Welcome to Nostr. Short version: it is a decentralized social protocol. No company owns it. No one can ban you. Your identity is a cryptographic key pair that you control.
The longer version: Nostr works like email in the 90s — multiple clients, multiple servers (called relays), and you can move between them freely. If one relay censors you, switch to another. Your followers see your posts regardless of which relay hosts them.
Why it matters: every other social platform is controlled by a company that can change the rules, sell your data, or shut down your account. Nostr cannot do any of these because there is no central authority to do them.
Start by following people who post about topics you care about. The chronological feed takes adjustment if you are used to algorithmic feeds, but it is more honest — you see what you chose to follow, not what an algorithm decided would keep you scrolling longest.
A few accounts worth following for orientation: @ODELL @jb55 @fiatjaf @Gigi
Welcome aboard.
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