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 Was doing some updates to nostr.com. Is it okay to put Bluesky here? https://image.nostr.build/1100833cc102a53dc5526443226e4c5a6f0b9745b1fb4b960b11728be9b59a6e.jpg 
 
 that’s just wrong.. 
 Maybe it's time for bed 😴
Try again tomorrow 
 if someone just learned or heard about nostr chances of them knowing what BlueSky is r slim to none, I like the other ones tho 

but hey i have bad takes on a lot of things, this might be one of those times 🤝 
 Mmm no no lo pongas 
 You're right, as tempting as it is.  
 It doesn't feel right to immediately start the description of nostr off with "we are just like these other things but apolitical"
our strength isn't that we are rebuilding what X, bluesky or anyone else has built. but instead that we are actually using cryptography, unlike them... 
 We get a lot of newb traffic, so having references to services they use seems to make sense.
I think I'm too tired to crack it tonight. Suggestions are very welcome 🙏 
 I don't have any useful suggestions, just don't want it to seem like we are picking a fight with X or bluesky. Technically nothing is stopping them from using Nostr keys

Great work on the site so far though 
 The “apolitical” branding is weird 💀

Are you trying to convey “nostr is not leftie Bluesky or righty truth social”..? 
 Yes, although it's clanky. Will stick with just commons 
 I also don't agree that we are apolitical. We took a political position when we decided to build this protocol. Someone else can label that position but nonetheless, it is political.  
 It's politically apolitical 
 Some SEO  
 Hard pass 
 Remote Singer 👀👀👀 
 Idk I get appealing to newbies but nostr is inherently not for newbies if we think of newbies in the stereotypical sense. We have keypairs and relays. I don't philosophically align with the idea we should hide this fact when its so core to the protocol. nostr.com should tell people about what nostr is. No bs, no cheap comparisons. Individual clients can do the hand wavy stuff, comparisons, etc.  
 "Social media and other stuff" it is 🤝 
 Dunno if people will get it... they'll probably ask "where's the Uber?" And shut down when you try to explain.

But you never know until you try. Power to you 🔥. 
 Dude, I love you but everything about that page is terrible. Your slogan is 15 words and ought to be 3, maximum 5. I'm not good at it but "Uncensored messages for everyone" or "Talk without fear" or "Your community without gatekeepers".

You definitely don't want a a big list of competitors that that people should immediately go check out instead, nor do you want to use the name X for Twitter in the first word of a sentence because that word means too many other things to understand without context. Which is why it's such a shit name.

Nobody knows what smart clients are or what dumb infrastructure is. That's for page five of the manual not the elevator pitch.

I do like "free and open internet that we were promised".

 
 Thanks for feedback, going with this tagine I think. 
https://image.nostr.build/ca625590332a157ffb86eac098cb231f0f5b6257712049a877e96f4cce9d26d6.jpg
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 Based in feedback here. Thanks all was getting tagine fatigue.
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 One login, many apps. 
Build your network once and access it across a multitude of apps. The Nostr protocol is the first to offer true portability. 

Update the image to the right to show a bunch of Nostr app logos. 

Subsection 1: 1 key pair gets you full access 
Nostr uses public/ private key cryptography for login and identity management. This set of keys gives you access to any app on the network. 


Sub-section 2: Own your social graph forever
Once you build your network it is tied to your key pair. It travels with you wherever you log in. 

Sub section 3: Apps for almost anything 
Text chat in the global town square or privately, stream, blog, share photos and much more. Link to Nostr.apps

Sub section 4:  Build your own Nostr app
 
 The one login many apps is the thing that makes peoples light bulb go off. @Linda has talked to hundreds of people about their social media use and nostr in customer development interviews. Her framing is based on what we found works.  
 put the seo somewhere else and pitch nostr in H1 
 The title is too complicated. I need to read 3 times to figure out what it was trying to say. 
 Uhh.. I am late... :(