Feels a bit like freedom and abundance

Definitely feel the difference

https://image.nostr.build/b1bf32747eea0c6546557e8f908ed8092617602a3ae9d8ad630ed1ea594d83b1.jpg

emails? 🤔

never used something else besides #NOSTR 👀

Closest media would be Peertube for me. Federated, but no community amongst users like Nostr. And of course, no tip/paying value for value feature built in. Would be great to have a paid service with videos able to be embedded like Twitter X so can cross platform publish on blogs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIRC#/media/File:Mircnewlogo.png

The only one that I can think of is UseNet from the late 80's and early 90's. Everything else, including MySpace, was what I could consider corporate social media. I can feel the walls of the silos coming down, and that's a really good feeling.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/Mircnewlogo.png

Was mostly a lurker on centralized SM. Became a contributor on Nostr.

Actually the biggest change from Facebook (I skipped Twitter, tried it for few weeks, then realized that it is only massive group of people screaming at each other and left) is not the freedom (yes, it is, but only theoretically, since I am still posting same things here), but the completely new and...

Never liked social media before nostr. Its strange.

Slashdot threads was a form of social media. Soothing green light. 😀

Craigslist as well. Both USED to feel free and benevolent. They are more regulated and controlled now, sadly.

Did any exist before that were widespread? Nostr is the reason I‘m trying social media actively for the first time.

I used them before they became big tech, if that counts. The main difference to me is options and flexibility. In terms of content, not so much.

Nostr is Xanga uncensored

Do forums count? I mean IRC I guess but I was not very big on it.

nostr reminds me of The Hive (the drug forum) in its openness and gfy vibes

Mirc late in the 90s and also used diaspora some years later but that died fast

Zero adds! 🥳

Been on #Mastodon for several years. It's pretty awesome. Great conversations usually, high signal. Actually higher signal than nostr, lots of spam here.

I feel it. I feel the spirit moving. Preach brother. I feel it.

Actually … no .

(a) Yes: Ello and Minds (Yes, I used to love empty places).(b) Sure.

usenet? oh and Dread.

the difference is real

Yes, it’s hard to describe how much better I experience nostr compared to Big Brother

Yes, the difference is very noticeable. Hopefully equivalent solutions for video sharing such as flare.pub or zap.stream can scale and replace YouTube.