I've started to look into nostr, but so far, based on the most shallow of looks, I'm not quite impressed.

It seems that in order to get a "nice" experience, you have to sign up for a web UI hoster, and that seems to me to contradict the spirit of nostr.

Currently trying gossip but I get a firehose of messages, and the filter and sorting capabilities of the client do not seem quite up to par.

I will continue this investigation. If you have any tips or good clients, please let me know!