Nostr Web Client

Been watching the anthropological experiment that is Nostr unfold since 2022-23. It’s been fascinating to observe the great sorting mechanism at work.

Scrolled through my follow list today, a bit of digital archaeology. Thousands of followers, zero notes in over a year. The pattern is unmistakable: they’ve returned to the algorithmic plantation, trading sovereignty for synthetic validation.

What remains on Nostr are the philosophical descendants of the cypherpunks. Those who understand that protocols > platforms, sovereignty > followers, signal > noise.

We’re not here for the dopamine drip of algorithmic amplification. We’re here because we believe ideas should compete on merit, not on how well they serve the attention merchants.

Every abandoned profile is a quiet confession: “I never really believed in the thing I claimed to support.”

The irony? By filtering out those who prioritize growth over principle, Nostr becomes exactly what it was meant to be, a signal rich environment for those who value truth over virality.

The medium is the message. Your choice of medium reveals your message

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IntuitiveGuy☯️ 3mo ago

#YESTR

Luxas 3mo ago

Very well articulated 🤙

Jake Woodhouse 3mo ago

“Attention merchants” is a great frame

So true

The “surveillance capitalists” is another that I like

Contra 3mo ago

Use em

Dr. Cassone 3mo ago

Well said. Btw, how to you manage your follows? It would be nice to have a list function, but I don't think there is one yet.

Contra 3mo ago

There’s some out there. I’ve tried a few, but none were that great. Check out nostr:npub10r8xl2njyepcw2zwv3a6dyufj4e4ajx86hz6v4ehu4gnpupxxp7stjt2p8 though. I ended up doing it the old fashioned way.

Stacking Functions 3mo ago

Yea the occasional check in on your follows is important, and enhances the whole experience by dialing in who you want to give mind space to

Contra 3mo ago

💯

hodlbod 3mo ago

This one works pretty well: https://plebs-vs-zombies.vercel.app/

Dr. Cassone 3mo ago

Thank you!

captjack 🏴‍☠️✨💜 3mo ago

DEV:USER ratio HIGHEST

Deleted Account 3mo ago

"What remains on Nostr are the philosophical descendants of the cypherpunks. Those who understand that protocols > platforms, sovereignty > followers, signal > noise."

👏👏👏👏

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Sawzall 3mo ago

Nostr only for all the right reasons 🤙

Mick 3mo ago 💬 3

I’ve experienced both ends of this. First attempt on Nostr, if you can even call it that, was pathetically short lived and just came to experiment and passively consume content like I did on Twitter. It didn’t work and I quickly left.

But coming around the second time motivated by a much deeper dedication to contributing to freedom technologies and protocols in whatever way I can, it is a completely different experience.

One forced habit that I’ve committed to but found so unnatural is to “post content” or try to “build a following.” Even typing those words felt gross. I think many of us who are on here naturally feel that way.

But once you start to experience the positive feedback loops from the effort you put in in terms of both deep connections with substantive people and a much more creative, attentive posture towards the world, the controlled networks become less and less appealing.

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Yukiame 3mo ago

surprisingly accurate

PDJ 3mo ago

“By filtering out those who prioritize growth over principle, Nostr becomes exactly what it was meant to be, a signal rich environment for those who value truth over virality.”

nostr:nevent1qqs083hwcxwx6jtrlh8fxt5rz7ua47tm8m4nems95mql2n8xnsajntqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgkhclqa

Liberty Gal 3mo ago 💬 1

I'm still here because I believe in the principle, but I will admit that I am getting frustrated that every time I find a client that works well for me, I get used to it, and enjoy it, and then it will suddenly stop working completely.

How does every client become 100% nonfunctional at some point? I understand someone might stop adding features, but they completely stop working. It is so frustrating.

Since Coracle failed, I haven't found a client that works as well or gives me as good a feed and interaction with others.

nicnym 3mo ago

Try jumble on desktop

Liberty Gal 3mo ago

That is what I'm using, but it doesn't seem to give me the conversation flow as well as Coracle did. I feel like half of my feed is coming into the middle of a conversation, so I am missing the deeper conversations that I used to have.

nicnym 3mo ago

I find myself using nostr more on mobile personally

That’s a shame about coracle

cuban 3mo ago

Same with lightning wallets

idsera 3mo ago

Try nostr:npub1cm3rpgj7457yjuqnvdalxaauakqu0ndkpkyp5cldkyutpz4xszpsmk96wt

Undisciplined 3mo ago 💬 1

I've had a fairly stable experience with Primal but I'd like to find something that supports zaps better on mobile, since I'm not interested in their KYC wallet.

TK SuitCoin.exe 80HpW 3mo ago

Primal supports non kyc zaps with nostr wallet connect. You never have to use primals shit at all.

Undisciplined 3mo ago

That's what I do in the browser, but how does it work on mobile?

idsera 3mo ago

Try https://jumble.social/ on mobile as PWA, works even better than a native app in my opinion.

idsera 3mo ago

And you can connect NWC on nostr:npub17n4cuc4d6y6qh89dekvxrenfkt5s0n49xns00uavjaxpr36c55dq87fyh9

Liberty Gal 3mo ago

I only do nostr on my desktop, but that is what I use.

CTarian 3mo ago

I know what you mean. I first got involved over 3 years ago with a Client called astal ninja.. Had a link to the Global feed which I liked. All of a sudden, poof..... nothing.. nothing but an inoperable home page.. (Haven't been back to check. Maybe it's up and running again! Hm..) For a while now, I've had success with Primal, and IRIS... noStrudel too. I guess you've always gotta hold your breath that each day, all will still be operable.. Kind of like using a jailbroken Amazon firestick. Finding links/clients that work can be a moving target, but it seems if one goes away, another comes along to take it's place.

idsera 3mo ago

Try https://jumble.social/, it's a great nostr client.

idsera 3mo ago

Try https://jumble.social/, the best nostr client in my opinion.

Liberty Gal 3mo ago

That's what I'm using. It has all of the basic function I need, but it doesn't handle threads as well as Coracle (unless I'm just using it wrong), so I feel like I spend most of my time entering in the middle of a conversation. There are also some people that used to regularly be in my feed that aren't. I'm trying to figure what is wrong, if I'm missing the right relay or something. I don't know. Hopefully I will eventually get it working to my liking. Coracle wasn't perfect at first either when I lost the previous client that stopped working.

idsera 3mo ago

"There are also some people that used to regularly be in my feed that aren't."

I think nostr:npub17n4cuc4d6y6qh89dekvxrenfkt5s0n49xns00uavjaxpr36c55dq87fyh9 shows all notes of the people you are following because it uses outbox model.

In my experience, other clients like Coracle, miss many notes of people I'm following.

GulagBound 3mo ago

I’m here because the Jews don’t want me to be.

Furious Honey Badger ⚡️ 3mo ago

False

GulagBound 3mo ago

Says the Christ murdering Jew…

Willy Cooper 3mo ago

I had the same problem with what I am using now (primal). I rest all my relays then clicked on choose all suggested relays. I also noticed that the premium Primal relay helps a lot to have as far as being smoother. God bless you Sister!

Rowan 3mo ago

Well said