merryoscar
Oscar Merry

Loads of small improvements and fixes in the latest Fountain version 1.1.6.
Massive thanks to everyone for the continued feedback, bug reports, and beta testing - it’s incredibly helpful so please do keep submitting feedback either via the app or direct via email or DMs. #note1s2a…wnml

2024-11-04 07:38:40

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It's already in the featured list!
We only show 9 each day at random and there's 15 in the list so it might not be there every day.
https://m.primal.net/LsEx.jpg

2024-10-25 09:43:05

Amazing episode with @npub1eeq…at9s - a truly open music library is being built with RSS, Lightning, and Nostr that any developer can tap into and share in the payment splits that ultimately help artists get paid more.
Send the artists you know to Wavlake!
https://fountain.fm/episode/x3v4yu6AuXsmYvdljKZe
#nevent1q…ypmw

2024-10-24 08:07:57

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@npub177f…aaq7 so many complaint boosts I wasn't sure which one to reply to so I picked this one...
First - the biggest complaint we've received over the years about Fountain is that the boosts and replies only work in Fountain and not the other Podcasting 2.0 apps. You in particular were one of those beating the drum on this. Nostr has solved this problem and now any other app can easily query the boosts, replies, and profiles from our relay or any other relay.
Second - I would say the biggest reason people use Fountain over other Podcasting 2.0 apps is because we surface the boosts as comments on both the episode pages and activity feed. As a listener it's interesting to see the boosts that people you follow are sending and provides great discovery for podcasters. We've heard this again and again. Nostr allows this feature to work between different podcast apps and it doesn't require the other apps to build their social features from scratch.
Third - you know as well as I do that the conversation within the Podcasting 2.0 community around cross-app comments has been happening for YEARS - basically since the project began. Everybody wants it but up until now there have been no credible solutions that work. There is no ActivityPub based solution that works with the boost payments integrated - it doesn't exist. For some reason @npub13ql…qcg7 doesn't like nostr and this has put people off. But what I don't understand is why would you not be excited about a solution that literally solves the problem we've all spent countless hours discussing over the past few years.
Nostr for cross-app podcast comments and boosts works. It's working in Fountain and the other nostr clients and all we need is for the other Podcasting 2.0 apps to adopt it. It's not hard it's just a simple websocket query to load the comments for a particular episode based on the guid.
If you think there is a better solution for the goal we have all been working towards over the past few years - please let me know as I'd love to see it.
If you don't have an alternative solution - then why not help us try and get the other apps, podcasters, and listeners to adopt this rather than complaining about something that you've been asking to see for years?

2024-10-23 10:26:45

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Sorry to hear that Jeff

2024-10-22 17:45:11

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ok @npub1w4u…0jr5 @npub1gcx…nj5z @npub18am…p424 @npub1jfn…t047 we have a fix for this now - new version will be available in beta later today

2024-10-22 13:47:49

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Ok so it looks like it's the content resolver method that's not working - and we do have an issue on our side where if the content resolver fails we're not properly falling back to the intent method.
I think maybe it was failing every time for you on 2.0.5 because the content resolver was never used because "remember my choice" option was not selected.
But if you install Amber 2.0.5 from a fresh state and select this option it works.
We'll get a fix out ASAP for the intent fallback - but can you think of something that might have changed with the content resolver logic?

2024-10-22 12:54:53

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Hmmm ok that's odd as it seems to work for me on Amber 2.0.5 but not on Amber 2.0.6. Is it definitely not working for you on Amber 2.0.5? What version of Fountain are you using?

2024-10-22 12:29:36

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I'm not sure I'm following - was something in the NIP-55 spec changed?
According to the NIP it seems like we should still be looking for the 'event' field - https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/55.md

2024-10-22 12:24:06

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It looks like we're getting a different data structure sent back from the Amber signer since version 2.0.6 - @npub1w4u…0jr5 has anything changed on your side since this version?
It looks like when we call sign_event we are getting the npub returned in the 'event' field rather than the signed event json.

