chat kind 42 and kind 40 are not needed
Remember that #nostrchat channels exist! Amethyst/Onyx already has good support for channels. Here is one place to start discovering channels:
nostr:npub1cdesn8paa37lcuyfkzql8lrrg50mf7dj6fd4sp5n3d6czu3tlazqeke7u2 has created many topic based channels 🫡
Discussion
Why?
they unnecessarily silo content, chat and twitter are just ui decisions that can work on the same content
there is a work around tho as a client could mix kind1 and kind40 kind42 together, and the ultimate goal would be to eliminate kind 40 and 42
#amethyst btw mixes kind40 kind42 with the kind1 feeds
seems we are also getting the same problem with communities where #tags already cover #topics and moderation should be via #filters with #lists
#tags, #channels, subreddits, etc are just generally topics...
#nostr general philosophy should and is remove silos, censorship is pro silos
How could you create a UI for channels using kind 1 events?
with tags, so #tags, or for a thread ie the parent note , #chat #channels are already threads as the channel is set by a note like a thread does
the things is we are duplicating the same data structures across the #nostr protocol, at some point i think it will be good to rewrite parts of it, remove excess, stay simple, good engineering is removing things making it simpler
when nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s started #damus he implement chat on a #tag, he agreed chat should be like that, point is your kind1 chat then automatically fills other kind1 using apps, ie everything, ie not siloed, nostr has been amazing how it can leverage all these different apps by keeping the social protocol the same between them, the same not different