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Introducing Following._ β€” a simple way to create and share follow packs on Nostr! Finding interesting people to follow has always been one of the biggest challenges for new users on Nostr. Even experienced users often struggle to discover new communities and voices. Following._ makes it easy to curate lists of users and share them with anyone on the web. Whether you're helping newcomers get started or building a niche community, Following._ allows you to grow connections on Nostr. You can create your own follow pack in minutes and share it anywhere. Here’s an example: https://following.space/d/d27a91a4-6155-4089-b4de-377e24dde08d I spent months complaining that someone should build this... and eventually realized that someone had to be me. So here we are. I also leaned heavily on AI during the process β€” it’s never been easier (or more fun) to create apps for open platforms like Nostr. If you have an idea, you really can just build it. No gatekeepers, no permission needed. Just ship it. Peace
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Introducing Following._ β€” a simple way to create and share follow packs on Nostr! Finding interesting people to follow has always been one of the biggest challenges for new users on Nostr. Even experienced users often struggle to discover new communities and voices. Following._ makes it easy to curate lists of users and share them with anyone on the web. Whether you're helping newcomers get started or building a niche community, Following._ allows you to grow connections on Nostr. You can create your own follow pack in minutes and share it anywhere. Here’s an example: https://following.space/d/d27a91a4-6155-4089-b4de-377e24dde08d I spent months complaining that someone should build this... and eventually realized that someone had to be me. So here we are. I also leaned heavily on AI during the process β€” it’s never been easier (or more fun) to create apps for open platforms like Nostr. If you have an idea, you really can just build it. No gatekeepers, no permission needed. Just ship it. Peace
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I've been wanting a tool like this for a very long while. This should make my on-boarding initiatives all that much easier. Application developers can even add this to their apps. We all benefit. I'll be adding a #GrowNostr pack here soon, one that focuses those building communities, hosting events, meetups, and really pushing Nostr adoption.
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Introducing Following._ β€” a simple way to create and share follow packs on Nostr! Finding interesting people to follow has always been one of the biggest challenges for new users on Nostr. Even experienced users often struggle to discover new communities and voices. Following._ makes it easy to curate lists of users and share them with anyone on the web. Whether you're helping newcomers get started or building a niche community, Following._ allows you to grow connections on Nostr. You can create your own follow pack in minutes and share it anywhere. Here’s an example: https://following.space/d/d27a91a4-6155-4089-b4de-377e24dde08d I spent months complaining that someone should build this... and eventually realized that someone had to be me. So here we are. I also leaned heavily on AI during the process β€” it’s never been easier (or more fun) to create apps for open platforms like Nostr. If you have an idea, you really can just build it. No gatekeepers, no permission needed. Just ship it. Peace
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Waiting for the client that will let me encrypt my notes to certain follow lists and we have a solid Google+ Circles replacement
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Introducing Following._ β€” a simple way to create and share follow packs on Nostr! Finding interesting people to follow has always been one of the biggest challenges for new users on Nostr. Even experienced users often struggle to discover new communities and voices. Following._ makes it easy to curate lists of users and share them with anyone on the web. Whether you're helping newcomers get started or building a niche community, Following._ allows you to grow connections on Nostr. You can create your own follow pack in minutes and share it anywhere. Here’s an example: https://following.space/d/d27a91a4-6155-4089-b4de-377e24dde08d I spent months complaining that someone should build this... and eventually realized that someone had to be me. So here we are. I also leaned heavily on AI during the process β€” it’s never been easier (or more fun) to create apps for open platforms like Nostr. If you have an idea, you really can just build it. No gatekeepers, no permission needed. Just ship it. Peace
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@calle did
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Introducing Following._ β€” a simple way to create and share follow packs on Nostr! Finding interesting people to follow has always been one of the biggest challenges for new users on Nostr. Even experienced users often struggle to discover new communities and voices. Following._ makes it easy to curate lists of users and share them with anyone on the web. Whether you're helping newcomers get started or building a niche community, Following._ allows you to grow connections on Nostr. You can create your own follow pack in minutes and share it anywhere. Here’s an example: https://following.space/d/d27a91a4-6155-4089-b4de-377e24dde08d I spent months complaining that someone should build this... and eventually realized that someone had to be me. So here we are. I also leaned heavily on AI during the process β€” it’s never been easier (or more fun) to create apps for open platforms like Nostr. If you have an idea, you really can just build it. No gatekeepers, no permission needed. Just ship it. Peace
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Guessing this is the green check you're referencing.
