Nostr Web Client

That is just one logo. There is no current official logo.

No, you're right. But it has been used. And to a certain extent it would make sense to have a standard, easily identifiable one on people's website in the same way the other logos are easily identifiable

Not sure one is needed. 🤔 It’s a protocol for everyone not a centralised platform (like those logos at the bottom of websites). The logo can never be owned by anyone too - it’s a bit like wanting a logo for the internet (there are many). Anyway, will see what, if anything, unfolds. All I know is that I was here to witness the birth of the nostr ostrich (and nostrich) organically and it would be a shame to lose that community provenance in any “nostr logo”.

Sure, but at the moment barely anyone even knows what nostr is. But I get your point. The logo points to nostr-as-microblogging maybe, and not to the whole protocol. But even that aspect isn't much known

Exactly, but my point is does a protocol need a logo? Nostr can be many things and each client/service can have their own logo. As for people not knowing what Nostr is, this will come with time, if they’re included to research. People still don’t know what the internet actually is, but use it everyday, so one could argue, do they need to know what nostr is? As an example, I bet barely anyone on Bluesky knows what the AT Protocol actually is. Main marketing channel for Nostr will be the clients/services that run on it. This is why I think it’s important that they highlight this fact and why (decentralisation).

I’ve been on Nostr almost a year now and I still don’t know what it is. 😂

mike 1y ago

It’s a bit like ketamine, but more fun.

Great marketing slogan.

Basically, it's like tumblr but without the girls

Vanessa 1y ago

Googling what tumblr is… lol Iearn new stuff here all the time

I'm stunned you don't know what Tumblr is 👀 it was a defining moment that p much shaped the world we live in today. All the Tumblr aesthetic account egirls posters now run our HR departments 😉

It’s like being able to cryptographically access a variety of soapboxes to stand on and publicly and freely deliver your words/content; to debate with others; or to just take in stuff, all whilst no one can censor you. And that’s mainly just the N in NOSTR, not the O and S…

I have actually compared nostr to Speakers' Corner before lol, and maybe one day it'll be the online equivalent, this weird niche place people have to go to stand on their soapbox and shout their madness cos you'd get arrested anywhere else

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speakers%27_Corner (just in case)

Autumn Sun ☀️🌘☯️ 1y ago

Shitposters Corner

Exactly lol

😂 Definitely, having been to a few in Hyde Park.

Another Brit ay 👀😉

Yep 👍🏼

👊

kidwarp 1y ago

DON’T WORRY ABOUT THAT JUST KEEP SHIT POSTING TO RELAYS

I’m doing my part.

Trevor Bello 1y ago

I feel this way about Bitcoin...the more I learn the less I know.

plebeian 1y ago

Yeah and then comes the moment when you realize that you will never learn it all

And then you truly start to enjoy the discovery

Bluesky apparently has 3m users now. (Not sure what their daily active user numbers are tho). I mean it's all optional, no one needs to use any of the logos, you could just use the client logo ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯.

But I do see the logic in having this as a button icon. Especially with the reality of what people actually interact with as nostr are the the microblogging clients (atm at least).

Jack effect. Not a logo effect. Borne out of Twitter. Bound to get lots of exposure especially after the Elon buy out (as did Mastadon). A nostr logo will no doubt evolve just like the Bitcoin logo did (although that’s not “official” either), but I can only imagine it being used in a “powered by Nostr” king of way…

Yeah I'm not saying bluesky is growing because of their logo:). (Although they have just branded with the butterfly, which will undoubtedly be in the link button thingums).

You could argue that nostr would also have the 'jack effect' but that doesn't seem to be the case or not nearly as much(?). I think something more is going on with bluesky. I think it's more significantly been adopted (and gatekept - if that's even a word lol) by the lgbtq community Elon exodusers, who actually also seem to dislike jack. Much in the same way nostr is predominantly a very particular community - bitcoin twitter offshoot, but this is far more of a niche. Anyway, yeah. I can see 'powered by Nostr' being a thing too¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Yep all early days. The logo for the AT protocol appears to be an @ sign but we don’t see that used anywhere really. But yes, understandable that bitcoiners came to nostr first - we generally understand key pairs. But hey. At least we talked about logos for a bit instead of Bitcoin 😂 I’m all for other topics!