As a follow up of the note shared by @npub1equrmqway3qxw3dkssymusxkwgwrqypfgeqx0lx9pgjam7gnj4ysaqhkj6 with his learning from FOSDEM, here are mine.
- We need to be there again next year !!!
- We had zero inconvenient moments or unreasonable debates.
- Some attendees are pretty hardcore as one of them visited the stand the second time after when he installed the Gossip client on his PostmarketOS powered phone asking how to proceed using Nostr. People at FOSDEM are not normal ;-)
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- Many people do ask why Nostr is here as another social media protocol.
- Questions about the differences with other protocols are very common, mentioning ActivityPub and ATproto.
- Almost everyone knows what Mastodon and the fediverse is.
- Had some questions how private Nostr is, so this confirms that we really need the private stuff for Nostr.
- At many moments it was hard to understand each other due all the noise from other people. Especially when you're speaking not your native language.
- When talking about using a private key you get really good questions how convient it could be (or not as some really don't believe it can work for normies) used in the context of social media. As in how often you will need this key for the actions you take using a Nostr client. A topic also very well explained by Constant in the Nostr main talk.
- We had 500+ stickers, but we needed more as we ran out of them during the Sunday morning.
- We handed-out around 400-500 NIP-01 folders.
- We handed-out almost 1000 A5 flyers.
- We did almost no onboardings but that's fine. FOSDEM attendees are tech-savy and will find their own way using the Nostr protocol with some client. We were not there telling people what they should do.
We need more merchandise next year. There were some stands with outstanding merchandise and I'm sure Nostr can offer the same (even better!) with the many talented creatives we already have in the community.
- Having just one table with a size of 180x80 (just like any other stand) you really have to choice what to display and not. Being there with 5-6 people was just enough as we all were quite surprised with the amount of interest.
- Happy to meet some BLOCK people at the end of the conference. Even more happy to see that they also joined Nostr now!
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- Make sure to watch the main talk about Nostr with @npub1t6jxfqz9hv0lygn9thwndekuahwyxkgvycyscjrtauuw73gd5k7sqvksrw
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- When the talk was finished, there were many questions. More questions than could be answered within the timeslot, so it was almost impossible for Constant to leave the stage without answers ;)
https://nostrver.se/sites/default/files/2025-02/b212a9803ca8fced351066ba093567c54400edfa810ee123323779ae1ac62cf1.jpg
- The FOSDEM organisation asked us multiple times how things were going. Especially with the announced protests against Jack Dorsey they were curious we didn't have any inconvenient moments. We really appreciate that!
- Overall we had the feeling that we were very welcome and we had a great opportunity to introduce Nostr to a new audience.
- We need to be there again next year !!!
- We had zero inconvenient moments or unreasonable debates.
- Some attendees are pretty hardcore as one of them visited the stand the second time after when he installed the Gossip client on his PostmarketOS powered phone asking how to proceed using Nostr. People at FOSDEM are not normal ;-)
nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqpnrnguxe8qszsshvgkvhn6qjzxy7xsvx03rlrtddr62haj4lrm3qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qg3waehxw309ahx7um5wghxcctwvshsqgzfvpulsl872w2v7dzt0n6smdsmywgpp5tpds6qwgry74lsgflahsery9zn
- Many people do ask why Nostr is here as another social media protocol.
- Questions about the differences with other protocols are very common, mentioning ActivityPub and ATproto.
- Almost everyone knows what Mastodon and the fediverse is.
- Had some questions how private Nostr is, so this confirms that we really need the private stuff for Nostr.
- At many moments it was hard to understand each other due all the noise from other people. Especially when you're speaking not your native language.
- When talking about using a private key you get really good questions how convient it could be (or not as some really don't believe it can work for normies) used in the context of social media. As in how often you will need this key for the actions you take using a Nostr client. A topic also very well explained by Constant in the Nostr main talk.
- We had 500+ stickers, but we needed more as we ran out of them during the Sunday morning.
- We handed-out around 400-500 NIP-01 folders.
- We handed-out almost 1000 A5 flyers.
- We did almost no onboardings but that's fine. FOSDEM attendees are tech-savy and will find their own way using the Nostr protocol with some client. We were not there telling people what they should do.
We need more merchandise next year. There were some stands with outstanding merchandise and I'm sure Nostr can offer the same (even better!) with the many talented creatives we already have in the community.
- Having just one table with a size of 180x80 (just like any other stand) you really have to choice what to display and not. Being there with 5-6 people was just enough as we all were quite surprised with the amount of interest.
- Happy to meet some BLOCK people at the end of the conference. Even more happy to see that they also joined Nostr now!
nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzp47l3vlpg9n8j652mp6qkph5y7h2nhv4kuhqya42j9ujzr38lq0hqytkummnw3ez66tyvgaz7tmrv93ksefdwfjkccteqqs9hfydj28jmjtjpjuvwqck6alllkr23nks4knkjk6cwsjv468qjvgflnfxv
- Make sure to watch the main talk about Nostr with @npub1t6jxfqz9hv0lygn9thwndekuahwyxkgvycyscjrtauuw73gd5k7sqvksrw
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- When the talk was finished, there were many questions. More questions than could be answered within the timeslot, so it was almost impossible for Constant to leave the stage without answers ;)
https://nostrver.se/sites/default/files/2025-02/b212a9803ca8fced351066ba093567c54400edfa810ee123323779ae1ac62cf1.jpg
- The FOSDEM organisation asked us multiple times how things were going. Especially with the announced protests against Jack Dorsey they were curious we didn't have any inconvenient moments. We really appreciate that!
- Overall we had the feeling that we were very welcome and we had a great opportunity to introduce Nostr to a new audience.