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Hmm I have noticed this concern gets hand waved away as nothing. This makes me think this will forever be a niche thing.
Command your whole identity with a single key, but a single rogue app, or someone getting access to it somehow, and it is lost. People have a lot of energy and time tied into online identities. Being able to recover from lost or compromised keys is essential I think. Hopefully some work is done on that, I think a solution is necessary for Nostr to succeed.

2025-03-30 18:10:13 UTC

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I've found 21 people to follow so far!

2025-03-30 18:09:10 UTC

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Oh I was wondering about notifications. Nice.

2025-03-30 18:07:57 UTC

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Wow, you seem nice 🫂
Is that why there are so few users here 😂 if this is ever going to be a thing, not just a tech demo, real people need to be able to use it, not just tech nerds.

2025-03-30 18:04:54 UTC

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It's very different. Some ways good, some ways bad.
The "keys" thing is a blessing and a curse I think. It's great to enable easy sign in, and sharing your identity between different sites. But what about people who always lose passwords. Afaik there is no way to recover an account? That seems like a major missing thing for most potential users. Amber is a good start, but still, a key being lost or stolen means you basically lose your entire identity, with no possibility of recovery. 😬

2025-03-30 17:54:15 UTC

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I finally figured out how to "bunker login" with Amber. It could be made easier 😅
It took a few clicks to even find it, then creating a new entry, then copy pasting a link, then a notification I had to bring up with another click, then another screen where I had to select from some options. It's great that it works, but being more streamlined would be nice.

2025-03-30 17:49:46 UTC

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I'm just trying this out. I have a little bit of engagement, and haven't posted much. I don't think there's a ton of people here.
Nostr is a neat project, but is still very confusing. I think it needs more work before it's ready for normal people. I finally figured out how to "bunker login" with Amber. That was a struggle 😅

2025-03-30 17:45:21 UTC

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These both look like they could be good options with some work, but they are so confusing. I tried to make a new space on flotilla, and immediately there is a Bitcoin paywall for starting a relay. I thought notes could exist on any relay, that's what makes this censorship resistant?
#nevent1q…mm5k

2025-03-30 17:37:30 UTC

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This works just fine on mobile, and if nowhere near as confusing as either option you mentioned.
https://dungeonsynth.proboards.com/board/1/dungeon-synth
Nostr is a really neat idea, but it's not for normal people yet. I can't imagine a non technical user understanding a lot of this. My mom wouldn't have a chance 😂
You need to be able to sign in, create post.

2025-03-30 17:31:59 UTC

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Chachi let me sign in, but has a tendency to lock up. I'm using it as a PWA.

2025-03-30 17:27:04 UTC

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I tried flotilla. I need a code to login to the pyramid it says.

2025-03-28 18:35:20 UTC

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Tom-a-to, tom-ah-to.
Just a different police state of matter.

2025-03-28 18:17:31 UTC

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And Geoff.

2025-03-28 18:15:20 UTC

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That's all I'm saying
https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/022951ec-4d7f-4ea1-ac00-e1f692861a3f_1.71b00bc024bce8056cd87f7fd7357c49.jpeg

2025-03-28 17:45:33 UTC

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Oh, both cute 😸🦎

2025-03-28 17:44:24 UTC

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BlueSky will be decentralized, on govt run servers 😂

2025-03-28 17:33:03 UTC

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Needs extra spicy Cheetos for some rouge on the cheeks.

2025-03-28 17:18:28 UTC

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That helped 🙏

2025-03-28 17:14:42 UTC

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Is this place cat only? What about doggos?

2025-03-28 17:13:26 UTC

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It pushes all communication into approved and surveiled channels, the existing big players. A win for govt, and a win for Big tech because they get more eyeballs to feed ads.

2025-03-28 17:09:56 UTC

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More pretty kitties 😸

2025-03-28 17:06:34 UTC

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I like browsing GIFs of giraffes in my jeep.

2025-03-28 17:01:57 UTC

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Carl looks so happy, I love it. What other happy animal friends are on Nostr?

2025-03-28 16:59:54 UTC

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I've used zenni before, 5 pairs for less than one cost at the optometrist. Glasses are way better when they become basically disposable. It's a racket, a monopoly preying on peoples health.

2025-03-28 16:55:53 UTC

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Multiple relays would be more resilient to server take down or blocking, an important consideration. This also makes it so one relay operator can't censor people, bypassing a problem common in the fediverse.

2025-03-28 16:48:15 UTC

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And even when on the radar it becomes a game of whack-a-mole, stopping UK relay operators as they pop up & blocking international ones. Good luck to the ministry of truth 🫡
The greatest threat is probably removing apps from app stores. That would block a lot of people from accessing relays. It makes good web interface even more important. If they can be totally hosted on Nostr, without depending on centralized servers to host then, even better.

2025-03-28 14:44:38 UTC

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All those 90° angles are beautiful.

2025-03-28 14:38:04 UTC

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The Terminator. It's Kyle Reese, he protects from bots 😂

2025-03-28 14:36:19 UTC

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/86/Kyle_Reese.png

2025-03-28 14:33:57 UTC

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A downside of the permissionlessness I guess.

