If you’re complaining about not enough non-Bitcoin related content on Nostr I challenge you to only comment, re-note, and zap non-Bitcoin content that you would like to see more. If you interact and zap what you want to see, it will grow. Try it for a day, a week, a month. Follow hashtags of things you like. Let me know how it goes.
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More of this!
We need more anti-Zionist content
I’ve tried posting some non-bitcoin and non-nostr related stuff here and there. It falls flat nearly every time. Not just fewer zaps, but fewer replies and reposts as well.
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Yeah conversations and content are pretty much focused on bitcoin and nostr only. No reason to post any unique stuff on here yet
You’ve created so much content around Nostr and Bitcoin that your followers reflect that. You’ve built a specific audience. One off posts of different content don’t tend to gain traction but when a significant percentage of your posts are about a different topic I believe an audience will grow, if given time.
I’ve gone one further and occasionally mute the word in Damus. COMPLETELY different Nostr experience.
The pessimists view. I’m over here getting tips from other makers, seeing cute dogs, and projects people completed or recipes they made. Receiving recommendations on books, and feedback on plants from people with more gardening experience than I have, etc. Your experience is what you make of it.
Get to creating content then.
Nope. It’s a tiny amount of the same people over and over 😉
I think there’s truth there, as I’m definitely entrenched in the bitcoin and nostr community, but it’s also a bit of a chicken and egg situation. If there’s no measurable interest in a topic after posting a few times about it, then there’s no real incentive to spend time making posts about it to build an audience.
Engage, tag, engage, follow the tags of the things you want to see, and engage. I have tons of fun and I ignore the things I'm not interested in. I see lots of art and food mixed in with the bitcoin stuff. My biggest fear was commenting on notes in the beginning, but once I got over that it's been great. If you just lurk, you're not going to get the experience you want.
Nostr only grows if we make it grow 👆👆
I’m making things purely for the joy it brings me to make them right now.
Fantastic. Any artist/creator should find joy in what they’re creating. But there are many people who also seek to find a source of income through what they are creating, on top of enjoying it, and those are the people who are going to create consistently and with consistent quality. Nobody wants shitty content. Nostr has amazing potential to be that “platform” for artists to monetize directly with their audiences, and because of the nature of Nostr and Bitcoin that support can come from literally anywhere in the world. What I’m saying is that bitcoiners on here by and large have so far been very selective about what they do and don’t support with zaps, and at the end of the day anyone who is doing art/content professionally is seeking to make money from it. No need to pretend otherwise.
Great advice. Something I need to hear.
It really did become more enjoyable once I decided it was okay to comment on notes. You might get ignored or you might have great conversation. I try to only use relevant hashtags and depending on the time of day you may get more or less engagement.
I want people to post their thoughts and beliefs because they think and believe them, not because they think it'll get them paid. Nobody I respect needs me to zap them, and I would consider it an insult if someone wanted to zap me.
Aside from that, I do interact almost exclusively with non-bitcoin content. The fact remains that there isn't enough of it, especially not in native Nostr notes.
Mallory. What app(s) do you recommend for finding/searching out a larger variety of currently in-use hashtags?
I asked Mallory this also: to find specialized interests outside of BTC, what app(s) do you recommend for finding/searching out the largest variety of currently in-use hashtags?
Primal has a good tab for that
Here here!! 💜
Yes!! So much great back and forth with
@B 🫂💜
It was Dobby that coaxed me out of my shell 😊🫂💜
And now I’m chatting all over the place!
🥰 he was pretty great.
Thanks for that. I'll take a look at that tonight. Cheers.
I want more Bitcoin related content on nostr
I want more non-Bitcoin related content on nostr
I want more people to come to nostr and talk about what they want to talk about on nostr
I want it all 😎
Mallory
If you’re complaining about not enough non-Bitcoin related content on Nostr I challenge you to only comment, re-note, and zap non-Bitcoin content that you would like to see more. If you interact and zap what you want to see, it will grow. Try it for a day, a week, a month. Follow hashtags of things you like. Let me know how it goes.
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Primal and Amethyst also have non-bitcoin data vending machines. For example, you can see all the gardening posts by using the gardening DVM.
This is true.
Hello everyone, if you're looking for non-bitcoin content, I have lots.
Thank you! I'll definitely check that out, as I have both Primal and Amethyst now. I'll do a little research on how the DVMs work. I haven't interacted with those before.
