that eliminates spam?
can you explain it to me?
Discussion
If all “proper” users are on paid relays, the spammers will have to also join paid relays and pay for them, which means they have to spend money to join (say, a yearly relays fee for each npub). And because paid relay operators will be quite vigilant with keeping their relays clean, it’ll be cost-prohibitive for spammers to do so.
fkn a
well said
I think I get it now
This requires one to only be on paid relays which means they only see notes from other people on paid relays right? Or could people always rebroadcast stuff from unpaid to paid ones?
Correct. Notes can potentially be rebroadcast to other, free relays and spammers may see them and, say, comment under them using the free relay. But as you’re only subscribed to your paid relay, you won’t see the spam.
Just sucks that spam-filtered free speech doesn’t seem possible without a cost to the user. But if that’s just a law of nature, the nostr way seems like the best option. Certainly better than a centralized platform at least