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Introducing Following._ β€” a simple way to create and share follow packs on Nostr! Finding interesting people to follow has always been one of the biggest challenges for new users on Nostr. Even experienced users often struggle to discover new communities and voices. Following._ makes it easy to curate lists of users and share them with anyone on the web. Whether you're helping newcomers get started or building a niche community, Following._ allows you to grow connections on Nostr. You can create your own follow pack in minutes and share it anywhere. Here’s an example: https://following.space/d/d27a91a4-6155-4089-b4de-377e24dde08d I spent months complaining that someone should build this... and eventually realized that someone had to be me. So here we are. I also leaned heavily on AI during the process β€” it’s never been easier (or more fun) to create apps for open platforms like Nostr. If you have an idea, you really can just build it. No gatekeepers, no permission needed. Just ship it. Peace
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Boom.
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Introducing Following._ β€” a simple way to create and share follow packs on Nostr! Finding interesting people to follow has always been one of the biggest challenges for new users on Nostr. Even experienced users often struggle to discover new communities and voices. Following._ makes it easy to curate lists of users and share them with anyone on the web. Whether you're helping newcomers get started or building a niche community, Following._ allows you to grow connections on Nostr. You can create your own follow pack in minutes and share it anywhere. Here’s an example: https://following.space/d/d27a91a4-6155-4089-b4de-377e24dde08d I spent months complaining that someone should build this... and eventually realized that someone had to be me. So here we are. I also leaned heavily on AI during the process β€” it’s never been easier (or more fun) to create apps for open platforms like Nostr. If you have an idea, you really can just build it. No gatekeepers, no permission needed. Just ship it. Peace
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Let's interop! image ``` ~ Β» nak req --id 9b319e7eb86cd7cdbee9c0cf8666f7ecdf064ca154add69b12d66cd737609ff1 wss://relay.damus.io | jq cc@ddd-2 connecting to wss://relay.damus.io... ok. { "kind": 39089, "id": "9b319e7eb86cd7cdbee9c0cf8666f7ecdf064ca154add69b12d66cd737609ff1", "pubkey": "50d94fc2d8580c682b071a542f8b1e31a200b0508bab95a33bef0855df281d63", "created_at": 1745952167, "tags": [ [ "title", "Bitcoin devs" ], [ "d", "acc8bfac-7b00-4c07-b607-d38b8e53bf0f" ], [ "image", "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6192808c25837d3716982433/62113f494ad9edeec083a0b9_blog-3.png" ], [ "p", "8685ebef665338dd6931e2ccdf3c19d9f0e5a1067c918f22e7081c2558f8faf8" ], [ "p", "50d94fc2d8580c682b071a542f8b1e31a200b0508bab95a33bef0855df281d63" ], [ "p", "ccaa58e37c99c85bc5e754028a718bd46485e5d3cb3345691ecab83c755d48cc" ], [ "p", "3d2e51508699f98f0f2bdbe7a45b673c687fe6420f466dc296d90b908d51d594" ] ], "content": "", "sig": "b2c635d9308dbe0df89921f8f3a1c09bfad416c66aef870fd387fa87fbbb744852586465fc43faf2941998de7eb185af64e6a67fefb01c0b93c124a77981f686" } ``` View quoted note β†’
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Given that these are intended to assist new users with onboarding, or existing users with finding people worth following, I'd imagine adding something into the onboarding flow that pulled in these follow sets would be the way to go, and adding in a "Discovery" page within the client where these follow sets can be found would be another. I envision that if a new user knows someone on Nostr already, they could type in their NIP-05 during onboarding and be presented with follow sets created by that existing user and those within their web-of-trust. That would likely be more than enough to keep the new user from being too overwhelmed by options. Meanwhile, a "Discovery" page within the client could allow the user to view ALL follow sets in a "global" feed, "popular" follow sets based on some standard of popularity (pagerank maybe?), or "network" follow sets created by those within the user's web-of-trust.
