Nostr Web Client

Fuck ‘em, as you said Nostr is amazing, why does it feel like nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 is just trying to put the whole protocol into a social media client model for comparison when it is a parallel universe to the World Wide Web

Garbage nsec 9mo ago

If you look at the web it started with a protocol (HTTP) and a single dominant client, a browser called "WorldWideWeb", which they renamed Nexus in 1994 to avoid confusion with the broader concept of the World Wide Web. So the first "WorldWideWeb" was basically Chrome. Other clients then appeared and evolved, making HTTP more robust (Line Mode, Erwise, Viola, Mosaic...)

This idea that HTTP appeared and then the web just sort of "happened" on top of it is widespread but totally false. It was a client model from the start.

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Luke 9mo ago

I guess I didn’t make that clear, Nostr is a parallel universe to http or the internet as people know it and the creator of the protocol seems like he is comparing it to a social media client

Garbage nsec 9mo ago

It's different though. HTTP created a new space from thin air. Nostr is a protocol that lives on top of HTTP and competes for adoption with many other decentralised social protocols: ATProtocol, ActivityPub, Farcaster, DSNP.org, Willow, Goblins... It's a long list. Each one is good at some things and not good at others. And a lot of overlap too; almost everything Nostr supports ATProtocol can also support, etc.

A lot of people here seem to ignore all these other decentralised social protocols, and so fiatjaf has a point.