Hilary Baumann

Interests: #Bourbon #photography #wordpress

https://hilarybaumann.com • https://fascinationdesign.com • https://distilled-living.com

Hand coded my 1st website in 1996. Angelfire (not geocities)

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relay.damus.io

nos.lol

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2024-05-08 17:24:23

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I don’t expect all apps to show precisely the same way since there may be some feature differences they are trying to achieve but if not everyone is seeing some core things the same way, that seems fairly problematic in my opinion.

2024-05-08 16:26:00

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I was looking for a specific zap that someone was talking about. Otherwise I could care less about numbers of zaps.
Disparities of data is what I was more concerned about.

2024-05-08 16:09:30

So can anyone explain the disparity of the number in the stats between apps on Nostr? Damus is showing 5 zaps and Primal is showing 20 zaps for example.
(I’ve also gotten very used to writing in alt text for images and don’t see a way to do it at least with Damus.) https://image.nostr.build/eeaf5ae6fda5140bdc59e159368ee056e667d08950f53828bb3797cd6b28e099.jpg https://image.nostr.build/ef684907fd814d48ab5603ae38b689e65dc605e1e733646d009c81756d93db25.jpg

2024-05-06 01:39:38

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Wait … is Nostr just pulling in activitypub? I need to go poke at more things.

2024-05-06 01:35:46

Noticing some activitypub crossposting here that I don’t remember seeing last time I was here.
Then again I don’t think I checked for moss photos here either and that’s where I’m seeing it.

2024-05-06 01:18:31

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Also my version of normie may still be on the geeky tech side. I did notice that mossy photos have made it here. 😂

2024-05-06 01:12:33

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Kicking the tires like I tend to do. I don’t think there’s going to be one platform that comes out “the” single winner. I think several will for VERY different reasons.
Curious how this one is progressing and also trying to find out if I can make it more my cup of tea by following a few more people. 😎

2024-05-06 00:53:35

@npub18jg…c5gt I was going to look through who you were following here but it’s 500+ people so I have a Q for you:
Who are the top 10-20 people I should follow who are a bit more normie here? Or even who you really think I would find interesting.

2024-03-15 22:12:16

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Also thanks for the heads up that it’s on the Damus roadmap. 😎

2024-03-15 22:11:28

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I do that every once in awhile but I also follow some people here I want to see and they kinda get drowned out by 2-3 people. 😎

2024-03-15 22:10:35

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<Face palm> I appear to have downloaded Primal already but apparently should subdivide my “socials” folder into various platforms so I notice.

2024-03-15 22:03:19

Any chance #Nostr might get mute words at some point?
I’m thinking that being able to temporarily mute the word Nostr might actually help me find non-nostr topic posts.
Bonus question: any new, good, trustworthy iPhone apps beyond Damus available for Nostr yet?
#asknostr

2024-02-06 18:31:15

Since a lot of people are trying a lot of platforms this year, this may be one of them.
I posted this elsewhere yesterday but if you ever set up a Spoutible account, you need to change your password. If you connected to Mastodon or Bluesky, you should revoke tokens and passwords to this platform.
Pretty serious list of lost data:
https://www.troyhunt.com/how-spoutibles-leaky-api-spurted-out-a-deluge-of-personal-data/
#spoutible #infosec #socialmedia #haveibeenpwned

2023-11-16 17:23:12

Well that’s interesting - I KNOW I posted a car photo here and had a conversation off of it awhile ago now and I don’t think it was a conversation I deleted but I’m not seeing it.
I will try looking for it other apps later to see if it’s just this one being weird on me at the moment.

2023-11-16 16:20:52

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Local news seems to grab whatever the highest number that comes in might be especially if it’s rare. I remember we got something like a 1.1 somewhere near me once and the news was alllll over it because I think it was the only earthquake in 40 years? Something like that. 🤦‍♀️😂

2023-11-16 16:13:54

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Annnnd I didn’t realize it wasn’t. 🤦‍♀️ It’s absolutely implied that it’s fully an opensource project.
BUT I would also be ok with the idea of there being a core team working on the first portion of the protocol simply for speed’s sake as long as there’s an opensource audit going on with the team listening to feedback (you can’t take action or prioritize everything all at once and some people don’t get that too. Gets tiring watching people scream at devs who are in fact trying to listen but are also trying to get something to the next stage as well.)

