yeah this could work well for this kind of permissioned access to a relay. then all sorts of apps could be used for the same content. posts, events, marketplace, nests, etc.
I think the new proposal for NIP-29 might be a lot of what’s needed here. That plus 30002 relay sets.
What I’m currently working on uses it heavily, and if you implement signature stripping from the relay you remove the data leaking concern greatly.
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/566
I don’t think forum software alone can work anymore if it’s not part of a broader ecosystem as the network effects get eaten alive by larger identity providers.
I think nostr can be a fantastic tool to make this type of communities flourish.
Happy to help in any way I can on this!
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Yes, exactly, the app I’m building now it spans beyond kind:1-type posts and posts a lot of different type of posts, like long-form, highlights, chats, and other things, within a community model