It’s more fun. I’m biased though, I’ve never used the other services.

In mastodon your identity is not truly owned by you; it belongs to the person running the instance. ECC makes all the difference.

This: nostr:naddr1qqyxzc33xyerwenzqyghwumn8ghj7enfv96x5ctx9e3k7mgzyqalp33lewf5vdq847t6te0wvnags0gs0mu72kz8938tn24wlfze6qcyqqq823cnrqw8w

Nice - share when done Thanks NOSTR + Freedom - No legit npub can be banned (relay admin block or cash user can BLOCK/MUTE) Multiple Applications Use (not just social) Web Socket based RESILIENT DECENTRALIZED - User Learning Curve Centralized Platform Features + are overwhelming than -ive

On a protocol level: Identity - public keys vs URLs Network topology - clients and relays vs servers Data format - Nostr events vs ActivityStreams objects On a people/reality level: ActivityPub is way larger Nostr has money built into the tech, and ActivityPub is very resistant to it Nostr is...

For my #nostr has all the good that the others lack (security, privacy, decentralization, etc.) But it lacks the most important thing: audience, expansion and users.

You can’t be censored

You own and control your account, so you cannot be globally banned, and you cannot lose your followers. Developed in the open with a large choice of software to choose from. Fully distributed with no central anything - no central software, no central servers, no website, no seeds, nothing.

Twitter: Breaking Mainstream news: PR for tsla spacex starlink, trying to id as the acceptable rightwing platform, wants to be the amazon of communication. Moderation by fed entities on certain trending topics Bluesky: GenX complaints about politics, trying to scale up to be the Progressive Platform...

TF is bluesky? meh