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Writing a book about Nostr

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2026-02-01 10:18:09 UTC

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You are going at it the wrong way.
Its not, just, ''relentless violence''; is the best cinematographic expression of relentless violence.

2026-02-01 10:12:18 UTC

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Losing out on the best movie ever made, ever.

2026-01-31 23:42:18 UTC

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The #kabouters are comming

2026-01-31 23:40:20 UTC

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Hi,
What brought you to Nostr?

2026-01-30 10:59:13 UTC

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Tinfoil hat😒
Tinfoil tent😏

2026-01-30 08:18:39 UTC

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Must say that most ot those wacky flavors actually work

2026-01-30 00:25:10 UTC

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So you are part of the silent generation? Amazing!🫨🫨🫨

2026-01-30 00:08:40 UTC

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I hear so many old farts (no offence) say the same thing when they had a good look at Nostr. It is one of the reasons/heuristics that bolsters my conviction. I 'get' it on my own just fine, but it sure is nice to see the sages so excited as well.

2026-01-29 23:54:33 UTC

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaxXvcr181c

2026-01-29 23:38:49 UTC

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Boil 'm mash 'm , stick 'm in a stew

2026-01-29 23:16:09 UTC

I recently reposted all my video content as kind 21 and kind 22 events, as it should be.
The reasons for the appropriate use of kinds is a video i never finished but will soon i think. But to get the point across, practical examples are the best.
Enter vutr.space a video client that is pretty decent despite some rough edges. The main issue:
Lack of content
Shitty slow media/blossom servers.
So how about we start that stupid vlogging trend again, but this time use the appropriate kind and a decent blossom server when uploading🧐.
I pay for mine at satellite.earth .
Nostr.
#nevent1q…0hh0

2026-01-29 14:01:57 UTC

During my Nostr presentation at FOSDEM in 2025, i represented the query to relays as a lens, that provides a particular view on the big mist of events out there.
@nprofile…e307 turned that lens into a shareable thing, calling it a spell instead. Whatever its called, i am glad to see this development, and would encourage other clients to addopt this stuff. Perhaps not entire spellbooks at a time, because the UI of most apps wont work for that, but allowing you to 'cast' individual 'spells' on lets say amethyst or yakihonne would be very cool.
#nevent1q…49l6

2026-01-29 04:38:54 UTC

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This is probably what happens when you sre upside-down all the time🤔

2026-01-28 15:16:56 UTC

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@npub1l77…swft

2026-01-28 15:14:47 UTC

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Mike: Hello
AI: *DEEP EXISTENTIAL CRISIS INTENSIFIES*

2026-01-28 14:00:39 UTC

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Wonder what you think of this:
#naddr1qq…0k85

2026-01-28 09:45:39 UTC

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https://youtu.be/hlv672jqbtE

2026-01-28 08:42:01 UTC

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Do i observe wolf marks??🫨

2026-01-28 08:22:27 UTC

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@nprofile…pjms

2026-01-28 07:47:14 UTC

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Making it a page instead of some overlay would already help. Clicking next to it by accident and getting thrown out of the interface is anoying😅

2026-01-27 15:02:04 UTC

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Just put on some jungle warpaint, it makes the cutting easier

2026-01-27 13:17:09 UTC

Hey @npub1lun…27lj love satellite, but i dont like the new content ''my files'' interface. The old one was way way better. If i were to guess the new one is more mobile friendly? Well, it sucks as a desktop user atleast; less tiles (only 2 tiles wide), no longer the credit info on that page, stuff like that. Things did not work, and i only now find out i was out of credits (not sure thats actually true, i thought i had more, but it whatever thats all fine you can have the money eitherway).
All and all its currently not a nice place/interface to manage my content :/

2026-01-27 13:01:37 UTC

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a robot did

2026-01-27 10:21:22 UTC

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I know what you are doing, its called trail blazing.

