Sovereign Matt on Nostr: Created this little guide as I am fed up with answering the same question on ...

Created this little guide as I am fed up with answering the same question on #asknostr:


“#Nostr is the protocol of freedom of speech for the internet. There are now on average over 10,000 active daily users interacting with the Nostr protocol. The majority of users I come across are every grateful for the existence of a protocol like Nostr in this age of permissioned social media platforms censoring peoples right to free speech online.

However, there are some cases of users reporting negative experiences when using Nostr these include: poor user onboarding experience, not being able to find accounts to follow, confusion about which relay servers to connect to, and coming across spam in the global feed of some clients.

Firstly, If you are having a poor experience using Nostr, make sure you using a Nostr client or mobile application that has regular updates such as:

-#Primal.net for web, IOS and Android. https://primal.net/
-#Amethyst for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitorpamplona.amethyst&hl=en&gl=US
-#Damus for IOS: https://damus.io
-#Plebstr for both IOS and Android: https://plebstr.com/
-#Snort.social for web: https://snort.social
-#Nostur for IOS: https://nostur.com/
-#Satelite.earth for web: https://satellite.earth/
-#Getcurrent for both IOS and Android: https://getcurrent.io
-#Iris for web/Android/IOS: https://iris.to
-#Habla.news for web: https://habla.news/
-#Coracle.social for web: https://coracle.social/

Secondly, introduce yourself to #plebchain hashtag with a “follow for follow” message at the end of your note. The ladies of Nostr prefer to use #babechain hashtag instead.

Most Nostr clients now support “Follow #Hashtag” feature. Search for hashtags of your interest and find your tribe. For example, I follow #carnivore, #bookstr,#proofodwalk, #biblestr, #proofofwalk, #hikestr, #steakstr, #touchgrass, #health,#tunestr, #devs and #filmstr.

You should also check these Nostr websites out that show what notes and which Nostr users are trending on any given day:

https://nostr.band/

https://primal.net/

You can find a large list of people from your social media accounts using https://nostr.directory website.

Checkout https://bitcoinnostr.com and https://nostrplebs.com/ to find a long list of nostr users as well.

Join #NostrNests (Nostr’s version of Twitter Spaces at https://nostrnests.com) and interact with of Nostr users to find like minded individuals to follow and confide in. Join #zap.Stream (https://zap.stream) to find Nostr creators live streams.

A personal observation is that everyone that follows 1000+ accounts on Nostr seems to be having a very positive experience and usually more engaged:

(1) It helps keep your timeline busy as more accounts means more notes to read through and
(2) It helps bring vareity to your Nostr client feed.

Finally, make sure you are connected to some of the most popular relays. If you are looking to come across more people using the Nostr protocol to checking joining the most popular relays (see the relay adoption data at stats.nostr.band in the bar chart below) to grow your nostr tribe.


Top 10 Most Popular Relays (as of 27/07/2023 according to stats.nostr.band data):

1) wss://relay.damus.io
2) wss://eden.nostr.land
3) wss://nos.lol
4) wss://snort.social
5) wss://relay.current.fyi
6)wss://brb.io
7) wss://nostr.orangepill.dev
8) wss://nostr.wine
9) wss://nostr.bitcoiner.social
10) wss://relay.nostr.info

To keep up to date all things on Nostr development. I highly recommend folowing the Nostr OG gang:

-Fiatjaf: @fiatjaf
-Jb55: @jb55
-Jack Dorsey: @jack
-Edward Snowden: @Snowden
-Walker: @walker
-Derek Ross: @DerekRoss
-Pablo: @pablof7z”

https://medium.com/@SovereignMatt/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-nostr-experience-f7504f44ad39