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Awesome! You wanna help me build this out?
Meet Me On Nostr
an app for sharing nostr with friends
 Working on MVP for Las Vegas conf RN : β€œscan QR for instant account and anon (gift wrapped) DM thread with me on Nostr.” Would be great to have follow sets integrated (for new accounts to browse, and event for QR invites to β€œrecommend). @Derek Ross and I plan to onboard tons of folks at the LV conf!
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GitHub - nostrmeetme/nostrmeetme
Contribute to nostrmeetme/nostrmeetme development by creating an account on GitHub.
 I’ll be integrating GrapeRank shortly after the conf, to generate β€œautomatic” recommendations of follows and follow sets and other stuff. I’ve already built the algo engine:
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GitHub - Pretty-Good-Freedom-Tech/graperank-nodejs
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Already on it! This is pretty nice! Is the QR code on the invite screen supposed to be scannable, or is that still a WIP? My phone didn't pick up that it was a QR code. It's much better looking than the old onboardstr.vercel.app or nostr.do (now dead). It's also nice that it creates an ncryptsec, rather than bare nsec, for the new user that they can then import into a compatible client, or into Amber. Obviously a lot of things that aren't up and running yet, but I like where this is going!
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Yup. QR code is at the bare edge of scannable … due to image overlay and other styles … easily tweakable once I get to this. I’ve put a lot of thought into this app … it’s my baby. Ncryptsec is bare minimum of what an onboard app SHOULD provide. You nailed it with your ideas above … so thought you’d enjoy taking a look.
Great for onboarding
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Introducing Following._ β€” a simple way to create and share follow packs on Nostr! Finding interesting people to follow has always been one of the biggest challenges for new users on Nostr. Even experienced users often struggle to discover new communities and voices. Following._ makes it easy to curate lists of users and share them with anyone on the web. Whether you're helping newcomers get started or building a niche community, Following._ allows you to grow connections on Nostr. You can create your own follow pack in minutes and share it anywhere. Here’s an example: https://following.space/d/d27a91a4-6155-4089-b4de-377e24dde08d I spent months complaining that someone should build this... and eventually realized that someone had to be me. So here we are. I also leaned heavily on AI during the process β€” it’s never been easier (or more fun) to create apps for open platforms like Nostr. If you have an idea, you really can just build it. No gatekeepers, no permission needed. Just ship it. Peace
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It is way better than communities ! And groups , and rooms .. and teams
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Introducing Following._ β€” a simple way to create and share follow packs on Nostr! Finding interesting people to follow has always been one of the biggest challenges for new users on Nostr. Even experienced users often struggle to discover new communities and voices. Following._ makes it easy to curate lists of users and share them with anyone on the web. Whether you're helping newcomers get started or building a niche community, Following._ allows you to grow connections on Nostr. You can create your own follow pack in minutes and share it anywhere. Here’s an example: https://following.space/d/d27a91a4-6155-4089-b4de-377e24dde08d I spent months complaining that someone should build this... and eventually realized that someone had to be me. So here we are. I also leaned heavily on AI during the process β€” it’s never been easier (or more fun) to create apps for open platforms like Nostr. If you have an idea, you really can just build it. No gatekeepers, no permission needed. Just ship it. Peace
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@RedTailHawk I think we should do this eventually.
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Introducing Following._ β€” a simple way to create and share follow packs on Nostr! Finding interesting people to follow has always been one of the biggest challenges for new users on Nostr. Even experienced users often struggle to discover new communities and voices. Following._ makes it easy to curate lists of users and share them with anyone on the web. Whether you're helping newcomers get started or building a niche community, Following._ allows you to grow connections on Nostr. You can create your own follow pack in minutes and share it anywhere. Here’s an example: https://following.space/d/d27a91a4-6155-4089-b4de-377e24dde08d I spent months complaining that someone should build this... and eventually realized that someone had to be me. So here we are. I also leaned heavily on AI during the process β€” it’s never been easier (or more fun) to create apps for open platforms like Nostr. If you have an idea, you really can just build it. No gatekeepers, no permission needed. Just ship it. Peace
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