The shadow banning is only on the Trending feed, so just donβt use it.
Spam is a separate issue since Primal uses a centralized cache. I presume they need to filter spam on ingest to keep their cache fast and scalable so there is not way to turn that part off. Youβd need to use a different client without a centralized cache or run your own caching service.
But why ban it in the first place? If it is trending, let it be, why fuck with it?
Theres a few reasons! You can read some of the posts from nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr explaining their reasoning.
Main ones were:
1. Adult accounts (they donβt want those in the trending feed, understandable whether you agree or not)
2. Semisol was creating βfakeβ trending events by creating fake reactions/replies/zaps/etc so they blocked his npub.
Again, if youβre trying to build a functional βtrending notesβ view, these are reasonable steps to take not βcensorshipβ.
If there are adult contents you donβt want to see, mute it and refresh the list, why ban it altogether? What if I am a pervert and I want to see it? Let the user decide. Period.