2026-01-26 23:21:10 UTC

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let it come up in my feed, or come across it while surfing the web, or have some friend tell me about it or have it be share it in a chatgroup im in. People are my notifiers for the most part.

2026-01-26 23:13:59 UTC

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hmmmm, interesting. Besides the chip, more significant would be if that also means they include a 915mhz/868mhz (depending on region) antenna. That would be the real story. It is insane to me phones dont have 915mhz capability combined with SDR.
Its cool that @npub1sg6…f63m kicked off things with bitchat via new bluetooth tech; but frankly its retarded, those type of things could have been a regular mode of operation besides the 2,3,4,5G cellphone tower stuff for over a decade now. If not just only, as a government, not accepting the fragility of relying on centralized service providers on crucial communication infra in case of (cyber)attack or disaster.
Ah well...good to see someone working on the hardware side of the problem.

2026-01-26 21:37:16 UTC

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*Honk honk*

2026-01-26 11:02:53 UTC

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am i spoiling things for tomorrow if i mention the earth berry?🍓

2026-01-26 00:24:24 UTC

Last year at FOSDEM I had this slide where i briefly described how in Nostr problems could be solved in different ways. Unfortunately the bottom right is blocked, but it says *DVM.
https://image.nostr.build/8ebecdd8acc65dad925f4f9297f4f2ebe6cc2acfd059c83070a3c9bb08c0f496.png
I was reminded of that slide today discussing scheduled posts. @npub1lvz…zg03 is a scheduling service that leverages DVMs, for those people that don't have 24/7 on and connected computers that run a client that could otherwise perform this task.
At the same time, i figured relays could handle scheduled posts rather easily by accepting future dated events, and only handing them out when the date/time has passed. Turned out @npub180c…h6w6 already implemented this in the #pyramid relays.
Depending on the method there are these trade-offs;
The DVM model can be used by anyone, and works regardless what relays are used, but it can't support ''protected'' events because relays only accept those if they are submitted by the author themselves.
The relay model does work for protected events, are also low threshold for users, but can only be used on relays that support this scheduling feature.
Lastly client-based scheduling works for everything, on every relay etc. but requires users to basically have a dedicated server running.
And depending on the type of user you are, and what it is you do, there will be a sensible solution for your among those three.
If you have not seen the presentation, here is the youtube link, its almost at 20k views👀
Nostr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbt3jL1Ms0w

2026-01-25 21:35:39 UTC

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Looks cartoonish, dislike.

2026-01-25 17:07:59 UTC

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Did you put it in your profile data already? because as of yet i still cant zap you

2026-01-25 16:17:07 UTC

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you set up this profile using nstart right? Did you get a backup in your email? If not, you can always create an ncryptsec (its a password protected encrypted version of your private key) and store that somewhere. That way, you dont have to worry about deleting anything.

2026-01-25 16:08:02 UTC

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all good, no sweat, your dedicated service employee is available and will respond to any question you might have to the best of his abilities....eventually

2026-01-25 16:05:35 UTC

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@npub1dyx…2yuy weird. Not familiar with nostria, but looking at it, it allows for all the log-in types be that browser extension of remote-signer/bunker, or pasting your nsec directly.
Also not familiar with alby hub, but am i wrong in thinking it should just give you the NostrWalletConnect strings?

2026-01-25 15:51:07 UTC

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is this havok or LX? and if its @npub1dyx…2yuy , why the new npub🧐

2026-01-25 15:01:47 UTC

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still need to republish all of them in the correct, format. Will holler when thats done

2026-01-25 14:10:20 UTC

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and ofcourse @npub1jlr…ynqn delivered atleast a draft/skeleton for a handbook. Hopefully i will get a couple of presentation gigs on conferences, so i can expand that library as well (can someone please be my agent to get those scheduled, ok thnx)

2026-01-25 13:40:57 UTC

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@npub1lvz…zg03 When viewing with amethyst it becomes apparent;
Looking at the JSON, for some reasons all the tags are t-tags, resulting amethyst to render all of it underneath the pictures as #'s

2026-01-25 13:37:22 UTC

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yes; the function of the relay is revealed by the restrictions it applies. Suppressing spam for its users is one such function; as to what is considered spam in what context determines the type of restriction required.

