Had a quick discussion with a friend that recently got into #nostr and provided me with their experience, where he didn't mind the technical hiccups, the shit UX here and there, what he really minded was not finding people to follow that were sharing things he can relate to, where a lot of what he found were people mostly talking about nostr and bitcoin. Basically the same feedback all nostr devs get most of the time. However, the solution most devs get wrong is not, imo, the correct one, where they've made lists of various topics to follow specific people, different types of algos, etc. The solution I told him (and the public whoever is reading this now) are a few things: - Wait and see when companies you're interested in to say "follow us on nostr", where you'd then follow them, see their post, interact with them and interact with others that reply in their posts, and check with those people that are replying to see if they post stuff that interest you and follow them if it passes your interest threshold. - Use nostr products that are of specific industries or topics, where you'd specifically see posts about those industries or topics. - Lastly, use hashtags of things you might be interested in, in terms of search and posting as well (someone might follow you as a result of searching for that hashtag and you'd follow them back if it passes your interest threshold), where you'd search for posts with those hashtags and see who to follow based on their posts. That's how I've been using social media all my life to fill up my follow list enough that it keeps me entertained/satisfied with my feed experience, I did not rely on lists or algorythms at all (as i didn't see a need, not that i was against it, so it was useless to me). Regarding that second point, to expand on it with examples: Primal, Damus, Amythest, Jumble, or even DNN or DENOS that I made, etc, are products that don't bring in culture, they are just general tools or systems. DEG Mods and soon DEGA (game mods and games, games industry) and other things i'd build, as well as others (one that I know is about drinking wine / communities around that. Another is about anime/manga, etc), are cultural products that bring in specific types of people that share the same interests together. Because of the nature of nostr, cultural nostr products will be the driving force of filling the void of 'people to follow', along with the other two points i mentioned, that tool/system nostr products are missing. Building tool/system type products are very important for nostr, but building cultural type products are very important for nostr as well. If you're a dev, build what you want, but keep in mind the difference.