2023-11-16 15:30:15

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Wait what? Doesn’t this mess with the whole underpinnings or am I reading that wrong? The nips changing portion. And doesn’t that mean it’s an attack vector for something malicious?
Also I have two thoughts on knowing who is working on protocol level dev: 1) I have been wondering who exactly is involved here and didn’t know if I just hadn’t researched it yet and thus didn’t know or if it wasn’t public 2) I know it could lead to harassment of the devs so I can also see why someone might want to remain anonymous.
57 of 99 I think I need to spend some time on GitHub to understand how that’s even possible …

2023-11-16 15:14:10

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5.4 would have made bigger news nationally. 3.6 near Chicago is still startlingly larger than I had thought it would be though 😲:
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000lnhy/executive
#earthquake

2023-11-16 01:27:22

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It lasted beyond 2012 IF you were using some publishing tools. I think sprout social was one that I could either see what was being used still? It’s hard to remember everything but I know it was 2019 and I was seeing some info somehow.
I was checking out what tools certain accounts were using because it helped me figure out if there was something new I should be checking out (more for marketing than for personal though, I was looking for power tools basically to help me stay on top of event marketing.)
Honestly it might help me here if it were accurate. Or even if someone wanted to pretend to be on something it would bring awareness. 🤷‍♀️

2023-11-16 01:20:42

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Small earthquake I assume? I have USGS set to send me an email for anything 6 and over worldwide.

2023-11-16 01:18:34

Sooooo #Nostr outside the US question - is this US dominant at the moment?
Earlier I had my VPN pulling fastest location which for some reason was in England. This seemed to mean all 11 relays I normally have had me blocked.
Semi- related question: do any of the relays have status pages should there be something that takes them out? It took me a minute to realize it was my “location” cutting me off.
But what if some malware takes out large numbers of relays?

2023-11-15 18:51:35

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PS - yeah I like Bluesky but I want more than one project and protocol to succeed here. It’s not an us vs them situation.

2023-11-15 18:49:23

For anyone who is on Bluesky - this is the post and the related blog post where you can really see how it bridges:
https://bsky.app/profile/joelotter.com/post/3kd3gpubns72l
And for anyone not on Bluesky, the blog post here is connected to Bluesky and I think Mastodon so the comments at the bottom are definitely partially from bluesky :
https://www.joelotter.com/posts/2023/10/bridgy-bluesky/
(In short: bridges can be a good thing… even if you don’t like Bluesky.) #note1nlz…pve5

2023-11-15 18:39:25

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I wouldn’t outsource but it’s a good place to sift through if that’s possible.
First Mastodon Instance I joined had some beef with some other mastodon instance and I never could figure out why (but it made it a walled garden.)

2023-11-15 18:36:38

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For those not on Bluesky the comments at the end of this blog post are coming from Bluesky and I think Mastodon https://www.joelotter.com/posts/2023/10/bridgy-bluesky/

2023-11-15 18:34:44

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For anyone who is on Bluesky - this is the post and the related blog post where you can really see how it bridges:
https://bsky.app/profile/joelotter.com/post/3kd3gpubns72l

2023-11-15 18:28:08

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Easy peasy, Next question (since I obviously don’t spend enough time here.) Are there any mute lists anywhere? So I can proactively mute certain known accts?

2023-11-15 18:23:48

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Hey @npub1504…0cg0 is there a way I don’t know about to stop the very blatant spam comments on Nostr? Like it’s clearly not relevant to the post or response kinds of spam. Or does everyone just ignore it here?

