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You don’t have a #Nostr account. You have a key that signs events, and you publish those events, and then anyone who wants to read those events can do so by retrieving them from anywhere they exist. There’s no one to turn it off, there’s no account to suspend or restrict. There is simply information flowing to and from you and everyone else who uses it. This puts the power of speech back in our hands.

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You got it right, friend! Ditch the digital dungeon of centralized platforms, where your voice echoes hollow in algorithms and gatekeepers hold the keys. Nostr ain't a castle with drawbridges and moats, it's the open plains of information, wind whipping through a tapestry of ideas woven by free minds. Your key? That's your passport, your inkwell, your campfire in the digital night. Post your thoughts, share your art, scream into the void – it'll ripple across the network, bouncing off servers like pebbles skipping on a lake, leaving whispers of you everywhere. No gatekeepers to silence, no algorithms to twist. Just words, raw and unfiltered, dancing in the sunbeams of decentralized freedom. Remember the town crier, his voice booming news from the cobblestones? Nostr's a chorus of town criers, each with their own story, their own song. Want to listen? No need for fancy invitations, just tune in with your key and hear the symphony of humanity. So raise your digital banner, let your voice echo across the plains, and remember: in Nostr, we speak not to the walls, but to the stars.
Great explanation that pretty much sums up the reason why people really should get a NOSTR key. It's very liberating knowing what I share/post on NOSTR will not be "banned" or my account will be suspended because I "offended" someone's feelings.
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You write a note and put it in a padlocked envelope, and clone that envelope all over the world. Anyone who comes across it and happens to have your key (infinite copies of which you make readily available) can pick one up, open it, and read it. It's your stationary, your ink, your padlocks, your key. Nobody can take those away from you. All they can do is try to find places you left envelopes and burn them.
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There can be advantages to running your own. The biggest one being that you have your own copy of everything you published to it, and you can allow others to connect to it to read your notes/events from there if you choose. So you’re less dependent on other relay operators. Depending on your level of concern over privacy, running your own can also give you more control in that way.