Thank you, I will reflect on your comment

a local relay could be used for that, but I think there are advantages to filtering on the client side. jumblewisp bootstraps new users with an initial WoT and mute list, and this idea could be extended to allow powerusers to create invites for their friends, where the feed would be tailored the way the poweruser likes, removing myself as the gatekeeper

how do tell a compelling story to the uninitated about what you're trying to onboard them to? I've recently had to explain what I'm building on nostr to a friend who doesn't know anything about bitcoin or nostr. I don't mention bitcoin at all, I just tell the story of Twitter with Jack Dorsey and Rabble at the start, how Musk took over, and Jack and Rabble started using nostr. I mention Bluesky for comparison because many people have heard about it. I mention diVine because it showcases the use of the protocol beyond the Twitter style client. what else can go in this script?

Most people I know don't care about Twitter, Dorsey, Musk, etc. The Ford F150 isn't the most common pickup truck because someone famous liked it. People perk up when they hear benefits. Some aspects of Nostr that I've seen people get excited about are: o- Confirmable identity - imposters don't really exist here o- You have an identity, like an email address, but if you don't like your "provider", you keep your address when moving to a new provider. Your profile follows you instead of staying with a platform/company. o- No algos (for most clients), you get to see the content you sign up for. New users describe how refreshing it is, compared to being fed what a corporation wants you to see, and how it's like how the Internet used to be: organic.

Curation, content discovery, and this:

Svoboda

This place still suffers from the same core issue it has had from the day I joined back in 2022. Big accounts are, by and large, one way participan...

All of it has actually gotten worse over time, not better.

A Pyramid server would suit you well. The problem is that there are no clients that are made to work well with pyramid servers

Spatia Nostra

The Pyramid Community Relay

* Getting Started with Pyramid * Pyramid's Features, pt 1 (Home, Main, and Subrelays) * Pyramid's Features, pt 2 (Media, Chats, and More) * Mana...

Yes, run your own relay! It's so easy to do and you learn so much about how nostr works. If you have friends you want to onboard that's your path to settin up your own community. Jumble is a great client for this. You can do it in Yakihonne as well. In NoorNote you can also make custom feeds using lists. You don't need to follow anyone on nostr to have a killer feed.