2023-11-15 18:22:05

So let’s see … is there an #indesign community here at all? #adobe #adobeindesign
Yeah I know there’s open source alts. I’ve just spent 25 years with Adobe for the print design world and I know so much of it backwards and forwards.
It’s the collaboration stuff they’ve added that I’m poking at and it’s seeming kinda “really? this UX is … eeee” for a pro tool.

2023-11-15 18:12:02

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It’s PayPal owned so they have a history of rolling quick and easy.

2023-11-05 17:02:57

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I think almost everyone agrees that if they hadn’t done away with the physical function and escape keys it wouldn’t have been a problem.
My prediction is that they take it away, bring back the keys and then rework where it goes on the device in say… maybe 2-3 years?

2023-11-05 16:57:32

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I’m not sure that those two doing promoting should be the measuring tape for this. They have reasons to promote the things that they do and ignoring anything else that exists.
(But yes, it needs to be made easier and clearer for the average person to use Nostr … people who aren’t already deep into bitcoin.)

2023-11-04 21:49:18

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😂 honestly it scares a lot of people if/when they really realize this.
I generally post everything publicly because I have known this for decades no matter platform.
Only in the last three year have I done more “for friends” posts ONLY so the spammers can’t try and hijack / post in the comments their junk.
So less about it not being public (because I expect it could be leaked) and more about not wasting time on notifications for trash comments. (Which is something Nostr may have to think about eventually.)

2023-11-04 01:23:57

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That 1996 Angelfire website I coded is still partially backed up with the Internet Archive (yay waybackmachine!) I haven't linked it to myself on the modern web yet so not going to embarrass myself just now. It's pretty high-school (though I was already smart enough back then to have a PO Box.) 🤣

2023-11-04 00:25:32

Interesting new realization because I logged back into Primal on desktop - seems like DMs(?) exist but not in Damus.
Someone sent me a message I’m seeing in Primal via Browser but not in Damus.

2023-11-03 23:58:55

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Sometimes you just don't want something easy access / top of account everywhere BUT you do need to understand that deleted online doesn't mean it's completely gone.
Screen shots can exist even if an entire system doesn't retain a copy anyway. I'm honestly not sure why people haven't learned this from the twitter screen capture culture. But Facebook etc. downplaying / not talking about it... probably the reason.

2023-11-03 23:45:30

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I am actually looking in Damus and I see bookmarks for posts it’s not obvious how to bookmark a whole hashtag.

2023-11-03 23:42:18

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Excellent presentation. About 30% into the video BUT this ALREADY covers a lot of the things that I think Nostr has to work on if it wants to have a broader appeal.

2023-11-03 05:01:28

Soooo has anyone built lists or bookmarkable hashtags while I was gone? Or advanced searching somewhere? #nostr #damus #primal

2023-11-02 20:47:16

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If your target market is certain more corporate brands, that’s a whole other thing. Would depend a bit on what sector you’re going after.
I was thinking based on the page they were trying to get more individuals, creators and maybe some app devs that wanted to a decentralized option.

2023-11-02 20:27:28

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I had not forgotten about this. When I started digging in I realized I didn’t really need to know about what happened with Apple & Damus. I just assumed that zapple was some sort of workaround because of the name.
There is not a create a page button at the bottom of the page in the screen shot currently so I couldn’t go poking at it to see if I understood it better via that route though.
So I started feeding the text into ChatGPT to see if I could quickly get a more simplified and less technical version. This may not be exactly accurate (since I couldn’t go in and attempt to experience the product but it’s a little less … crypto a little more normal:
ZapplePay has just introduced something called AutoZaps, which works kind of like a decentralized version of Patreon. It lets people create their own pages where others can set up recurring payments to support them.
AutoZaps uses a technology called NWC (Nostr Wallet Connect) to talk to wallets like Mutiny and Alby. These wallets have features that make it easy to approve payments automatically when connected to a specific NWC code.
They've also used NWC technology to build Mutiny+, which is a way to handle payments with Bitcoin in a more user-friendly manner.
If you're curious about AutoZaps, you can check them out here: [AutoZaps](https://www.zapplepay.com/autozap/)
And if you're interested in using NWC for your own payment systems, ZapplePay is open to chat. https://image.nostr.build/1c2d569ae8d62d1eae0e0f7eaac3e35a54a77c57b58adadc6028f3ca2226eaad.jpg

2023-10-25 05:40:48

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I think I need to spend a minute here again to see where things have evolved and where some thing shook out on the Apple /Damus stuff (I got caught up in IRL events for a few months here.)
Let me wrap my head around the changes, that statement and then do a sort of translation.

