getting started with #lens in 5 steps 🪴 [April 2023 update]

(0 a) maybe consider adding some information about yourself and a pfp to your profile before you start.

(0 b) "hello world" posts get quite some attention ... 😉 . (if you can post something related to what you are interested in ... 🎇 -> People you start following might take a look at your profile and follow if they are interested in the content you share.) Find one great example at the end of the post.

(1) lists.inlens.xyz/lists/818891525288558593 updated - list of great profiles to start your lens journey ... you will discover a ton, worth following profiles in the communities of people in this list. lists.inlens.xyz/ in general is a great starting point.

(2) find your twitter contacts on lens: inlens.xyz/ (not everyone with a lens profile, active on twitter, is very active on lens (yet ;-)). Maybe consider connecting with new people, sharing interesting content on lens.)

(3) probably you read this post on @lenster.lens . If you are interested in lens mobile apps, @orbapp.lens and @buttrfly.lens (iOS) are at the moment - imo - the most advanced general purpose lens mobile apps. One of the beautiful things regarding lens is that it doesn't matter which lens app you use, every lens app has access to the same content and social graph.

(4) what you share on lens is stored and publicly available for a very long time. Probably forever. You can hide posts, comments and mirrors. But that's a front-end feature, the data is still available and publicly accessible.

(5) "collects" are a very powerful concept, adding a NFT version of the post to your address (4th symbol below a post on @lenster.lens ). Collects can be monetised -> creators can use collect fees to earn money on lens.

one more thing :-) being active, commenting on posts and topics you are interested in goes a long way. Of course there is a chance that your posts will be discovered, commented and mirrored, but you increase the probability of being discovered dramatically with valuable comments.
@jeanmi.lens increased his followers +5k within 39 days. How he did it? "be yourself, try to engage with people, sharing images seems to accelerate engagement/growth, people love to 'GM'"

advanced topics

other mobile apps: @lentilapp.lens (iOS native general purpose app), @converseapp.lens (iOS @xmtplabs.lens mobile messaging app pls contact @polmaire.lens if you are interested), @lenstaxyz.lens image focused lens mobile app.

other browser apps: @pinsta.lens pin lens content, create and publish pinsta boards. @beatsapp.lens music focused lens app . @focalize.lens browser extension for posting on lens. @youfolio.lens trading lens creator tokens. @dumpling.lens video platform on lens. @diversehq.lens Reddit inspired lens app. 

market place: @lensport . Buy and sell collects, create token gated posts, ... .

fun: @thesmurfssociety.lens auctions started … . @memester-xyz.lens create memes easily and publish directly on lens. lenstube.xyz/ videos on lens. www.lyrical.world (#LensAI) create ai generated images and publish on lens. @amnisiac.lens listen to music in your feed or other profile's feed (e.g. @mixtape.lens ). @truthordare.lens ;-). @lensgardennft.lens dynamic activity based NFTs. word cloud generator by @rickydata.lens lens-wordcloud.streamlit.app .

tools: @chainjet.lens automate processes, like notifications ( @remindmebot.lens 👀). lens.sepana.io very powerful lens search. @lensdropxyz raffle tokens based on constraints (e.g. 1 of the profiles who collected post xyz will get a NFT). @wav3s.lens incentivise people to mirror or comment content. @madfinance.lens Lens Bounties, allowing creators to earn "by creating a Lens post using the creative direction of a brand". @theshr.lens decentralised publishing platform. @letsrally.lens lens spaces. @wagmifund.lens decentralised crowd funding platform. @ethpass.lens add your lens profile to Apple or google wallet. postter.xyz schedule posts. soclly.com “creator-centric” toolkit. 

data: profile.lenskit.xyz profile overview with a github like activity board. dune.com/xmc2/lens-profiler get an overview of your lens statistics.

ready to test: @lensplayxyz.lens video browsing (android), @buttrfly.lens general purpose lens mobile apps (android), #lensshare video platform (browser lensshareapp.xyz )

coming soon: @onboardapp general purpose app. @ensocollective digital closet. #theDial by @emmajane1313.lens . @lenstags.lens content discovery and organisation. @glassxyz.lens protocol for decentralised video ( glass.xyz/manifesto ), @lenspostxyz.lens canva for web3 socials.

lens protocol stats - provided by @buttrfly.lens (weekly posts + comments):
@lenster.lens 63.0%

@phaver.lens 20.5%
@orbapp.lens 8.4%

#lenstube 3.0%

@lensport.lens 1.0%
@memester-xyz.lens 0.8%

@chainjet.lens 0.7%

@t2world.lens x @lensprotocol**** : “manifesto for building a social network around what we value, not what grabs our attention.“ ( manifesto.t2.world )

If you are interested in content distribution and increasing your reach on lens, maybe the following post is a good starting point: lenster.xyz/posts/0x017566-0xdf (e.g. @bvdaniel.lens combined his introduction post with an eye catching visual (only follower can collect) and an incentivised mirror (+100 followers ). 120+ collects, 80+ mirrors, 40+ comments ...)

list of all lens apps www.lens.xyz/apps

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