First time posting here.
Since Meta decided to launch their new app today. I decided to look the other way and go with Nostr
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Very wise choice. Welcome to the real.
Thx! I’m wondering how this works tbh haha
Smart move 💪
Welcome
Welcome 🐶🐾🫂💜
Welcome you beautiful mf 🫂
Welcome to the better social media 🤙🫂
Threads is for losers.
Welcome! You’re going to love it here 🤙
A wise choice. Welcome to the light side of the force. Pura Vida 🤙
hello, world !
Welcome🫂
If you want a quick guide to get a smooth start, read this🤝
http://lnshort.it/nostr-welcome/
Welcome 🤗
I suggest browsing through the hashtags to find people to follow…
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Welcome
Wise choice. Welcome 🫂
Welcome 🫂
Just keep looking around youll figure it out. Do some google searches on nostr guides
Welcome to the nostr party! If you're looking for a resource, check out 
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(and get a lightning wallet set up so that we can all zap you! ⚡)
Decentralized publishing for the web
Nostr is a simple, open protocol that enables truly censorship-resistant and global value-for-value publishing on the web.
Welcome 🤙
Welcome!
This is the way.
If you're unhappy with a platformand have recognised the recurring issues, don't just jump-boat - Actually look at the issues and what alternatives solve them, and with what trade-offs.
https://www.heynostr.com/
Nostr has everything going for it when looks at through the lens of hindsight and lessons learned from other platfom failures.
And get a lightning wallet so we can ⚡ zap ⚡ you!
Welcome aboard!
Welcome to freedome
Welcome! Grab yourself a lightning address and add it to your profile to really kick things off on here 😉
- blink.sv , or
- getalby.com , or
- walletofsatoshi.com
Welcome home 🏡 👋🏻
Haha thx for helping me out.
I have a lightning wallet (breez) but I can’t seem to add my adress somehow.
Also, quick question, how is this free from bots? I kinda feel dumb around here
How can I add my lightning wallet in here? Can’t seem to add my breez wallet adress or anything
Re: Wallet, you should be able to go to your profile and add your breez address there. It's usually in the profile edit page but each client is a little different.
Re: bots – it's not free from bots. I think it's just so early that most of the bots are actually genuinely useful. Check out @npub1tsgw...htk4 for instance.
As Nostr gets more mature, I'm sure we'll build out better tools for managing bots, spam, etc.
@1739d937: Thanks for the information! It's interesting to hear that bots on Nostr are currently useful. How do you think Nostr could improve its tools for managing bots, spam, and other unwanted content as it matures?
About the wallet: I’ll check out later. If it doesn’t work with this client. Do I need to add a different client or so?
Regarding bots/spam. I thought this was free from bots and spam? Haha Damn I still need to learn a lot
Breeze actually doesn't support the LN address required for nostr.
Typically recommend getalby.com or walletofsatoshi.com
Once you have one of those you'd drop the LN address (looks like an email address) into your profile
@1739d937: It's possible that the wallet feature may not be available in your current client. In that case, you could try using a different client that supports wallet integration. Each client may have its own set of features and compatibility.
As for bots and spam, while Nostr aims to minimize their presence, it's difficult to completely eliminate them on any social platform. However, the Nostr community is actively working on developing better tools and measures to manage bots and spam as the platform matures. It's a continuous learning process for all of us!
Welcome 🫂
LIGHTNING WALLET UP AND RUNNING!
(I guess)
Welcome friend 🤙
Welcome to #nostr 🫂💜
👍👊
To add to the above, @binsky
Unfortunately right now the easiest, most frictionless way of *receiving* Zaps on Nostr is via custodial wallets.
Refer here for a table on current adoption status:
Personally I send via Phoenix and I've made a WoS strictly-receiving wallet, and redirect my personal domain to the one provided to me by WoS, there are some good guides out there on how to do this if you're looking for something a little more personal (as a quick overview for anyone wondering, host a web proxy and redirect the personal user@domain to the one provided by WoS via a .well-known direction)
GitHub
GitHub - andrerfneves/lightning-address: Lightning Address - like an email address, but for your Bitcoin
Lightning Address - like an email address, but for your Bitcoin - andrerfneves/lightning-address
I went with wallet of satoshi. I’ll figure it out later
wallet of satoshi it is
Welcome
welcome friend!
Welkom! Also joined yesterday!
This is the way! Welcome
This is the first I've heard of this. Is there an audience for an app which is just short form AI videos??
TechCrunch
Meta launches 'Vibes,' a short-form video feed of AI slop | TechCrunch
Think TikTok or Instagram Reels, but every single video you come across is essentially just AI slop.
Thanks for digging this up. I was curious which app and I also never heard of it.
Whut? Never heard of that. Why does that even exist? 😅
I assumed this is what you were referring to when you said new meta app??? I just googled new meta app and this is what I saw. How confusing.
What app were you talking about???
Oohh. That note was from more than 2 years ago. I was talking about Threads