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People > Algorithms Still new here and figuring out how to curate my feed. I’m following pretty much everyone, because I’d rather have more voices and more content to engage with. My theory is simple: if someone posts things I don’t like, or just spams, I’ll unfollow. But in the meantime: more content = more community. Is this the right move? What have you tried?

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Welcome to Nostr. I did the same thing at first, and I'm still looking for more people to follow that share interesting content or have interesting insights or opinions. People to engage with. Following.space has some lists of people to follow that might be helpful. It's still early days on Nostr but there's a few different niche interest communities on here with really interesting people.
That actually makes a lot of sense. I kind of approach it the same way cast a wide net first, then slowly refine as I figure out whose posts resonate with me and whose don’t. It feels more organic than trying to “optimize” my feed from the start. The cool part is, sometimes the unexpected voices end up being the ones that stick with you the most. How are you finding the balance so far too much noise, or still manageable? I'm also new here btw
I follow only a hand full of active people, and then browse threads, replies, profiles, the occational hashtag etc. Always end up in weird fringe but relevant places rather quickly that way. In other words, other than the barebones minimum i don't use feeds at all.
Ryan's avatar Ryan
An important thing I've come to learn about Nostr: The advice to build up a huge follow list is wrong. Cultivating a list of people with good viewpoints and honest intentions is a much more valuable. Follow people you interact with regularly who reciprocate your interactions with them. Follow for follow leaves you with a feed of low quality content, and a questionable list of follows riddled with possible bots and scammers. It is true that this is more difficult initially than platform based algorithm driven social media, but leaves you with a much more rewarding experience. The key to Nostr is honest human interaction, not legacy social media growth hacks to grow follower counts. #nostr #grownostr
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