# Nostr accounts

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/nostr-accounts/37544
**Category:** Off Topic
**Tags:** software
**Created:** 2026-05-01T13:06:00Z
**Posts:** 5

## Post 1 by @tooinfinity — 2026-05-01T13:06:00Z

As part of my attempt to make gos work for my needs, and as an excuse to maybe tidy up my app use a little I have been trying alternative socials.

I like mastodon, it’s clean and the app is nice to use. Bluesky is a bit of a sh1t show for me I think, although it does seem to be busier.

But nostr is the one that seems to fit our ethos on platforms like this, yet a lot of the people I follow from privacy and security companies, the type of people that talk about nostr, don’t seem to be on it?

I don’t really know what this post is about lol other than I guess to discuss if we are perhaps not using the tools we recommend and to ask are there any follows on there you guys recommend

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## Post 2 by @arise1984 — 2026-05-01T14:07:51Z

Network effect is the reason. A catch-22, chicken and egg problem for social media.

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## Post 3 by @PurpleDime — 2026-05-01T14:37:41Z

> [@tooinfinity](#):
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> nostr is the one that seems to fit our ethos on platforms like this, yet a lot of the people I follow from privacy and security companies, the type of people that talk about nostr, don’t seem to be on it?

I had literally never heard of it until today. The project seems cool, but as I understand it Nostr is a protocol not a social media platform. Am I wrong?

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## Post 4 by @tooinfinity — 2026-05-01T14:49:40Z

No you are correct. A little bit like mastodon. So you need an app essentially to use it through, of which there are many. Popular ones seem to be Damus and primal.

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## Post 5 by @anon32162901 — 2026-05-01T15:42:14Z

I’ve seen some Nostr clients while browsing F-Droid, but like you, I had no idea what it was or what people used it for. :sweat_smile: