Data Ownership

You own your data, not a corporation.

What It Means

Traditional Social Media

  • Company owns your account
  • Company owns your posts
  • Company owns your followers
  • Company controls everything

Nostr

  • You own your identity
  • You own your content
  • You own your social graph
  • You control it all

Your Identity

  • Cryptographic keys = your identity
  • Works across all Nostr apps
  • Not tied to any company
  • Truly yours forever

Your Content

  • Posts signed with your key
  • Proves you created them
  • Portable across apps
  • Can't be taken away

Your Social Graph

  • Follows stored in your account
  • Export and import anywhere
  • Not locked to platform
  • Always accessible

Data Portability

  • Take your data anywhere
  • Switch apps freely
  • Import/export easily
  • No vendor lock-in

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