Saturday night launch. 🚀 Nostr's UX problem isn't a secret. 30-day retention trends to 0%. Daily active users stuck at ~10k. Posts disappear. Followers vanish when you switch apps. Every app feels like beta software. I've spent 2+ years arguing that great UX wins. So I designed a meta-study, threw a few hundred dollars at Claude, and put together what the evidence indicates. tl;dr: Ship working experiences, then add features. 🔗 https://nostr-ux.com 6 critical patterns backed by 100+ citations: ‣ Onboarding, content discovery, core interactions ‣ Performance, progressive complexity, cross-client consistency ‣ Anti-patterns to avoid + validation checklists I'm not a designer, but I know what good looks like. This is opinionated, evidence-based, and focused on retention. What am I missing? What did I get wrong? Send PRs this way: https://github.com/shawnyeager/nostr-ux-research cc: nostr:nprofile1qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqpqr0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgsy67l5w nostr:nprofile1qy8hwumn8ghj7mn09eehgu3wvdeqzrthwden5te0dehhxtnvdakqqgqh2wxu9f38d8gfgsl33smuhc6cl26mh7vpzu6592nutlchrmthcsdtdqz4 nostr:nprofile1qydhwumn8ghj7cmgwfhku6trd3jjuer5dahx7m3wvdhk6tcpr9mhxue69uhkcctwvuh8yetvv9uhxtnvv9hxgtmfwsqzq77777lz9hvwt86xqrsyf2jn588ewk5aclf8mavr80rhmduy5kq92xkt0h

DMs are a mess but we don’t have broad support for DMs. We have dedicated apps for messaging. Not sure what’s wrong with relay management? Which client is giving you issues? Relay discovery won’t help because content is not that much different on them. Not sure what you mean by infinite scroll fails? Maybe expand on that? Same with muting? My muting works well? It’s not always cross client compatible but other platforms don’t even have multiple clients.

DMs, relay management, pull-to-refresh, infinite scroll fails, mutes that actually mute... I could go on and on.

Give me an example of a good UX we’re missing

Better content is key, of course. But I fail to see how it inspires or creates better UX. That's a product choice.

Better content enables better onboarding and a stickier experience.

Does it, though? How does better content drive better UX design choices?

All boils down to lack of good content. Chicken egg community issue

You can just do stuff.

ORION network is not a joke. It’s the real deal.

Tried Flipboard for a bit but it’s getting unbearable. Every single headline is clickbait. Has plenty of room to give you a summary without clicking but does everything it can to make you click and read through pointless heaps of text before getting to the point.

When you finally discover the correct lyrics after saying the wrong thing for 20 years

What does that mean? Isn’t a license basically a digital ID? There’s a database in every state and most adults have them. Obviously not kids. But you pretty much can’t do anything without a background check anyway? I’m not pro digital ID obviously, but curious what the distinction might be here? Do we mean an ID to use social media? That would be sad… but many already volunteer it via credit card info.

American Exceptionalism may soon come to mean simply no digital ID.

Not plugged in yet :( I’ve been too lazy with it since moving.

Well, now you have to show us a pic of it lit.

Thanks! It looks way cooler lit up. My favorite feature is the display on the processor heatsink

That case, tho. 🔥

My workspace. Would love to see yours!

I just noticed that nostr:nprofile1qytzqamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7tcpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6vfwde3x7tnpdenkzmnf9e3k7tcqypr90hlgjed73xq2jvrjhna4ukdx2yjyqmdslqvjzhh83wj8jd9numxx6g9 Hub is now in the official nostr:nprofile1qyt8wue69uhh2mtzwfjkctnvda3kzmp6xsurgwqpzpmhxw309a6k6cnjv4kr5dpcxsuqqg829c7gzngg5du03fdcltkt9zzdqkz4jaw9ef94cf0z6munv2r0zsg8cnv5 app store. I've been running the "community store" version. I don't see a way to migrate over. Halp? #asknostr

Introducing NOL instant messenger! https://nostr-online.vercel.app/ Vibe hacked for your pleasure. Sound on 🔊

So, we all buying CEP now?

I’m watching this now (at least I hope it’s the right movie) and it feels incredibly slow and boring. Just a bunch of classical music 🤣 and super slow scenes. Is this the right film? Why was it hyped so much? Or should I continue watching to find out? I find myself wanting to skip most of it 😔 nostr:note1v6d0gs72lzfuqzr4mlc9zktcqtva54rjh5pwhxkk2j02gpu86hhqfw536w

I decided I should host my own #blog on #Ghost and cross post to nostr until I can automate it. Substack is cool, but I want to write for sats so I decided to use Ghost + #nostr to create sat-based subscription buttons on Ghost using HTML5. I basically vibe coded some buttons and added them to the Ghost instance I run on nostr:nprofile1q9z8wue69uhnvmr9dp58jernwf6xsct8d45hxdn4w5m8gatrdej8v7nhxa3h2cnsw94ksanc09unw6n0d9hkxdp4d44hxu35v4skgtn0de5k7m30qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqzq44xkafh8j8hhy79809wsmv0lw46nu4pkwqjyp20ekml80mytde8phfu08 https://marc26z.com/support-my-work-by-subscribing-5-000-sats-per-month/ I also put the HTML on GitHub in the hopes that more people accept bitcoin on their blog. https://github.com/Marc26z/GhostZapButton

I’m not sure. Can look into it

nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac Would it be possible to save Untype drafts on one's Blossom relay/server?

Haha yeah. I was going to fix it but got carried away for a while

Small suggestion: <title>Untype</title> A bit confusing, as is.

🙇‍♂️

Untype is next level. Bravo, nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac https://untype.app

How do you steer? 10 and 2 One hand on 12 One hand on 6 A combination?

I am so fucking sick of being stolen from in the form of taxes to fund dropping bombs. I don't care where or by whom. End it all.

nostr:nprofile1qqsgydql3q4ka27d9wnlrmus4tvkrnc8ftc4h8h5fgyln54gl0a7dgspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wvh8xmmrd9skcqgkwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8qunfd4skctnwv46qddtc35 made me look.

gm, good people. ☕️

Viva la Markdown. Long may it reign. https://ia.net/topics/markdown-and-the-slow-fade-of-the-formatting-fetish

It’s really bizarre that the world pays so much attention to what words one dude utters.

My children will look back, puzzled by the anachronistic concept of a "Fed Chair" and the Federal Reserve, itself, just as I do with witch doctors and voodoo. This fuels me.

Watch this. https://www.youtube.com/live/AyH7zoP-JOg