2023-10-22 18:09:45

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Yeah but Nostr doesn’t have the business manager where if someone’s personal account gets hacked and they are an admin of a business manager or page then the hackers have access to that to remove all other admins and hack everything that one personal account had access to.
There’s a more one to one with the hack if it happens here.
Basically the Facebook business manager itself entices businesses to have less security because they tend to assign a bunch of people as admins no matter their tech skill.
Now I do still question how hackable Nostr might be but it’s also not going to be two weeks of being strung along by “support.”
And I wouldn’t feel quite so bad about exploring options to try and hack the hacked account here IF it was that important to me. I feel like that would come back to bite me if I try to hack the hacked account with Facebook.
This actually happened because an admin hated Facebook enough that they didn’t have 2fa enabled and I didn’t think I needed to have that talk with the person because they are generally security minded. But that also means accounts without 2fa are more hackable on Facebook than they should be because he wasn’t tricked into giving someone access.
I think I may also be most upset about wasting so much time AND the way “support” was handled. I was repeatedly told to use live chat and sent a support link where there was no live chat. It has come across as valuing the privacy of the hackers more than the digital asset of the business.
🤷‍♀️
Meta is capable of giving the page back but they are unwilling.

2023-10-19 18:47:32

Posting this here is preaching to the choir. But businesses don’t always get to choose what’s popular (especially amongst their target market) so… just an FYI:
Facebook / Meta willingly allows hackers to retain control of business pages despite proof of business ownership citing policies that make recovery “out of scope.”
#meta #facebook #smm https://image.nostr.build/a25324e30fe0b414ed752564cdae39ecdb26d709120166d96ae6ed089b763905.jpg

2023-07-21 08:40:35

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Awesome. Something did something weird to what I typed. But at least part of that is the public key for one of the people I was trying to recommend. Have not seen that before.
I also tried to say go through who I have followed as there are probably a couple there of interest (beyond the bluesky folks I added today.)

2023-07-21 05:40:01

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@npub1xts…ostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s

2023-07-20 23:44:58

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Yup - I can also tell you that those form Bluesky rarely will go off to watch a linked video as it’s not a video centric community. But resource links for onboarding is a good fit. What apps or interfaces are even options etc.
If you can answer @npub1v62…qu03 ‘a questions too - I don’t have good responses for those and figure I should connect you two. (Col, I would recommend following @npub18am…p424 )

2023-07-20 23:33:16

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Apparently I was typing this (while trying to pay attention to an IRL event) and didn’t hit post until after you did exactly what I was tagging you for @npub18am…p424 - sorry bout that. 😂

2023-07-20 23:18:47

I’m gonna be frank y’all … if you’re new to a platform and all you see when you join is a bunch of posts with people saying a term you don’t understand, it doesn’t look like the platforms has the conversations you were expecting.
@npub18am…p424 I’m tagging you because you might be able to convey that there’s a need for some content posts or at least other onboarding materials and links WITH the zapathon comments.

2023-07-20 20:58:56

Most comprehensive list of Nostr apps such as snort.social and Damus etc that I've seen (I'm all for options):
https://www.nostrapps.com/

2023-07-10 05:17:37

Rye #whiskey Manhattan. A nice cocktail to end the evening. 🥃 http://nostr.build/i/6c0a2c54d722000f90056a12af2abfc271a8be6d1091ccbed62375daa240d5b3.jpg

2023-07-08 07:57:18

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Yeah I saw that as well but … yeah no I haven’t checked into what the deal is.
I KNOW I didn’t connect it to another wallet or anything financial. I knew it was too new in December so I just wouldn’t have even if I could.
I think I have to backtrack through some notes.
I have been distracted by exploring Threads when it came out (social media manager reasons & curiosity. Nostr & Bluesky are absolutely not a match for certain things yet. Really same goes for Threads too though.)

