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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @derekross 13 Oct \ parent \ on: I'm Heather Larson, pusher of independence via Nostr things, like V4V! AMA! AMA
I told my son no 😬 I said communication skills and creativity skills would be more valuable with basic understanding of development being only moderately beneficial. We'll see where we are at in two years when he hits college age.
Your original entrance into social media resulted in Gleasonator forums having its own theme song. Will Ditto also get its own theme song?
I chose this method for a couple reasons. I'd like to add more features in the future such as the ability to zap your supporters back, DM them, and assign badges to them (think top supporter badges). I'll release these features over the coming weeks.
Also, it's a slight deterrent for looking at another person's earnings. Yes, I know it's all public information and yes I know that you could build a similar app or look at different clients or nostr.band, however I didn't want to make it easy to just pop in an npub and see what they're earning.
Thanks for sharing and thanks for the feedback!
yeah i have device sync enabled and webln and my ln address but im missing a gun. i assume adding NWC would fix that.
recently i've been working on on-boarding musicians. they get it immediately. they get that big tech and algorithms are harmful. they see what happens to them trying to make an impact on twitter, instagram, and spotify. they want something different. they understand that bitcoin and nostr are punk rock, opting out of the system. it's an easy sell to be honest.
what makes the sell hard is the amount of polish on applications. user experience and stability are some of nostr's largest issues at the moment. wallet and lightning is a big one, but apps like Primal are making this better.
We just hit 5 million zaps sent on Nostr. Our community is the largest by transaction volume in the world.
But as for Bitcoin itself, I'd like to see wider Bolt 12 adoption on Lightning
hey! i would say the absolute easiest way to get on nostr would be to download download Primal or Android or iOS. you can use their built in wallet for zaps if you'd like. it makes it very easy. https://primal.net
when you're ready to go into the rabbit hole, let me know.
yes, there's going to be a nostr talk and primal is going to be there. they may have a smaller booth, i am not sure on that status, but give their talk a listen and booth a visit if they have one!
oh let me add that https://jumble.social is a fantastic web client on desktop too.
i use primal.net, nostrudel.ninja, or notedeck as my primal desktop clients. i mostly use Notedeck. you should check it out. it's still early beta, but it has a lot of potential if you like Tweetdeck style clients with various columns of data and content to consume.
i truly believe we need a viable TikTok and Instagram competitor. people want to leave those platforms. they hate the censorship and the banning, but no viable alternatives exist. Bluesky is building them and they're gaining traction though. we're going to miss out again. we need to empower creators and give them the tools to on-board their community. sadly, i don't think we're ready in this area, yet. many of our apps need more polish.
we keep building alternatives, which i think is incredibly important, but i also think we need something that's truly unique or at least offers a truly unique spin on an existing use case. if i knew what this less obvious app would be, i would vibe code it ASAP.
i've vibe coded two nostr apps and i love this capability. im calling it advanced prototyping. i can build anything as an advanced prototype or proof of concept and then a more talented developer can work on the project or take my idea and run with it. it's amazing.
my apps are https://zappix.app and https://yakbak.app
zappix is an image sharing application. i plan to add flix or short videos.
yakbak is a voice messages application. (the audio won't load until you login with nostr. this is a new bug.) both are very new and buggy, but as a proof of concept, they're pretty great.
hey man!
well obviously Fountain is my favorite! (i answered this earlier. as of right now, Notedeck is my favorite client.)
a TikTok and Instagram competitor. i know that a lot of people don't want to just create alternatives to existing platforms, but i think we're doing a disservice for users looking to leave these platforms. they are joining Bluesky's new alternatives instead, because we don't have viable alternatives. Olas is a start, but it has a long way to go.
zaps and wallets. this is the hardest issue that i deal with. telling people to install a nostr app, download a wallet, and then download another app to potentially buy bitcoin so that they can get started with zaps is a lot. it's too much. integrated wallets or one click solutions make this so much easier. my go-to for on-boarding has been Primal because their app solves a lot of these headaches.