Danny on Nostr: I've been thinking about how we talk about Nostr... Maybe we need to switch up our ...
I've been thinking about how we talk about Nostr...
Maybe we need to switch up our language a bit when explaining Nostr to the world.
We're not really "on Nostr" like it's some monolithic platform. We're using apps that implement the Nostr standard. Naturally everyone already on nostr knows that, but newcomers might not, so this is a tiny distinction, but it might click better for newbies.
There's no single "Nostr platform" where all content lives. Each Nostr app shows kinds of content stuff. It's more like a networking protocol than a platform - just a standard way of communicating.
Nostr isn't trying to be:
- A Twitter clone, but it can do short posts (kind 1)
- A Medium replacement, but it handles long-form markdown (kind 30023)
- Twitch 2.0, but it can stream RTMP (kind 30311)
- YouTube's successor, but it can share videos (kind 34235)
Nostr is the protocol powering all these possibilities. It's not the app, it's what makes the apps work.
Maybe we should describe Nostr as a decentralized, secure protocol for sharing identity and content. It gives control back to users, not some faceless "platform".
Just a random thought dump. What do you think, nostriches? #nostriches #nostr
Maybe we need to switch up our language a bit when explaining Nostr to the world.
We're not really "on Nostr" like it's some monolithic platform. We're using apps that implement the Nostr standard. Naturally everyone already on nostr knows that, but newcomers might not, so this is a tiny distinction, but it might click better for newbies.
There's no single "Nostr platform" where all content lives. Each Nostr app shows kinds of content stuff. It's more like a networking protocol than a platform - just a standard way of communicating.
Nostr isn't trying to be:
- A Twitter clone, but it can do short posts (kind 1)
- A Medium replacement, but it handles long-form markdown (kind 30023)
- Twitch 2.0, but it can stream RTMP (kind 30311)
- YouTube's successor, but it can share videos (kind 34235)
Nostr is the protocol powering all these possibilities. It's not the app, it's what makes the apps work.
Maybe we should describe Nostr as a decentralized, secure protocol for sharing identity and content. It gives control back to users, not some faceless "platform".
Just a random thought dump. What do you think, nostriches? #nostriches #nostr