So far we’ve copied most of Twitter. They have decades of learning what’s best for a microblogging product.
We’d be fools to ignore it.
But zaps are a new concept.
Presenting them as highlighted zaps like this, as envisioned by @Niel Liesmons , makes them stand out massively.
The UI follows what a new-comer would expect. Except zaps.
One of the distinct features of nostr stands out immediately igniting curiosity.
There will be many more opportunities like this, to represent a unique feature of nostr, not as a weird obscure thing to hide, but as something to be put front and center, to lean-in into what makes nostr special.
There is zero signal in there. These numbers don't mean anything. They can all be faked, except for zaps (and the zappers are already displayed). And they are especially invaluable if you can't even access the reposts, bookmarks etc from others.
Chat UI's are far superior to Twitter in information density and in how they stimulate actual conversation. They do not show the same redundant icon bar on every post. They just focus on signal.
For Nostr microblogging that signal would be:
1. Did people value this post? 👉 Show zappers from high to low
2. Did this post spark conversation (within my network) 👉 Show Pfp's of who commented, ordered by WoT
3. Is this a Thread? 👉 Show Pfp of author as first commentor
That's it. No need to show the buttons for all actions. Chats also solved that part with right click, gestures and long press.
What Twitter did right is threads, character limit, reposting, tagging, hashtags, bookmarking, ... NOT the display of their engagement farming numbers.
