>From: jb55 at 04/22/23 18:32:01 on wss://relay.nostriches.org

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>The reason damus adopted it was because it fixes 2 issues: allows you to make kind1 quoted reposts without including the e tag (which makes it not show up in threads which is good)

You could do that with "e-" tags or something like that. Clients could do with them what they like.

>It also allows for non-p tag mentions in DMs which fixes mention leaks.

Clients could do that by putting references into a dm-tags element that is encrypted. Clients could decrypt it and add it to the tags element.

In any case, the format and processing of references is an issue private to clients. Clients should not export their own formats. Otherwise every new client will come up with another new format that all the other clients will have to deal with.

At the moment I'm seeing every possible combination of @ and :nostr and npub1 and note1; and there's no end in sight.