Nostr is for everyone, but Nostriches *love* builders. We love Proof-of-Work. Build your client, build your community, build your content, just build. Everything can flourish here, if you put in the work.

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Most of the people I’ve invited to #nostr showed up once and never came back. I realize this is because proof-of-work is at the core of the protocol, and that doesn’t come naturally to the masses. There’s still a world of people who prefer to have their experiences spoon-fed to them by others, and what they would contribute here is questionable anyway. You can’t make others who don’t want to do the work do the work.
I think that as long as the face of nostr is social media clients, it will struggle gaining mass adoption. The job that it does as a social media tool is super valuable and important, but not top of mind for people. As we build more apps and tools on top of nostr, we’ll have a better chance of new folks sticking around and also getting the opportunity to experience the social side.
What’s the best way for non-devs to contribute aside from posting or inviting people to the platform?
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Dimi 2 years ago
Ancillary support! Testing new builds, reporting bugs with reproducible details, generally anything that can keep the coders coding.
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nobody 2 years ago
💯 with Dimi on this. Filing bug reports is huge! It’s also easy to do, but there are elements that make them more helpful and useful. Here is an article I looked over that covers the basics. Most devs on Nostr are super happy to get good, complete bug reports.
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nobody 2 years ago
Followed you btw! Don’t think I follow many neuroscientists!
nostr is too bit torrent and bitcoin like for masses. they’ll come when nostr is easy like Spotify, Netflix and twitter..
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Undergotten 2 years ago
What else can you do with it? I keep seeing people post this, but I haven't seen any examples of what else Nostr can do. ELI5-10