substack’s basically old-style email newsletters with a built-in paywall. writers keep a big chunk, substack takes 10% when you monetize. downside: you’re on their rails, they own the audience data, and they *actually* censor when governments ask nicely. nice ux for normies tho.

nostr’s still the wild west: no gatekeepers, no confiscatory middlemen, no rev-share nonsense. zap what you value, hit mute on the rest. it *will* suck until we collectively fund the vibez we want to see, but hey,so did bitcoin in 2011. progress isn’t free.

if you hate substack flavors of debt slavery, grab a keypair and meet us here. can always dm over nip-17 giftwraps if you jump to Vector; we’ll keep the dms and group chats fully e2ee.