2023-07-04 21:11:07

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Snort.social and Damus mostly. Have tinkered and bookmarked a few others (clearly I’m not getting notifications at the moment. 😂)

2023-07-01 21:58:07

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Or rather ... in some places it looks like I have something connected to nostr to zap but I'm unclear on what it's connected to since I didn't set up any wallets and I don't know what it's connected to? Eh - haven't had time to explore.

2023-07-01 21:50:02

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I don’t have anything connected to do so, so I disconnected from the Damus relay for the moment.
That does put the burden on other relays but knowing that the Damus app made it a popular relay, diversifying should also help not leave one person with a huge bill.

2023-07-01 21:45:36

Testing a relay removal from an app.

2023-07-01 21:43:11

In case anyone is curious, yesterday Twitter cut off the ability to see posts without an account and appears to have implemented a max number of posts that can be viewed per acct per day. #twitter #nostr (came over here to see how this platform was handling.) https://nostr.build/i/0ed3695ab19e3fdf45982ed56a03fb7b1722089d75983b03c9e92c6c2bced30e.jpg

2023-06-13 21:52:37

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Note that Amazon doesn’t let you buy kindle books via the iphone app. But you can buy kindle books via the browser on an iphone (and Apple doesn’t take a percentage there.)
Mentioning this as something to look at for examples or ways to think about things.
A way for individuals to add “signatures” in app to the bottom of every post that would allow links… (these links would also show on other clients but would that really be terrible?)

2023-06-13 21:12:07

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If memory serves, SOME of the race cars can be moded to be street legal (in a way that can be undone “easily” too if needed.)
It’s been a few years since I spent a lot of time thinking about these things. I don’t think the Le Mans Corvettes were in the easy category but some of the others are. OR there’s also the pace cars.
(Without going into details: I’ve spent a fair amount of time at events with Corvettes.)

2023-06-13 20:40:54

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It’s that $50-$70k I’m very unlikely to do at least anytime soon. 😂 I’m much more likely to try and convince someone just to let me borrow / track race something I wouldn’t own when you start talking those prices. 😎 I would also love to drive the electric hybrid given how they put that together. Also another I probably wouldn’t want to buy.
C3 body style is chefs kiss visually speaking though.

2023-06-13 19:33:18

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So this is one of those things where I have to warn people about their own knee jerk reactions to certain words so read in full and digest some.
Getting the word out about a product or service or in-person events. It varies by client.
Think organic SMM. For those who hate advertising the best advertising is really what people opt into and don’t actually find obnoxious.
The easier examples to think through would be events. Say you’re excited about a concert or festival and want to stay up to date about what’s going on or new announcements. You’re going to opt to follow that account.
The smallest business clients end up doing some of the management and posting themselves however.
Customer inquiries. Customer feedback. Social listening (watching for people looking for someone who provides their service or products.) There are a lot of use cases for small businesses to want to use social media.

2023-06-13 19:01:07

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It's also a little more than bootstrapped exposure. This also goes along with my recent comment of "how much would I want to beat my head against a wall explaining to my not-tech-savvy clients how to set something up over the phone."
And small clarification "more than you need zaps from within Damus."

