Hey, there is now an Anarchism public group on Nostr. Nostr is a very simple protocol which aims to become the ultimate decentralized social network, already fulfilling functionality of Twitter, Reddit (not very advanced tho), Twitch, Telegram and more. It is also uncensorable.
It is also more anarchist than the fediverse because your identity there is not bound to a server/domain which can be shut down or moderated at any time.
To join the group, you have to search for this ID: nevent1qqs05w7vklg8ewh4g7u8rafp3dsvtcw3j7v9j4v7n4k5fxxewaggjdspp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuerpw3sju6rpw4esz9rhwden5te0dehhxarj9ehhsarj9ejx2assy2425
On Android the app Amethyst is very good. With Nostr, the client handles everything. The servers are just dumb relays which don’t need to be trusted. That’s why there are a lot of different clients. Each one is implementing different aspects of the protocol and they are always evolving.
If you want to have a peek at the group you can also check here: https://coracle.social/chat/note1lgaued7s0ja023acw86jrzmqchsar9uct92ea8tdgjvdja6s3ymqa579ar
There are a LOT of Nostr resources available and you can decide how deep you want to dive into it. A very basic and easy introduction is https://usenostr.org/ . The devs website nostr.com also does a good job of getting the point across. There is an awesome list which can point you to any Nostr related resources like which clients to use and also what other introductory guides are availabe: https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr
Popular clients including web, desktop and mobile are also described here: https://nostr.com/clients
Note that Nostr is very decentralized and that some clients implement features which other clients don’t (yet).
This video can also show you visually how the relationship between clients and relays/servers works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIccRIEr2gQ
I guess that’s cool, but to be honest I think Nostr missed the boat. Most people unsatisfied with Reddit have already moved to Lemmy or other places on the Fediverse, since the infrastructure there was good enough for people to feel that switching would be worth it.
I’m assuming the Nostr protocol itself is ready, but the apps around it are seemingly still in an alpha state, and certainly don’t have enough polish to draw in anyone but the most early of adopters who are dissatisfied with the current Reddit alternatives.
Personally, my experience with Lemmy has been excellent, and the potential downsides that Nostr attempts to rectify are unlikely to happen to me with my instance.
Also, Lemmy has just about reached a self-sustaining critical mass, and gets the job done well enough that I think Nostr will have a pretty hard time gaining significant adoption now that everything has settled.
But that’s just my 2 cents.
Yes, I see your point. My goal with this post was not to start a lemmy exodus to Nostr. Nostr is not ready to replace Reddit/Lemmy. Just letting you guys know there’s an anarchist group you can join if you want :)