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Are private Communities / Groups possible on nostr? Only members of the group can see the notes there, even if you follow someone who is a member of the group you wouldn't see the notes by that member unless you are part of that Community. That sort of thing.

Is that possible now/ever?
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Greg 2y ago

Similar problem to private group chat it’s not solved yet. You can do it but it’s essentially going to be a group chat.

If you’re looking for a private Reddit type experience I haven’t heard of anything yet.

There are moderated communities like Reddit on Nostr but I think all the posts that are allowed are publicly available.

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7fqx 2y ago

I see. Maybe I'm thinking of it in the wrong way. Communities like subbreddits don't need to be private. Just curious. There could be a middle ground of community posts not showing up in your feed, which it currently does. Notes would still be public of you went within that community, just not broadcast to all followers all the time.

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Greg 2y ago

Gotcha yeah totally possible. I agree and think that moderated communities (like Reddit) on Nostr should use an event kind other than 1 to make sure it doesn’t show up on the general feed of Twitter-like clients.

But that’s not how NIP 72 is defined right now.