merryoscar on Nostr: nielliesmons and Karnage you guys should start a "Nostr Design" podcast where you ...

nielliesmons (npub149p…722q) and Karnage (npub1r0r…q9ac) you guys should start a "Nostr Design" podcast where you discuss things like this each week.

I'm sure there's loads more notes like this I've missed.

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Why keep this bar though?

There is zero signal in there. These numbers don't mean anything. They can all be faked, except for zaps (and the zappers are already displayed). And they are especially invaluable if you can't even access the reposts, bookmarks etc from others.

Chat UI's are far superior to Twitter in information density and in how they stimulate actual conversation. They do not show the same redundant icon bar on every post. They just focus on signal.

For Nostr microblogging that signal would be:
1. Did people value this post? 👉 Show zappers from high to low
2. Did this post spark conversation (within my network) 👉 Show Pfp's of who commented, ordered by WoT
3. Is this a Thread? 👉 Show Pfp of author as first commentor

That's it. No need to show the buttons for all actions. Chats also solved that part with right click, gestures and long press.

What Twitter did right is threads, character limit, reposting, tagging, hashtags, bookmarking, ... NOT the display of their engagement farming numbers.