2024-10-22 11:04:02

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Can you DM me your Fountain user id and I’ll check this for you - should be easy to recover

2024-10-21 08:36:54

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What version of the Amber app are you using?

2024-10-15 20:32:56

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We did have an issue with one of our servers going down this morning - https://x.com/fountain_app/status/1846142856596971929
It was resolved this afternoon UTC - if you're still experiencing issues can you let me know and I'll investigate?

2024-10-14 13:51:58

With Fountain 1.1.5 we've massively simplified the way your content library works within the app, removing over 40,000 lines of code in the process.
We also now support paying any BOLT11 invoice from the wallet, and have new Artist pages to find all the tracks from your favourite V4V artists in one place.
Please let me know below if you have any feedback about this release or anything else you think we can do to improve.
#note16y4…957x

2024-10-08 16:41:25

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Yes sorry we already support NIP-55 - will make the button bigger! 😁

2024-09-30 17:59:37

Great initiative!
#note1zvg…ly3q

2024-09-20 08:41:06

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fixed thanks

2024-09-19 17:17:17

https://stacker.news/items/691251

2024-09-10 17:57:16

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Can you try going to settings > library > reset library cache?

2024-09-08 15:02:15

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Thanks will take a look at this

2024-09-07 20:01:49

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Hey sorry that’s been fixed now!

2024-09-06 07:11:43

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For over 2 years all comments on Fountain had a 10 sat fee and we never saw any spam.

2024-09-05 15:59:52

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Oh that's odd - I haven't heard that before and I didn't have to re-enter when updating - are you on iOS or Android?

2024-09-05 15:51:34

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iOS remote signer support definitely coming soon - I hadn't heard of Nostore - will check it out!

2024-09-05 15:45:22

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Great to hear and sorry it happened in the first place!

2024-09-05 15:35:49

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Can you try going to settings > library > reset library cache and see if that resolves things for you?

2024-09-05 15:28:28

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Can I ask what the number one frustration for you was?

2024-09-05 15:20:39

Fountain 1.1.2 is now live on iOS and Android!
Loads of bug fixes and improvements around the nostr integration - read below for all the details 👇
Massive thanks to everyone for continuing to submit feedback - please feel free to DM anytime or send me an email!
#note1uuw…3nxn

2024-09-05 14:01:55

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Great to hear - tag / dm me anytime if you have any more issues / feedback

2024-09-05 08:03:19

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Can you try going to settings > library > reset library cache and see if that resolves things for you?
Also can you confirm what version you are using?

2024-09-03 20:33:29

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Yes that's correct.

2024-09-02 10:14:45

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Thank you for supporting us with premium! 🙏

2024-09-02 09:02:42

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This was an oversight - will fix for the next release!

2024-09-02 09:01:12

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There's been quite a bit of activity on the proposal and I think it's much simpler now - https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1233

2024-09-02 09:00:16

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Yes we plan to enable sharing clips directly to nostr as videos - should be available soon.

2024-09-02 08:47:14

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Nice congrats!!

