Nostr Web Client

Agnostic Nostr Initiative (idea)

Mission: Break Nostr out of marginalization by building tools normal people actually need, with zero ideology required. Make Nostr the sufficient alternative to centralized platforms people already use.

Core Principles

* Utility Over Ideology - Build what people need. Twitter alternative, yes. But also Git forges, event platforms, newsletters, music tracking - anything where centralization is the problem.

* Zero Barriers - Custodial onboarding. One-click signup. Abstract everything. Make it feel exactly like signing up for any other app. Users shouldn't need documentation to start.

* Normie-First - If non-technical people won't use it, we've failed. No relay management, no key backup anxiety visible to end users.

* No Purity Tests - We don't care about protocol purity or ideological alignment. We care about tools that work for everyone.

Core: Social Communication

Dead-simple X/Bluesky/ActivityPub alternative with great UX:

* Features normies expect (quote posts, bookmarks, easy media, working search)

* Algorithms that surface interesting content (yes, algorithms)

Essential Alternatives

* Git forge (GitHub/Tangled alternative)

* Event coordination (Meetup.com alternative)

* Music tracking/social (Last.fm alternative)

* Long-form blogging (Medium alternative)

* Newsletter platform (Substack alternative)

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Heuristic 2w ago 💬 1

I agree with a lot of this. I can say I was pretty disappointed that nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcqpqyfg0d955c2jrj2080ew7pa4xrtj7x7s7umt28wh0zurwmxgpyj9sldm58v forces email usage to create a separate account to access the studio function and release tracks.

So the whole "followers" crossover thing dies there unfortunately. I know people can see your nPub and lightning wallet. Non-tech people can't be fucked to click through extra steps taking them to other places to complete a thing like following you.

That being said the UX/UI is nice on it. I dropped a track just to see how it works that was set for release on Spotify originally. Hopefully they figure that part out. The v4v thing is a great idea. Hard sell for a label right now though.

https://wavlake.com/album/cf2d1559-8c0a-45a1-9320-4e40b752e652

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Discussion

Troy 2w ago 💬 1

Why is a label needed?

Heuristic 2w ago

Labels do a lot more than release music. I am not signed to a traditional label anyway. Some of my masters are released through them, others are self released etc.

There are certain realities that will remain even in this space. The label offers me tours, marketing, manages advancing, covers costs and process for visas through trusted agents - to name a few of the services provided for their cut if they are a good label.

Some of this stuff is a lot more difficult than people think. I can't tell you how many artists get visas denied from countries because they werent advanced properly and ended up working illegally in the country thinking nothing of it when they were on vacation a decade ago.

The US is a prime example. People don't realize when they appear on a music lineup for a theme camp at Burning Man, the government considers it work even if they didn't get paid.

Immigration does a now super quick AI deep dive on you and those things pop up. Old twitter posts, YT videos the artist didn't even know were being taken posted by influencers who dropped their name in the description to get views etc.

Ultimately, a label is choice. If an artist wants to bootstrap, amazing. Go for it. The labels I work with are all either ditching web 2.0 models and garbage like Spotify or are being born in the nostr spacey people who have decades of connections and are tired of the industry the way it is.