The reader experience is still stuck in a reactive paradigm like, “follow more people, mute more people” but that doesn’t cut it when the stream itself is fundamentally overwhelming.

But what’s missing is a tool that lets me define how I want to consume content. Not just by follows or hashtags, but by intent, by depth, by context. Some days I want dense, thoughtful threads about sovereignty or economics. Some days I just want zap-fueled memes. No current client lets me say that, and that’s the opportunity.

If I could custom-build my own Nostr reader, I’d want something closer to a smart inbox where I can filter by time of day, energy level, even topic clusters inferred from my zap history. Imagine typing in natural language: “Show me long posts about decentralization zapped by people I trust.” Or, “Mute everything AI-related until next week.” Bonus if I can toggle between quiet mode (deep reads) and chaos mode (meme torrent). And if I could train it over time with little feedback nudges, even better.