise to filter amethyst seems have a community section but the search is useless. if people are interested in homesteading or prepping for example they could join a group for that. once they follow people they can see what else is going on.
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Clippycoiner 3 months ago
I also believe that we need more open-source algorithms to customize one's own feed, and in general more options to customize your client of choice.
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