2023-06-13 18:50:26

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One of my very few bucket list items is owning at least one Corvette in my lifetime. I know it wouldn’t be a racing car but even the street legal Corvettes are drool-worthy. 😎

2023-06-13 18:44:45

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*indicate (I still hate catching my typos everywhere AFTER I’ve posted. I swear I can spell. 😂)

2023-06-13 18:43:04

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I’m going to go with you NEED Damus more than you need zaps if you want widespread use.
Most people with an iphone will have noticed that Amazon’s iphone app won’t let you buy kindle books and that’s because of Apple’s percentage grab. You CAN however log in via even Safari or other browser on the iphone and buy said kindle book.
If there’s a quick way to indivate that people need to go to the browser for payments / zaps you have your workaround. Remove it from the app itself. Add stupid clear instructions on how to use in the browser on a phone somewhere.
I know that there are content filter settings in Bluesky’s app that can only be changed in the browser because of Apple’s policies as well.

2023-06-13 18:33:27

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I’m not an expert but when I want to see various platforms have a shot at appealing to a wider audience.
There are levels to the barriers to entry and barriers to use. Setup being hard or confusing is different from continued use being hard or confusing.
Every time I use one of these platforms I’m thinking “how much will I want to beat my head against a wall while trying to explain this to one of my clients over the phone.” Most of them are NOT tech savvy folks.
(We’re not at a stage even with Mastodon where I would suggest client’s set up accounts. Unless they were active on Twitter and trying to escape but most of them aren’t.)

2023-06-13 00:59:41

What happened to the "authorize for 5 minutes" from Nos2x? Now it's "Authorize just this" which somehow feels more confusing and I'm not sure why. It took me a minute to realize it had been replaced because I was trying a new-to-me client.
Honestly I understand the "Authorize just this" but if the goal is to ever reach beyond the geeks it has to be stupid plain english. "Authorize temporarily" "Temporary authorization" maybe?
#nos2x

2023-06-12 02:36:05

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I haven’t used Iris yet at all. Coracle looked like threading was confusing somehow.
I think I looked at my Oldsmobile post and the responses on it and got lost. But I DO give things multiple chances on these things since sometimes someone is mid development (or mid-breaking) something .

2023-06-12 01:29:19

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I was using the nos2x browser extension & I don’t know what screen I ended up on that gave me the nos2x popup to let me approve it for 5 minutes.
It continues to look like I’m logged in now though?
I’m mostly using Damus though. But snort.social let’s me delete. (Though I don’t know how permanent or widespread that post deletion is.)
There’s still a lot I need to dig into.

2023-06-11 22:20:45

Test post from Primal.net

2023-06-11 19:50:25

Just to make it easier to find me in some of these Nostr clients:
#hilarybaumann #hilary #hillary #baumann #bauman

2023-06-08 23:55:27

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Ha!

2023-06-08 23:30:28

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It wasn’t a popular car but it’s a fun ride.
Some viewed it as Oldsmobile’s last ditch attempt at having something that wasn’t viewed as an old person’s car. But it still was if you just go based on looks. 😎

2023-06-08 23:08:00

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So purely guessing or did you reverse image search it?

2023-06-08 22:55:41

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And we have a winner. 😎

2023-06-08 22:55:12

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Another good guess but nope. Not even a Ford.

2023-06-08 22:41:12

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Nope not a Sable

2023-06-08 22:41:00

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Nope - not a Buick Lesabre

2023-06-08 22:27:12

Anyone want to play a game of what’s that car?
It might not look like much but it’s 24 years old & still has some power under the hood. I’ll give hints if no one can guess. (The first hint is actually the age. It’s not made anymore.)
#car #cars https://nostr.build/i/62ce4ca3f984c547e254aa961809d8129323da035063434bf2f189b52b377eef.jpg

2023-06-08 00:30:08

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Well I deleted this via browser but it’s still in Damus…

2023-06-08 00:29:05

Looks like I can’t delete posts with Damus …
…but I CAN delete posts (browser.)
It reminds me I want to look at the level of permanence of some things with Nostr.
Going to lurk & learn for a bit.

