Oh, a few wannabe Nostr thinkers are starting to worry more again about why we are not getting any of that exodus from the big social media platforms. And they think it is because of some hexadecimal IDs or other stuff that does not look exactly like those familiar big platforms. And solutions are being thrown around that all point toward centralization. So for these people, Nostr should basically be represented by just one client. And be as easy to use as the big platforms.
I think they have not understood Nostr at all and they cave in too easily and actually turn back to centralized structures, even if they are supposed to be simulated on a decentralized protocol. We like to talk about a free markets here, but we want the quickest possible consolidation around a quasi platform, a quasi client for all. End the Nostr client development, let us finally do some marketing, they say.
Nothing will come of that. Sacrificing Nostr's strengths just to go back to old centralized structures.
By the way, we already have two examples in internet history, actually three, that show us when a platform built momentum:
1. One chose the private, college approach (Meta)
2. Another drew attention with content that had never been seen on the internet before (Weblogs)
3. And the other introduced citizen journalism and reported for the first time on things that were real but not yet in any newspaper (Twitter). Even if that trend is reversing now.
It was always just about content. Content is king. Still is. None of them had to do excessive marketing, the users came on their own. What are Nostr's unique contents? We haven't created anything unique here that would attract anyone (I include myself in that), except complaining, self praise, and a general relieved "phew, finally free to post what I want". We are still too conditioned by the big platforms and just don't want to be censored with our mostly toxic content. But what is new and productive with us?
Our developers are the most. Except they are still a bit too detached from the mainstream. But the potential is there. AI shows good approaches, Bitchat shows a big niche market. But our real strength has not become visible yet: crisis resilience.
Because we don't have the big crisis yet where Nostr would really flourish. If all fiat ways were closed and no influencer could earn anything anymore, if all big platforms were ruined by over-moderation from algorithms, if all creativity and expression were suppressed, then Nostr would really bloom. We are already on the way, but not quite there yet. But when we get there, when Nostr becomes the only refuge island, we better should have built suitable decentralized structures that affect local life. Then we will not need marketing either, then the masses would come on their own.
We need to keep evolving toward a more human network. Real communities form through free exchange of goods and services for hard money. Not through "hodlers" who stubbornly cling to their coins and wait for the right moment to trade them back for fiat and buy a yacht.
Check out how many Africans and Asians are doing it. They are already benefiting from Bitcoin, from its features of unrestricted commerce free from institutional players. Western hodlers, who treat it like a long term investment and then maybe die or lose access to their coins (oops) before they could do anything with them, don't create such markets and communities.
The first time, it can't check anything because it needs an initial snapshot to compare against in the future. So go to follows list and click on the link. It takes a while (depending on how many people you follow) until eventually you get the message "Initial Snapshot saved. Changes will be detected on next check."
If you do this check again a few days later, now it has a snapshot to compare against.
And if there are changes in the mutual status, they'll be displayed. All the new mutuals and those that used to be but aren't anymore. If you just press "Close," the same changes, plus any new ones, will show up again. If you press "Mark as seen," they won't be considered in the next check.
There, you can check each user again to see if it's really true. Sometimes there are small errors, so it's worth it to also open the user's profile beforehand. The info in the profile is more reliable.
Well, once you have this loyalty info and you've confirmed it, do whatever you want with it.
2. A key pair gets generated automatically. But you can regenerate them as many times as you want.
3. You're prompted to download a backup. But you can also optionally save it somewhere, like in a password manager.
5. Now you can import this key pair into the local key signer.
6. You set your password for the trust session...
7. ...then it continues after a success message.
8. In the next screen, a few random usernames get generated. But of course, you can set your own.
9. Then you can pick a profile picture or upload one yourself.
10. And create a bio.
11. Then the new user gets three random suggestions from the 15 largest relays. You can reroll them and even enter your own. But here's the thing: Even if the user picks some dumb relays, like really obscure ones, it barely affects how NoorNote works. Like when displaying users and notes that aren't on your own relays. That's thanks to the outbound relays principle.
12. NIP-17 DMs need your own inbox relays. Hardly any newbie knows that. No big deal, it suggests four suitable ones, and the user should pick two. Over time, I could add more options there too.
13. So the new user's timeline doesn't end up empty, it now suggests some thematically curated follow packs.
15. Now all that's left is a Lightning wallet for zapping and getting zapped. The most common newbie mistake with new accounts is avoiding setting it up. That's understandable, who even helps with that at the start?
16. After you sign up at Rizful and click "Open Rizful," you get a one-time code that you copy...
17. ...and paste into the wizard. When you hit "Connect" after that, it fetches the NWC string and enters it into NoorNote.
18. Finally, there's a little summary, and with "Save & Go to timeline," everything gets published to the relays, NoorNote loads the timeline as usual, and the user can jump right in.
In the web browser, the order in the wizard is a little different. It recommends installing Alby first, simply because it's the only browser extension that stores sensitive data encrypted right in the browser. That cuts down the attack surface from other malicious browser extensions, for example. And the Alby setup starts off with connecting a Lightning wallet anyway. That's why the Rizful step gets moved up, right after guiding the new user through the Alby installation. After that, the wizard steps are just like in the desktop version.
Tadaaa: 
