Unless you have some private projects that require secrecy, you should just organize conversations on nostr.
Smart bootstrapped founders know that one of the best ways to garner attention is by building in public.
By posting on Nostr, you are in essence building in public. This has many benefits:
- Free marketing for your project
- Recruit other designers. If they see that there are others, they are more likely to join your cause.
- Attract talent (people who are interested in the project will likely want to work on it). Find development help.
- Attract funding (even sats from plebs, bounties on your behalf, etc…)
- Help nostr grow. By getting outside the siloed communication channels, you help add activity to Nostr. When people see that it’s busy, they are more likely to participate. Nobody wants to use a dead social network (even though nostr is so much more than a social network).
How to organize on Nostr without channels or groups
A common objective is “but there is not a good client for group chat”.
Nostr IS the group chat. It's just a much larger group. All you need is a way of organizing conversations.
Enter hashtags.
Hashtags allow people to track conversations so you can see if someone is discussing #nostrdesign for example.
“But, I forget to use hashtags!”
Ok, make a SUPER simple client that automatically inserts the hashtag into the message. Hardcode if if you need to for the time being.
Clients like Snort already let you follow hashtags so it’s a matter of bookmarking it and just checking it whenever you’re online.
Don’t want a bloated client? No problem. Clone Snort, remove everything but the posting and reading functionality. Use the client only for posting and for reading that specific hashtag. Congrats, you just created your own public channel! The best part? Everyone can see it without signing up for any siloed platforms.
Act
Do it now. Close the group and let everyone know you’re using nostr from now on. No excuses, no waiting. Just do it.
It may be hard and painful at first, but you'll get used to it. Who knows, it may be enough motivation to build great clients that do one thing very well.
Let’s go!