2026-01-25 12:52:33 UTC

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I have a book to finish. When thats done im willing to put some effort into this. But with the web of trust foundation/TEPP and the book i have enough on my plate as it is, and need to deliver asap.

2026-01-25 12:38:05 UTC

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Not sure the timing; but i'd think the best route for this would be to get some opensource course + handbook in place, created by a bunch of nostriches. While we are at it, might as well make a nip for courses, and a simple client.
Subsequently when that is in place, devs have a 'go-to' place to get familiar with Nostr, and we establish jargon, dev-conventions etc. that are in line with Nostr.
After that commercial actors can come in and offer training, courses, certification etc.
My point is, first you need to have some foundation on which the trainers can be trained, and the coursemakers can make their courses.

2026-01-25 11:39:21 UTC

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2025 was a good year in terms of development, the normalization of outbox and nip17-dm's come to mind. Perhaps not universalized but still.
For me Grimoire is a big deal, @npub107j…ncxg delivered an excellent power-user/dev client...if you have that set up the way you want, anything outside of the Nostr paradigm must feel frustratingly outdated. Combine that with the spellbooks, and im sure you can convince any sys-admin out there in 5 minutes to become a Nostr acolyte. The git stuff, the continued development around blossom...
I know most people are focused on the general social media use(case/r), but having worked for a large system integrator a couple of years, and seeing how much sense Nostr makes in the context of general IT infra, i really wonder how far along THAT corner is. (a prerequisite is courses and certification though, because thats how that world operates).
All we have to do it keep at it, having conviction for Nostr is so damn easy, lol.

2026-01-25 11:21:58 UTC

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Which is why relays could consider limiting the number of tags*
-fix
Relays don't ''need'' to do anything other than adhere to nip01; relays ''should'' do nothing, other than adhere to nip01; relays ''can'' do anything, as long as they adhere to nip01.*
*there is perhaps more nuance here/more axioms, but don't have the time right now to think about it and write it down.

2026-01-25 09:56:10 UTC

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@npub1zaf…26k5 do you have followpacks that are relevant to Havok?

2026-01-25 09:47:06 UTC

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@npub1kk0…6xq2 , you heard it :).
Yeah i looked at the how.
Having a system that does not rely on relays is nice to have, but thinking about it, a relay based standard/nip is needed regardless for protected/''-''tag events, because a third party can't broadcast those. Should not be too complicated, all the relay has to do is accept future-dated events and only service them after the time matches.
@npub180c…h6w6

2026-01-25 08:07:50 UTC

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No, you missed the point, there is a bug in pidgeon, and it screws up events. I tried to reproduce to bug together with claire, but we couldnt. But now i hear from her it kept happening.
I will look at your 'how' , however, because im wondering why you dont just create events with future timestamps and retain them on a special relay that accepts those, and broadcasts when the time has come. But you must have your reasons

2026-01-25 00:44:37 UTC

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Very cool! He must be on Nostr....right?

2026-01-24 20:59:24 UTC

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Sir Hellthreads ARE THE EXPERIENCE

2026-01-24 20:57:57 UTC

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Yes

2026-01-24 20:13:56 UTC

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Thats not weird at all.
😶

2026-01-24 18:45:03 UTC

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while we are piling on work;
You can leverage https://spacetomatoes.net/ for your NIP-05 handle ([email protected]).
A lot of the trust-metrics used in the space like it if you have such a nip05 handle, and you can also give that to people instead of your npub, and they can easily find you on Nostr.
Some people have tied a bunch of things to it, such that its at the same time their email adress, nostr adress, and bitcoin-payment adress (and whatever legacy web stuff you can tie to it), making it 1 handle for all the things.

