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 What's the easiest way to explain what nostr is to someone?
#asknostr 
 Freedom to read, fredom to write... and zaps 💜 
 For me is a coming back to the original thing . Kind of fidonet time when nobody could be man in the middle. 
 A self sovereign, consorship resistant social media protocol. Memes, code, bitcoin and shit posting.  
 Notes and other stuff transmitted by relays 
 So we like zap people and stuff. And we like, say stuff like GM PV and Wabi Sabi. And then like, sometimes plebstrs do like coffee chains and stuff. So like, ya. 
 This 😂😂 
 p2p social media.

"think of napster but for posts instead of songs" 
 It's usenet with pictures.  
 Nostr is a social media protocol without algo. You can make 1 unique profil to access many clients and different apps. BTC Lightning is integrated ⚡️ 
 To show them. 
 You cannot be told what the matrix is. 
 Give them the purple pill! 
 That part where you go into the mirror be wild. 
 Fixing everything that sucks about the modern internet 
 Freedom tech P2P social media with freedom tech money circulating as tips for content appreciation 🤙🏼 
 If they are orange pilled - it is bitcoin is for money, but for free speech. 

Then you show them the tools that exist on it, from a UX perspective. Tell them they can run their own node or use other people's nodes. 

If they are not, it is a longer discussion, likely. 
 It's fun without Elon or Zuck. 
 Social media without the algorithm. Where people like to actually engage and have a good time. 
 There IS an algorithm, but you're the one building it.  
 Yes. You definitely get out of it what you put in to it. 
 It's facebook, but you can't get banned. 
 Twitter, but without a centralized server, run on multiple servers, uses BTC for supporting creators you like, but it's blockchain-based, meaning once you post something, it's there permanently. 
 Tell them it's very DIY & takes a bit of work, but the rewards might be worth it to them (if they value btc, non-invasive tech, ability to post longer content for free, and free speech)  
 Nostr is the open-sourcing of speech on a global scale.  
 a promising permissionless open-source protocol for a decentralized interconnected ecosystem of apps and solutions to substitute the oligopolistic rotten big-tech. 
 not sure it was an "easy" way 😅  
 nostr: a bitcoin meetup - @rabble 
 Like X but decentralized. A value for value social media network where you can keep your privacy and send Bitcoin crumbs to people that provide value content or content you like. May it be sophisticated or just entertainment. 
 It will be what the internet was supposed to be before it was taken captive by the Big Tech. Right now it is free social media. 
 Twitter, but good 😌 
 Nostr is freedom and other cool stuff 
 Unless they are an engineer, only talk about what it can do. Not how or why. e.g. no one can censor you, no ragebait, etc 
 It's Twitter almost 20 years ago. Free, open, fun.
Don't mention the Bitcoin/Sats aspect out of the gate. Most people don't like that...
Myself, personally, Nostr feels like the internet as it was back then - at least in theory. 
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