Could start with adding doggie coin and Monero since you already feature the more outdated Bitcoin so prominently

Start with no follows, zero, and make the UX100% focussed on helping newcomers to onboard their own friends, family members, etc. As part of the flow show all the neat ways they can interact with people they *already know* on Nostr (especially zaps). An entirely different onboarding concept, and a lot of work to get right. And create some temporary bots/placeholders to show what the feed looks like when populated (and make it clear they are illustrative bots). Don't use Nostr elites for this. And hide all trending lists. Trending lists must be proactively turned on somewhere in some setting. Problem is this. The existing community (nice as most well-known members are) is scaring new people away, surfacing it in onboarding in any way is a net negative for growth (just look at retention numbers). I'd imagine 9 out of 10 newcomers feel very much like they've walked into the wrong bar. New communities will only spring up when people are comfortable, and the existing community makes too many people uncomfortable, ergo exposing the existing community to newcomers is detrimental to the growth of new communities, which is what Nostr needs most of all.

A hint to follow tags at the start or setting some tags as default start. Not npubs.

do mute lists already work?

Tags can easily be hijacked by spam and questionable images

start.njump.me offers suggested follows that you can uncheck (including npubs added by whoever sent you the link). This seems like the obvious way to let users start with default follows without confusing them re: where they came from.

Is that a serious question? Just ask the user if they want to automatically follow 150 people so they can say “no”

I would suggest not assuming a person is a Twitter pro once they sign-up. I was missing a simple web page intro on Primal home page.

I think we need starer packs

I can see why an auto-follow list is implemented/..it’s the initial impression the end-user gets and plays a huge factor in determine whether the app is worth their continued attention. BlueSky has Starter Packs (essentially users bundled by shared interests) that a user can select to kickstart a curated feed. Maybe worth looking into. Also may want to consider letting the new user opt in to something where they can get a halo around their pfp to denote they’re new. Might help drive interaction. Just some ideas. Curious, I would think that notifications also play a huge role in retention/stickiness — why aren’t those available on the iOS app? :)

It’s fine as it is. What’s the issue exactly? The user does not feel in control on the most hand-holding app? cry harder

auto-follow all the bitcoin meetups, promote irl 😅

This is a very pertinent question! And particularly, in the past I could even find this suggestion strange and bad. However, when approaching a simple line of thought, I come to the conclusion that it is for a softer setting, being better than having an empty room. But I would like to read some suggestions. View quoted note →