Just a friendly reminder for those seeking a reliable #nostr #relay:
I host the superfriends public relay, which is located in a datacentre with pretty beefy hardware.
wss://nostr.superfriends.online
You can also access it via Tor onion services: 🧅 ws://sprfrnsx2nhyc6mkkb4hi2hauq7kd3ckudkj3v7djbw4wopqfcotw4id.onion
I started hosting it in 2023, but left nostr until last year, when I brought it back up, migrated from nostr-rs-relay to strfry, relocated it, and significantly increased the hardware and bandwidth resources.
It has 24/7 uptime, and generally performs very well. superfriends is listed on nostr:npub1syjmjy0dp62dhccq3g97fr87tngvpvzey08llyt6ul58m2zqpzps9wf6wl's awesome-nostr-relays repo where various clients can pick up on it.
Anyone is welcome to use it and I won't enforce WoT scores as it can be challenging for new users to break through that barrier, however scammers & spammers will be blocked.
Have fun! :MEOWDY:
superfriends is a pretty lax relay in terms of policy, but the following types of behaviour are likely to get accounts blocked:
- spam (including things like 5 minute bitcoin stats)
- scams
- constantly posting weird shit like: thirst traps, porn, nonsense articles, botted behaviour that seems suspicious
- bots are okay, but not annoying ones (i.e., spam, nonsense, weird status reports)
:MEOWDY:
My take, when it comes to the line between good bots and spambots, is that bots should not interact with users unprompted.
A bot which mentions users, misuses hashtags or is not properly marked as such via NIP-24 should be considered a spambot. A bot which is marked as such and only replies to users if prompted to do so, in order to offer some kind of service, should be regarded as a good bot.
As for pornography, my take is that it should be allowed except when it's illegal or spam. It's just like any other kind of content one may disagree with. Requiring that it be marked as sensitive via NIP-36
can make sense.
(Of course, your relay, your rules, this are just my suggestions on the topic).
