Nostr excites me because I/we can choose to follow an identity specifically because they write amazing long form content, take beautiful pictures, sell (via. lightning) content or services in a distributed market place, write/operate an amazing AI agent(s) in Vendata etc. The list of ways to interact with an identity can/will likely grow.
That relationship goes with me/you (unless you nuke your followers 🤬) So you can go to a different platform/app and you get introduced to some other aspect of an identity just by that graph relation alone -- good or bad. Not because they post "a lot" of kind 1's.
There is much to be learned when the relationship is identity -> identity vs. identity -> platform.
Guys question is a good one and also the thread that follows has some good considerations.
quotingThere seems to be something with Nostr that I've seen through casual observation and then discussions among new people - that having a really small following results in disproportionately low engagement. (ie. half the followers means 1/4th the engagement or something similar)
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In other words, it seems like the bootstrapping phase of this network for new people is worse than on traditional platforms. But I can't think of an obvious reason why this might be unless it's a consequence of not having cross-talk between relays.
Wondering if there might be a way to somehow amplify or ensure wide relay connections for those new to the platform, without amplifying bots and scams at the same time?
Maybe this is just sort of an inescapable reality of the tech, but mostly just thinking out loud. 🤔