2025-03-28 14:31:49 UTC

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😬
#nevent1q…avsl

2025-03-28 14:17:42 UTC

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If the maintainer is anonymous, that might help. With Nostr there is no web host to speak of that can be punished, the data just lives on relays. It depends on if the interface needs a server to host. Can it be an app, or entirely hosted on Nostr somehow?

2025-03-28 14:14:05 UTC

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Bring able to be simply themed was a nice feature of traditional forums too. Most modern replacements just all look the same from community to community. Communities should have personality.

2025-03-28 14:10:42 UTC

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I dislike it being non paginated. Endless scrolling is a dark pattern. It's display & formatting of quotes is lacking as well.

2025-03-28 14:05:17 UTC

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Perfection.

2025-03-28 14:02:55 UTC

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Are you me? 😂

2025-03-28 13:57:19 UTC

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Continue on then, and have a good morning 🫡

2025-03-28 13:55:20 UTC

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Feeling froggy I see.

2025-03-28 13:52:58 UTC

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The embedding quotes is the important part I think. That way one can be on page 42 and still get context without having to scroll forever and read 20 pages of unnecessary posts. It's nice to have a link to jump back though.

2025-03-28 13:49:16 UTC

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I was hoping Nostr would be this but it's just a Twitter clone.

2025-03-28 13:47:18 UTC

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Wow, OP's sorted by last active, threads ordered chronologically with *no sub-threading*, just quotes embedded in notes to continue conversations. Perfect.

2025-03-28 13:41:18 UTC

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Make Forums Great Again!

2025-03-28 13:39:44 UTC

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Make old school forums, but decentralized. That interface worked so well for small communities, before being destroyed by junk like reddit & discord & telegram. Look to any older phpBB style forums. They still exist and people still use them. They just aren't VC friendly, or a hot "design" trend.

2025-03-28 13:34:36 UTC

Modern designers ruin everything by dumbing it down into samey slop.

2025-03-28 13:32:47 UTC

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Traditional forums were functional and worked great. They all got ruined by modern "design".

2025-03-28 13:30:03 UTC

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Dozens 😂

2025-03-28 13:28:43 UTC

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Can't delete, won't delete 🤷‍♂️

2025-03-28 13:26:53 UTC

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Hi Dan!

2025-03-28 13:26:23 UTC

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You're not wrong though. Lots of Bitcoin, and Ghibli, and Bitcoin Ghibli.

2025-03-28 13:19:57 UTC

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How many people are on Nostr? I've found 19 worth following.

2025-03-28 13:17:45 UTC

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😬😂
#nevent1q…f40s

2025-03-28 13:16:46 UTC

Strangely fascinating.
https://youtu.be/VckU9UXI_XE

2025-03-28 12:33:20 UTC

Less bots please. NOSTAH. Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted Amongst Humans.

2025-03-28 12:28:41 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/e248be214e537fe15e4b01300a7f24b61ff268a960b5d2fcb98b28df28bb2b3c.jpg

2025-03-28 12:15:19 UTC

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Now I'm banned from the UK
https://image.nostr.build/f7600adec0a6531ead7eb514de127b319118fcd17c0dca5bab672f49c80e0fdd.jpg

2025-03-28 12:08:41 UTC

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🐹😱

2025-03-28 12:08:15 UTC

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🐹👍

2025-03-28 12:06:44 UTC

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https://vitor.npub.pro/post/relay-setup/

2025-03-28 07:07:18 UTC

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Comic Sans?
https://image.nostr.build/d5e824088773a94b25d04fc16f04fa8cab39b9455fc0635ce3808df49abd2fc8.jpg

2025-03-28 04:28:10 UTC

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At least it's easy to remember the initials of everyone in the family. Even the dog.

2025-03-28 04:23:34 UTC

The only thing that held the Switch back from being the perfect PSP replacement was the lack of Patapon. Thankful this has been fixed.
https://youtu.be/1Fq_AalxmD0

2025-03-28 04:17:57 UTC

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💯

2025-03-28 03:59:23 UTC

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It's very easy to setup, agreed.

2025-03-28 03:58:11 UTC

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Wow, what a finish!

2025-03-28 03:42:19 UTC

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Hm. I've never watched it either. Maybe I need to watch it ironically.

2025-03-28 03:29:07 UTC

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I'm here for the freedom of speech part. I'll have to look into zaps.

2025-03-28 03:24:52 UTC

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Surfaces interesting unique content in a main feed. Minimizes or segregates bot content. Makes it easy to search based on multiple criteria, and turn effective searches into feeds.

2025-03-28 03:09:28 UTC

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I feel like nobody thinks about the negative consequences of these "zaps". It encourages scammers, doesn't it?

2025-03-28 02:52:34 UTC

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I grew up watching TNG. I still love it, even the lesser episodes.

2025-03-28 02:49:53 UTC

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Always a good choice.

2025-03-28 01:56:06 UTC

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This is more interesting than I thought.