Just throwing my opinion in here, I’ve been on Nostr for a few years. I was never a big enthusiast of social media, but was encouraged to check out Nostr by one of the developers of Brainstorm, which was in its infancy then. Nostr was described as a practical way to sell artwork for Bitcoin. It’s been expanding like crazy in its practicality since then. There are so many things that Nostr can do now because so many different ideas are being developed - zap.cooking is one of them! The thing is, a LOT of folks want Nostr to be a real time social media experience. They hop on Primal or Damus or Amethyst and want to chat with people. The thing is, most of the people on Nostr aren’t just hanging around chatting, they’re busy building stuff or spending outdoors or working on another Nostr project. They ARE the people on Nostr. So some folks said Oh, well I guess we should go on X so we can see what everyone else is doing in real time. Less real life activity = more time on social media. Again, just my opinion.

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El 2 weeks ago
Building things and socializing shouldn’t be mutually exclusive. Some of the most interesting projects begin with conversations. But I see your point! Sometimes life gets so busy we barely have time for ourselves, let alone socializing online (with complete strangers, in my case). How does zap cooking work? Do you know? Since it’s built on Nostr, does that mean if I post something here and tag it, it would automatically show up there? And vice versa? (Still learning how Nostr works) I found a cookbook from the 1920s in my house, and now I’m obsessed with trying out its recipes. I think it could make a pretty interesting little project (spoiler alert: they consumed a ton of margarine!)
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