Nostr Needs Reputation Management
Spam is unnecessary, unwanted, or repetitive content that clogs email inboxes, directs message chats and clutters social media feeds. The term “spam” has been used to refer to junk messages since the earliest days of the internet and is a practice that has remained around even as the internet matures; while we may have spam […]
8 Reasons Why Content Creators Should Be Using Nostr
Social media has become the internet gateway for billions; it’s where they find their news, connect with their friends, update others on their lives and simply have public discussions. It’s become so entrenched as a behaviour it’s hard to remember a time before we had these platforms. Despite breaking new ground in the early days, […]
5 Types Of Nostr Relays
Nostr is a decentralised network because there is no central server and company housing all user data. Instead, it is based on cryptographic keypairs (private and public keys) that are used to create data associated with that key. Once you create a private key, you will automatically have a public key; you will use your […]
What Is A Nostr Relay?
The issues with social media are well documented; Facebook and Twitter started out as information distribution networks, but through censorship and algorithmic curation, the experience they used to provide continues to be tainted by politics and biases. Certain narratives are surprising; certain personalities are de-platformed, and all the while, advertisers are in a race to […]
How To Get Your Nostr Account NIP-05 Verified
The internet and its various communications mediums, be that email, social media or instant messaging, has lowered the barrier to accessing eyeballs. Today if you have someone’s contact information, it’s very easy to get a hold of them or, worse, spam that user to no end. Having email centralised through ISPs or services like Gmail, […]
What Is Nostr?
Social media, for better or worse, is an integral part of our online lives; it’s how we source information, react to news and communicate with one another. In the earlier days of social networking, apps took a more lenient approach due to their focus on growth. Still, as these apps needed to generate a return […]