2024-09-02 08:44:24

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It's sad to see someone describing a podcast app as corrupt bullshit.
Fountain is currently closed source which is a fair criticism. I am considering deeply whether to open source the app and will provide an update on this decision soon. Despite the sometimes loud voices on this issue - the far majority of people that use the app don't mind this. There are also great open-source alternatives like Breez and Podverse. But anyway stay tuned on this...
To address the other points:
- "not powered by the bitcoin lightning network" - I think this is obviously false - although the wallet is custodial we enable paying podcasters that run their own nodes so the payments run on the open lightning network. We're also planning to add support for NWC so you can bring your own wallet to the app.
- "hosted on amazon / aws" - we do use aws for some of our services - I don't see why this is an issue?
- "zero censorship resistance / regular files" - my view is that open podcasting built on rss is sufficiently decentralised because podcasters can always switch hosts, and even self-host their rss feed. Apps like Fountain let you add a private rss feed. Whilst there may be more decentralised technologies than rss - that is not what we are trying to achieve with Fountain - we are trying to help podcasters get paid for their work without relying on advertising and using the value signal of these payments to provide discovery of great content.
- "insert nsec into closed source" - we support NIP-55 android remote signer which works great today with apps like Amber. On iOS there is currently no good NIP-46 mobile remote signer. Will from Damus said he's going to make Damus a NIP-46 signer and as soon as he does we will integrate this.
- "heavy integration with big tech" - I'm not sure exactly what this is referring to but if it's the use of services like aws personally I don't think that is an issue - pretty much every website / app you use on the internet will use these services.
- "surveillance of who's listening" - the only place your listen history is stored is in your personal library so that you can see which episodes you've played and resume them from the previous position. Every other podcast app works this way and when you delete items from your library all data is deleted.
- "leeching bitcoin fees from podcasters" - I don't think there's anything wrong with charging a fee for providing a service. Our fees are lower than all other traditional platforms and are only 1% if you have fountain premium. The podcasters have their lightning node keysend addresses in the rss feeds - so if you want to pay them directly without a fee you can run your own node and send them keysend payments. Fountain just makes this way easier and lets you pay from the player or episode screen.
I am open to any and all feedback and hopefully my response here is useful.

2024-09-02 07:59:50

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Yep solution to this should be coming very soon with NIP-46 login on iOS.

2024-09-02 07:58:13

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Are you on the latest version 1.1?

2024-09-02 07:56:36

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Any ads that you hear in the podcasts you listen to on Fountain are inserted by the podcaster, not by Fountain.

2024-09-02 07:55:16

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Are you still experiencing this issue? If you are can you please DM me your user id and I'll see if I can figure out what's going wrong.

2024-09-02 07:54:32

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Can you try updating to 1.1.1 and let me know if you're still experiencing this issue?

2024-09-02 07:52:39

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Feel free to DM me anytime if you experience bugs or have general feedback

2024-09-02 07:52:04

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https://fountain.fm/apk

2024-09-02 07:51:21

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We've experimented with an iOS widget but haven't released anything yet. What would you like to see on the widget? Currently playing episode?

2024-09-02 07:50:39

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Can you DM me the details of the type of payment you were trying to make and I can investigate for you.

2024-09-02 07:50:06

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You can view and skip chapters from the player by clicking on the chapter icon or scrolling down to view the tabs below the player. Agree it would be better to be able to skip chapters with 1 tap though - will look at adding this.

2024-09-02 07:48:35

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On Android we support NIP-55 remote signers like Amber - https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/55.md
On iOS there isn't really a good NIP-46 remote signer available. I know @npub1xts…kk5s is thinking of adding this to @npub18m7…q955 which would be amazing and we would support it straight away.
Not sure if @npub1get…0nfm has plans for a mobile NIP-46 signer.

2024-09-02 07:46:07

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The library auto-refreshes when you open the app for the first time each day. We didn't want to enable auto-refresh on every open in order to save data usage. We could maybe add this option in the settings though.

2024-09-02 07:44:49

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https://fountain.fm/apk

2024-09-02 07:38:03

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Hey sorry for the late reply - APK download available here - https://fountain.fm/apk

2024-09-01 09:41:21

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This is optional. You can choose not to share the boost on nostr when sending it.

2024-08-31 13:40:40

Fountain 1.1 was just the beginning of what we want to do with open podcasting and nostr.
If you like the direction we’re going - please spam my DMs with feedback about the app and we’ll make it better for you!
#note1r8z…0lpp

2024-08-30 18:28:14

Ok this is pretty cool!
@npub1xts…kk5s shared an apple podcasts link - I missed it in my main nostr feed - but saw it in Fountain and because of open podcasting even though it was an apple podcast link Fountain can find the episode, show me the playable content card, and let me queue it up and download it!
https://m.primal.net/KVfu.jpg
#note1wq5…ajlf

2024-08-30 07:37:43

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Sent you a DM

2024-08-29 16:01:29

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Yes NWC is on the roadmap - stay tuned!

