Nostr Web Client

If it's just an API, then what you use it for, freedom or otherwise, is up to you.

I think you missed the point of my question … if it matters.

Today, nostr is a reservoir for freedom culture. In the not so far future, when Nostr is global and the standard “nostr app” is a hybrid app, indistinguishable from any other black box reseller of user data, Nostr will no longer be this reservoir. It will no longer hold value as freedom tech.

SO WHAT if this is inevitable. Freedom culture is always under threat.

So my more direct question is:

“How do we retain freedom culture even as the tools we build to support it are eroded by NGU culture?”

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Melvin Carvalho 1y ago

Nostr's really just a subset of HTTP—how you use it matters. The freedom angle feels a bit overhyped. People might think it protects them, but it could end up storing signed evidence forever, potentially more risky than regular socials. And let's not forget, some devs slip spyware into big sites. Personally, I see it more as a tool for social app portability, letting you move between sites easily. That's the real value.

ManiMe 1y ago

I appreciate your sobriety. Portability is the real value. Freedom may be overhyped, but also … Nostr is special.