depends on what vertical you're talking about. in terms of performance, #notedeck is 1000x faster than the twitter web app. its really hard using twitter now, feels sluggish and bad. on top of this, I get private local search, private grok. the only thing X has going for it at this point is the diversity of people. our clients are already better.

Sucks > Fundamentally Broken

> Nostr does suck What are you trying to accomplish with “nostr”? With which app(s)? Where is the pain?

I think we are agreeing. When I say Nostr sucks it is part real and part tongue in cheek. It is deceptively simple, but that is because it borrows complexity from preexisting formats and protocols, the naive version of nostr could never work, clients and relays have to get kinda complex to properly filter the data. That being said, it is actually the right idea, and I am particularly excited about NoteDeck. It is the right idea done the right way in my humble opinion. I think there will be some natural evolution to it. Web-of-trust, built-in relay for contacts only, index file exchanges so clients can choose what to request. (For apps with larger data files) Etc.

You can't use it properly without knowing about relays. I just stick with Amethyst for fear of fouling my configuration.