2024-08-29 14:43:34

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Do you have the Amber signer on your phone? If yes can you DM me your Fountain user id (available in the menu) and I'll investigate further.

2024-08-29 13:26:37

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Android Remote Signers like Amber let you sign remotely on mobile from a single app - https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/55.md
What went wrong with the web extension exactly?

2024-08-29 09:46:55

Thanks for having me on @npub1az9…m8y8
Not much to add on the SGX Key Extraction vulnerability 😅 - but if you want to hear about how we migrated Fountain's social features to nostr give this episode a listen!
#note1sjs…9dd3

2024-08-29 07:42:20

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Great! Tag / DM me anytime if you have any other issues or feedback!

2024-08-28 16:47:32

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Can you try deleting episodes older than 90 days from your library settings and see if that resolves things for you?

2024-08-28 16:46:48

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Can you try deleting episodes older than 90 days from your library settings menu and see if that resolves things? We have a bug which is affecting users with very large libraries. If that doesn’t work please DM me with your user id and I’ll investigate further

2024-08-28 16:44:54

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Can you try deleting episodes older than 90 days from library setting menu - if that doesn’t work please DM me and I’ll investigate

2024-08-28 12:09:26

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You can use Amber on Android. We’re working on NIP-46 support for iOS

2024-08-28 11:29:29

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At some point yes. But still a lot to do to get the audio experience as good as it can be so focussing on that first.

2024-08-28 09:23:00

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Ok interesting. I did some investigation and it looks like your latest follow list was only on certain relays. Other relays had various copies of old follow lists. Fountain does try to find the latest follow list but it's possible that it didn't. I have updated the logic for searching for the latest follow list for the next version which should catch cases like this. I'm still not sure it was Fountain that did this - but either way the additional checks will be helpful.

2024-08-28 07:05:28

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@npub1e2r…lx8t I can see the your latest follow list in the Fountain relay has many pubkeys - it doesn't seem to have been nuked. We also have logic in the app that prevents signing a brand new follow list so this shouldn't happen.
Can I ask where you saw your empty follow list?

2024-08-27 09:20:32

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Amazing! Let me know if you need help beta testing - we have the NIP-46 client code basically working on Fountain.

2024-08-27 08:30:45

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Now Damus has push notifications - how easy would it be for the app to act as a NIP-46 signer that could briefly wake up via a push notification to sign events from other NIP-46 clients?

2024-08-23 20:36:41

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Yes we hope to add this soon.

2024-08-23 20:35:50

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Thanks for reporting will fix

2024-08-23 07:29:23

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Thank you @npub1l2v…ajft!
Fountain 1.1 is just the beginning - so much more we can do now we're plugged into nostr - stay tuned for more!

2024-08-22 11:04:51

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You won’t be following them on nostr by default no - this is because the app needs to be able to sign the follow events. We do have a screen that lets you find your old fountain followers and follow them on nostr. It’s available by clicking on the people icon in the Home Screen appbar.

2024-08-22 06:41:06

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Great let me know when it’s ready to test!

2024-08-22 06:01:26

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Yes totally agree this isn't ideal. On Android we support NIP-55 remote signers like Amber. On iOS we plan to add NIP-46 remote signer support - the only reason we haven't yet is there isn't really a great mobile NIP-46 signer for iOS. I'm actually hoping that @npub18m7…q955 or @npub12vk…pugg might add NIP-46 remote signing capabilities - would make onboarding easier as 1 less app to download.

2024-08-21 20:53:35

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Thank you @npub1der…xzpc for all the guidance over the years!
Amber Singer was the first step - working on NIP-46 signer support too.