2026-01-24 17:58:22 UTC

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I got asked to relay the following:
Please tell soft summer to warm up the figs, they will taste way better and can be used in salades (with balsamico)

2026-01-24 15:29:16 UTC

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I sometimes oblidge in the 43 year old virgin on the other end of the screen his delusions.

2026-01-24 15:06:31 UTC

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i told you to ignore the first 30 seconds milady

2026-01-24 14:41:50 UTC

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and an Ipad

2026-01-24 14:35:36 UTC

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indeed there is no log-in for the tarot thing. I remember when the tarot thing became popular. There used to be all these astrology youtubers out there, and almost instantly, from one day to the next, they started to make tarot content, and you'd have to look really hard to find anyone that does not incorporate tarot stuff. (im not super into this stuff or anything, just one of the many anthropological exercises i perform).
Yes! the letters in the key are actually numbers, similar to hex. The encoding is called bech32, and it is a carefully selected set of characters that are hard to confuse, so no 0, o and O or stuff like that.
On that video....yeah well, i guess the point is that the number is so large you can't possible make any sense out of it, so you are right to zone out ;)

2026-01-24 13:59:29 UTC

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Stevin

2026-01-24 13:34:46 UTC

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I am there to explain Nostr. I will adjust things a bit depending on the host/audience and the type of questions i am getting; i want them to get away with a better understanding. Also dont think @npub1dyx…2yuy and LX (who does not have a phone) are normies hahaha.
There are others that focus on accessible content and ''conversion'' like @npub1spd…q6j7 , that does his thing with the explicit purpose of getting people onto primal. Thats ok, that is his wheelhouse. @npub18am…p424 with his podcast and presentations also tries to be accessible for broader audiences. My wheelhouse is trying to speak regular English as much as i can, or explain jargon/technical parts in regular terms when im forced to; but i am not dumbing anything down for the sake of the lowest common denominator.
Im not on these podcasts to advertise Nostr, or to convince normies to start using it. I never give instructions on how to get started, and only send people to Nostr.com at the end, for them to figure it out themselves. Retention is extremely low as it is, so why bother? Let those that bother to look at Nostr.com, and then bother to figure it out on their own be the filter; the ones that make it at worth putting effort into getting them further ahead in their Nostr journey (and i subsequently do/try).

2026-01-24 12:56:28 UTC

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Oh no, this is more like being on the internet the period before 2005; i think we just crossed the period even before that last year.
Hopefully @nprofile…cvta improves so you can start automating! Come to think of it, you should get an nsite! Its a regular webpage, that automatically is populated with your Nostr posts. I never put much effort in mine, but as an example https://constant.npub.pro/ , it shows the articles ive written. No idea what the best way to go about it is these days, maybe @nprofile…cva2 knows, or knows to point you in the right direction.
Do you have a link to the tarot app?
Im tempted to give you an introduction explanation of how public/private keys work now. Ok super short (spoiler, not as short as i hoped):
You (your computer) picked a large random number (its superduperextraturbo big...no really, its huge), and kept is secret (i hope👀). That large random number, is your private key (nsec, i.e. Nostr Secret (key) ). Then you (again that helpful computer) did some cryptomathmagic on that secret number, and created a derivative large number. That is your public key (npub, i.e. Nostr Public (key) ).
How Nostr works, is that you create what is called a signature underneath all your posts, using your secret key; and then the outside world can verify that signature using your public key.
So your npub is your cryptographic ''name''; and your nsec is what you use to create signatures that belong to that ''name''; because only the person that holds that secret is able to produce those signatures.
So...its just a number, you (your computer) made up out of thin air. You could also roll dice if you want to produce that number, just make sure its ''random'' such that other people can't trivially guess it. You never had to ask anyone permission to create it, and you can always create other keypairs if you are so inclined whenever, and whereever you want.
So its not a password in the sense that it gives you access to something by convincing some else to give you entree; but functions like a password by being a secret that allows you to proof to others that you know a secret (without revealing the secret).
It all relies on the number being superdupermegaultra large, so to give you somewhat of an idea, watch this video. Its 5 minutes long, but you can ignore the first 30 second and last 1,5 minute, so the actual relevant part is the 3 minutes in the middle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9JGmA5_unY

2026-01-24 09:36:13 UTC

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Happy to see you on Nostr sir.
I actually forgot a reason why i like Simon Stevin, he calculed and wrote down the tables of interest, and published them in a book. That information were corporate secrets held by banks at the time, the public at large had no idea of the real cost of loans etc. So he opensourced loan costs, which is another bad ass move in my book.

2026-01-24 09:26:06 UTC

Howdy Nostr, meet @nprofile…2fdq , he hosts a podcast, and after i was a guest on his show, appears to take a serieus dive into Nostr.
Give him a warm welcome, and perhaps maybe watch the episode I did with them!
#nevent1q…t5tx

2026-01-23 22:56:45 UTC

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Folks please dont shoot sebas, im gonna need him a bit longer. Ok thnx bye

2026-01-23 22:18:17 UTC

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Aaaah Havok, there you are!
Well the moment you have a bunker set up and know how to use different apps you are well on your way already. Any prevered thing/link you want me to shout out? Just tell me and i will give you a holler to get some connections going.

2026-01-23 11:45:12 UTC

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Thats ultimately a political battle. If you have written a book that after the fact is deemed wrongthink you have the exact same problem, or any public expression for that matter regardless of medium.
Atleast with Nostr you are free to use a pen name/psuedonym, which has been ussed throughout time for similar reasons.
Part of that political battle actually is speaking out, and doing so in masses.
I know things are grimm in aussie land, and various other places as well (though (former) commonwealth appears to try to get a medal for this crap or something). Stay strong and God speed!

2026-01-23 10:06:51 UTC

Bookstr!
#nevent1q…zj5t

2026-01-22 23:22:08 UTC

🤙

2026-01-22 15:38:06 UTC

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oh, hurr durr. Thank you dawn, bussy day. Dubble + appreciated

2026-01-22 13:52:25 UTC

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Hey @nprofile…x8mg @nprofile…uz3y , integrating the signer got me to the point of recommending Primal (you are not off santa's naughty list just yet🧐) and it got you a live recorded user onboarding and ''after a week''-review.
Hey Nostr, say hi to @nprofile…y2gu .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEfke_cFXkA
#nevent1q…svyc

2026-01-22 13:43:17 UTC

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I feel ya on the emoji likes, i mostly try to take the effort finding the most fitting one; it makes the like itself less trivial, a token actual attention was spend instead it being a throwaway click.
Haha. The private-key (nsec) (i.e. your profile) you have inside of amethyst can be placed inside of amber; subsequently you can connect with other apps (using the same profile) using amber without having to move that key around.How are you using pidgeon and that tarrot-app now? Did you enter your private key there? You can try connecting with amber instead. You can also try to go to jumble.space on your laptop/desktop. For both pidgeon and jumple its referred to as ''log in with Bunker''; it will generate a QR code you can scan with amber. I'd advice to give those connections full permissions, you can revoke them at any point anyway. As far as i am aware amber is not spying on you👀.
No you got it exactly right, a bunch of nerds crazy enough to think they can reconstruct all the things and that the normies of this world will start using it eventually, to safe this planet from the MetaXgoogle-plex prison. Relays are indeed ambiguous, but thats also the point of them hahaha we are all here figuring it out in real time, guided by the whispers of the Jungle Spirit, riding our ostriches towards the horizon.
Coolcool, ive heard from a bunch of people that they appreciate your feed, so i hope you keep at it, giving color (dried lavender is purple after all, very, very Nostr💜) to the space.

