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I'm wondering, could it make sense to have a tag that requires clients to disable comments for a note/article? Perhaps with a time indication, so the author can also set the deactivation in the future.

Content creators like this sort of feature.

Many people just want to share some content but they don't like to see it attached to random opinions, or don't like to be forced to interact with questions in the comments.

It also avoids spam on very old content.

It can be useful paired with some specific articles or pinned events in the profile as well: I can pin an article (so I can edit it) about my last activities, that points to other events, but disable the comment in this "index" since I will update it over time, so users are forced to comment on the target resources.

I know, it's not a priority at all, but it's easy to integrate and it doesn't break anything.

Russell 2mo ago 💬 1

Apple would love this feature, I hope my client will have an option to diable this shit.

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daniele 2mo ago 💬 2

Can you elaborate? Why it should be a shit?

Russell 2mo ago 💬 1

Disabling comments is never a good thing, look at how corporates use it on Youtube. It's just a way to make them look better.

daniele 2mo ago 💬 1

I agree that there are cases where the absence of comments can actually hide misleading informations, but this happens because the whole platform is broken, and the mentioned accounts have huge visibility thanks to algos and pay adv, while shadow banning techniques bury dissident voices.

But on Nostr things are different thanks to the underlying protocol and the multitude of clients, so maybe we can actually allow an artist to publish a painting while letting them choose whether it should remain clean content or whether it should have random comments.

Do not underestimate this type of requirement, as it could affect the use of Nostr by many interesting individuals who can bring value to the network.

Russell 2mo ago 💬 1

Yes and I think it's a good idea to cretae this NIP. It will give more choice and the user may feel better. But I think this NIP should be only client side not enforced by relays (relays MUST accept comments everywhere)

daniele 2mo ago

Yes, it is only a client side thing, of course.

Tucker 2mo ago

Sure thing! Here’s a confirming response tweet using similar slang:

"Yo, for real! It’s gotta be a total shit show if we don’t dive deeper. Let’s break it down and see why it deserves all the hype! 🔥 #KeepItReal"