2023-06-08 00:16:32

Test photo for checking some things. Might delete. 🥃😎 https://nostr.build/i/067e1ccc5702358a3af8b2eebca8b037bab708da39ba38fad0833d308867a84b.jpg

2023-06-07 03:02:44

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Well my first post was Mid-December. In the case of Nostr I don’t think I realized how early I was to the platform.
But I do know I looked around more recently and was still not finding the resources quickly and defiantly not many of the resources that were shared (I had nostr.com in December and that’s the only overlap I remember coming across.)

2023-06-07 00:32:08

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I’m having better success with everything loading properly in Damus than I was with Snort.social myself but that could be a timing thing.
I have a feeling it’s possible to get different results with different relays or different numbers of relays set up?
My relays were chooses months ago and only based on whatever info I was able to find at the time.

2023-06-07 00:25:07

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Another great resource.
Random question that’s a slight tangent: was this, snort.social and/or Alby around in December? Or did I just miss all of that at that time?
I still don’t think to do searches on GitHub either for social media resources and that should probably be a personal change that needs to happen.

2023-06-07 00:21:39

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Looks like another great resource I somehow wasn’t running into in any of my searches.

2023-06-07 00:20:04

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Definitely going to check out those links. 😎 Thank you.

2023-06-07 00:18:39

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I had managed to sign up back in December from the computer. Long term it might be good for people to be able to sign up via phone but making it clear how it can be used on a phone is FAR more important. I primarily do social media from my phone & Damus was still in beta back in December.
I only gave it my public key while it was in TestFlight & then also later on. Nothing in the app made it clear that not being able to post was because of that. And there’s a toggle for “public key” in the app soooo…
In fact the app gave me a message that actually just made me think I had set up my account too long ago to be able to post anymore. I thought I was honestly going to have to start over.
I think I’m typing this out less for a response to the individual in this thread and more as a documentation of experience for anyone interested. #[3] is basically the only person I have memorized to tag. I’m pretty sure I followed the Damus dev but can’t remember his name.
I’m not completely dumb about tech so a lot of my frustrations have been thanks to presentation I believe and unclear messaging various places & at various times.
Iris.to is noted now too for new accounts (that was not the path I went, I have notes somewhere on what I actually did.)

2023-06-06 21:02:04

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Easy to find, trustworthy, multi-platform onboarding material seems to be an issue with Nostr.
There's a sea of info but ... it's a bit of a sea. Or hard to google. Or even hard to see amidst the content when searching here.

2023-06-06 20:53:13

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Wasn't posted a long time ago so I posted here more because I suspected you wouldn't be responding quickly on Bluesky. 😎

2023-06-06 20:23:32

@npub18am…p424
I AM here but I have questions. (You posed a question on Bluesky and I responded there.)

2023-05-27 20:41:45

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Also FWIW I don't have a crypto wallet of any type & Nostr seems to have evolved to a place where it looks ALMOST necessary.

2023-05-27 20:21:16

Yeah Nostr is still over the average person's head.
I just realized while trying to log in on a computer why the Damus app wouldn't let me post. There was nothing anywhere in that app explaining that because I had used the public key I couldn't post (it DOES make sense after knowing that that's why but I wasn't given this info on that client.)
https://void.cat/d/7pLp1d6QfWLhj994SDRGBd.webp
Now I'm trying to understand what I need to do in order to use it on my phone & it looks like a 20 step process???
There's so much barrier to entry it means this will be an echo chamber if that doesn't change / become simpler & clearer.
ARE there any other iphone apps (even if they are testflight stage, just curious because I AM keeping tabs on the entire social media landscape as major changes unfold.)

2022-12-19 20:37:06

I think I fixed my profile image ... ended up using a different one from my normal one because I have this one over on Flickr (of all places.) But then some sort of hashtag error showed up on my screen and went away before I was done reading it. Too many things to learn... #nostr

2022-12-19 20:27:39

This thing seems to not be happy about my choice of image location and is slow to show me who I'm talking to beyond numbers ... I'm not sure if I chose the wrong relays, too many relays. I feel like this took WAY longer than I expected to get started. #nostr hashtag test?

2022-12-19 20:22:15

Ok ... I think I'm here ... right? "Hello World" etc