2026-01-22 11:43:38 UTC

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Naaaa mate, Dutchy here

2026-01-22 11:41:55 UTC

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Ever since Primal integrated the remote signer, im more comfortable with people (initially) using primal, because it instantly became the easiest way to explore the broader app ecosystem....a super amber if you will

2026-01-22 11:39:20 UTC

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i pointed Sim to Primal for that exact same reason, especially because he already had such a terrible experience initially, haha.
Remind me to ask you in a month or so how that on-boarding others experience is going for you.

2026-01-22 11:16:00 UTC

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I know right! ;)

2026-01-22 11:15:14 UTC

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i get it, and i think you get it just fine and are correct.
Welcome home,
Nostr.

2026-01-22 10:45:45 UTC

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Hey Moron!
Decided to check up on you, i'm the guy that replied to your initial youtube video; as you might imagine watching that first video of you installing Snort and Spring, instead of picking either Primal, Amethyst of Yakihonne from that list of apps was tragic haha. Glad to see you made your way to primal and managed to get going
Thank you also for documenting the process you are going through installing the app, and giving this type of feedback, its very helpful to my understanding how newcomers experience all this stuff.
My response:
How do I get this across....Lets say two things are true at the same time:
First, its not a platform, Primal is not a platform, Nostr is not a platform...relays can act as platforms, perhaps, but you have to realize you are arguing against the ephemeral clouds here. Its not much different than saying that there is too much bitcoin content on the internet, that there are too many bitcoin websites etc. Its silly because Nostr is not ''a space'', not a platform like i mentioned, its a system facilitating freedom of association in all kinds of different ways (tweets, pictures, videos, chatgroups, livestreaming, code creation, recipes, apps, games, all the various things people use the web for).
Bitcoiners just happen to be the initial community adopting Nostr, and tweets the first type of usecase, so it is dominant among al dozen Nostr users out there; yet other non-bitcoin people and stuff is out there, perhaps a bit harder to dig up due to circumstance. Same things goes for any ''way of posting'', but as you already mentioned you will just stick with your way, and that is the precise correct attitude; we don't share 'a space' here, there is infinite interoperable space for everything to just exist next to each other.
Second (and true at the same time); I understand that as a new user, with 0 intuition what on earth it even is what you entered, everything is just very ''de facto''. There is this app, Primal, and thats ''the thing'', and the onboarding facilitated by that app is ''the thing'', and the people you initially see using that app, is ''the thing''. That fact this notion that there even is a ''thing'' is a mirage of your own imagination, is of no value/concern to you, because you are ''user'' with ''user experience'' and ''user expectations'' from ''the thing''; and if any of it is not to your liking you will simply move on to another ''thing''.
I recognize all of this, but this is a concern for the app developers/Primal on how to cater to you as a ''user'', but there are also so many different apps, so perhaps ''you'' (the general you, not perhaps you specifically) are simply not using the ''right app for you''.
Me personally? My concern is elsewhere. Im the crew that will call you a moron from not instantly understanding the new paradigm you stumbled into( 😜) , and won't let you rest easy in comfortable misconceptions and misunderstanding. Il guide you to a new intuition on this new paradigm, such that you can confidently navigate on your own. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
PS: On using other apps: thats what that ''remote login'' feature in Primal
is for, to log into other apps without having to transfer your keys, try it out!
PPS: Funny that @nprofile…9369 and you found each other. You both made a youtube video around the same time on how you started looking at Nostr, and i contacted you both to get you guys up to speed, and it seems you 2 are both doing just fine so im very proud :)

2026-01-22 09:53:41 UTC

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2026-01-21 09:41:18 UTC

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Hey Soft Summer girl!
Checking in on how your Nostr journey is going thusfar. How is the experience? What do you think/feel about it? Have you tried different apps? Can you get a handle on what on earth this Nostr thing is?

2026-01-21 07:02:47 UTC

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Yeah right.