2024-08-21 20:25:20

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NWC support coming 🔜

2024-08-21 20:15:57

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Thank you! 🙏
So much still to do to make this better but it’s a start!

2024-08-21 19:27:11

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🙏

2024-08-21 18:51:19

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Very 🔜

2024-08-21 16:53:19

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@npub1m64…uaks you can try going to settings > account > nostr > delete keys and try linking again. If not can you send me a DM with your Fountain userID and I'll take a look.

2024-08-21 16:52:08

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Aah ok I didn't know this! Will give it a test and we should have it implemented very soon 👍

2024-08-21 16:49:04

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Aah ok so if your laptop is closed it won't work?

2024-08-21 16:41:44

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Ok nice will give this a test - although if you're using your phone where is nsec.app running?

2024-08-21 16:32:24

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Here are the posts on Twitter:
https://x.com/MerryOscar/status/1826295356994232525
https://x.com/fountain_app/status/1826293931480437194
Please give them a share there too and lets bring some more people over here!

2024-08-21 16:16:25

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In this version we support NIP-55 Remote Signer login with Android signers like Amber. NIP-46 coming very soon - although there's not great options for mobile signers on iOS.

2024-08-21 16:15:04

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Thank you for supporting us with premium! 🙏

2024-08-21 16:13:10

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A massive thanks to @npub1jlr…ynqn @npub1zuu…c2uc @npub16c0…6nvr @npub1z0r…xuxf and others for helping me think through a lot of the details.
If you're interested - go take a look at NIP-73 External Content IDs to see how we're referencing podcasts on nostr in a way that any client can query them:
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/73.md

2024-08-21 15:55:42

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#note1xu0…ua24

2024-08-21 15:54:31

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#note1xu0…ua24

2024-08-21 15:53:30

Fountain 1.1 with #nostr is now live on iOS and Android!
https://m.primal.net/KGni.mov
Why Nostr?
We regularly hear from both listeners and podcasters that the social features in Fountain are a great way to discover content that’s worth listening to.
When you support a podcast, or comment on an episode, your message is surfaced to your followers in the Fountain home feed and anyone that sees these can add the content to their library.
But this came with a few problems. When you first start using Fountain you wouldn’t have any followers so your posts wouldn’t get seen. If you wanted to share something you were listening to, you had to choose between leaving a comment on Fountain, or sharing on another social platform.
Today we are excited to announce a massive update to Fountain that solves these problems with Nostr:
- You can bring your existing profile and followers to Fountain
- Your boosts and comments will be surfaced in other Nostr clients
- Posts shared from other Nostr clients relating to audio will appear in your feed
- Conversation and interactions now flow freely across multiple apps
Read more about the new Fountain nostr features here: https://blog.fountain.fm/p/1-1
Please let me know your feedback!

2024-08-20 16:17:47

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Please DM I’ll check for you

2024-08-20 07:08:31

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Thank you! 🙏
Please keep the feedback coming!

2024-08-17 15:24:41

Loving this track from @npub1rye…c2xh
https://fountain.fm/track/Pg6LHr3LlgKhwGdNKyUV
#nevent1q…8xdk

2024-08-17 14:32:03

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Looking forward to listening to it!

2024-08-17 11:58:42

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Sorry fixed!

2024-08-17 11:38:45

I never saw @npub1a2c…w83a's post about this episode in my main nostr client feed because I didn't happen to open Primal or Damus in the timeframe that she shared it.
What's cool about the new Fountain Nostr integration is we only surface posts related to audio - so I saw it and was able to queue up the episode - and also send Lyn a zap in the process! ⚡️
#note1ndf…yjdd
https://m.primal.net/KCJh.jpg

2024-08-15 21:15:39

Looking for a few #android users that use the Amber remote signer to test Fountain's NIP-55 login. Please DM if you use Amber and would be up for helping us test this!
https://github.com/greenart7c3/Amber
#note13cu…w07y