When nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac I come up with a lot of ideas he forgot to tell you about the "relay alert" to trigger a consensus vote across the network (relay operators) when unacceptable content spreads across the protocol.

Yes, the child stuff kind of content or anything else posing a risk to the wellbeing of any nostr user aka an imminent threat to people's life.

We will need such a mechanism at one point or we'll risk sacrificing the censorship resistance of the protocol with a rushed solution such a small group gaining moderation / ban powers or developers and relay operators banning content case by case.

There is also the risk of state staged attacks on the network if nostr catches on, onboards over 250 million people. It's easy to flood the content with inappropriate content only to then point the finger and shout "look, only podophiles use nostr".

We have to be ready for these kind of things so we should start working on it now so that we're ready when the time has come.

1. algorithms to filter out content which can be enabled in-app by users to customise their nostr experience including "family friendly feeds".

2. An alert mechanism. If certain contents appears on the network the app who detects that content first would trigger the beforementioned "relay alert" prompting ALL other relays to participate in a consensus vote to ban the relays and related users from the network. At the same time the relay operators my decide if the information of the relays should be forwarded to law enforcement. Again, one of the worst case scenarios, children stuff. There is no excuse to protect that kind of content or those who spread and consume that kind of content.

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Not only does he talk a lot he also writes novels 😂 😂 😂

...and he still doesn't have an edit button. I want nostr+!

Yall are the real mvp

let users filter their feeds and law enforcement handle the criminal activity. let groups of relay operators do as they please, but the things you describe are antithetical to why nostr was created.

This is well intentioned, but completely wrong. When you take responsibility for the content, then YOU ARE responsible for it. If you people thnk that will appease State actors with bad ill against Nostr, you are absolutely dreaming.

There will always, invariably, inevitably be "bad" content that they will be able to use to go after people running relays -- if you accept that you are responsible for it.

The fight is to get court precedent overturning the ridiculous notion that a hosting service is responsible for the content someone else creates. Or at least, that a relay, which supposedly just RELAYS, is not responsible for what is relayed, like the it would make no sense to go after a town mayor because a criminal used the roads he ordered to build and is responsible to maintain.

Going down this path is short lived and will inevitable either kill the protocol, or allow bad actors (think Meta) to coopt it by pushing for ever-increasing regulation until they wash off all independent relay-runners and we're back to square one in the walled garden.

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There is no consensus on nostr. There is no block chain. There is no global state. This idea would ignore technical reality

You should definitely apply at #Bluesky

Without a doubt, they'll be begging for you to join their team!