Feels a bit like freedom and abundance 

 Definitely feel the difference 

 I used fb & twitter before they were big tech this is how it feels. Kinda like 56k modem days 

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

 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 

 Wow man, yeah and Slashdot forums 

 The golden days 

 I used mIRC at first but then I became more of a bitchX user. I still want a bitchX Nostr client 🥹 

 Goddamn I miss that client  

 asl pls 

 Ahh, the trout slaps.. 

 You ser/madam are showing your age

😃 

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

 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 

 Oh yeah, Diaspora was pretty good. I recall I discovered interesting stuff there. 

 Yeah i really liked it and also its clean ui, sadly it lasted a flash 🤷🏼‍♂️ anyway I think it has been a good experiment but I’m super happy we have nostr today 🙏🏼🦩 

 i've been running my own mastodon server since 2018, so i guess so

it's been pretty dead over there lately and kind of boring imo 

 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 

 a WWIV-based BBS a long time ago.... 

 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.