Nostr is interesting but there is less hassle with Mastodon, which is also kind of anarchist and contrarian. It's always a bit funny when people who are into very niche things disagree about which nic...
How so? I've never actually tried mastodon so no idea. But felt nostr was p hassle free, sign up at least, don't even have to have an email/email confirmation or nothing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. The rest is confusing, but I felt like I could sort of wing it lol