We had this format before, it was called vine, but it died

Didn’t reels kill vine? I remember all the top accounts started to shill reels around the same time

Attention spans have become shorter over time. The moment in which you launch a product is crucial. So is the market in which you position it.

The functionality of discovery outside of those you're following varies heavily between clients. Personally I'm pretty happy with Coracle's approach. Between hashtags, and looking at extended networks, I can slice things up to my liking. That said I'm not opposed to client level algorithms for curating a feed if it's what people want to opt into. At the end of the day Nostr being a protocol will almost certainly ensure that these remain optional, rather than enforced. Personally I won't be opting in, but I get that not everyone is interested in tinkering with their filters to find what they want.

I agree on using hastags more to find stuff. Hmm maybe can just use those to build your own algorithm for bow.