Nostr Web Client

Maybe the UI should show other users your preference. So for example, when I’m looking at your post today, I see a like button and a zap button. Somewhere in the UI it could show me that you don’t see reactions (likes) and prefer content responses.

I don’t know what this UI would look like. It could be a 🤙 emoji inside of a 🚫 or something to show that I can still do the like, but that you won’t see it.

This is just an idea, but you see where I’m going. Your preference for a content response is reasonable. As is my preference to just tap the like button. Whats missing in the UI is a way for you to communicate your preference without inhibiting my range of actions.

The Fishcake (nostr.build) 2y ago

I am curious, what would you get out of a reaction to the post that nobody but you can see? Will simple “ack” I saw it and consider it read be the solution? 🐶🐾🫡

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Quentin 2y ago

It will be seen by everyone who doesn't have that enabled. And also to know what you have liked before 😀

The Fishcake (nostr.build) 2y ago

Then maybe “ack” is it? What if I do not what to have likes display together with my note? What if I don’t want people to sway others by their “reactions”? Should I have that choice? Or should you have a choice to affect my content? 🐶🐾🫡

jimbocoin 🃏 2y ago

> What if I do not what to have likes display together with my note?

In the abstract, it is impossible to prevent your users’ clients from asking relays for reactions and aggregating the results. Uncensorability is a foundational principle of the nostr protocol.

It is possible for client implementations to honor your preference and hide that information from other users. Damus is trying this out with OnlyZaps.

Users who don’t want to have that information hidden can choose to use other clients which do not censor reactions.

The Fishcake (nostr.build) 2y ago

That’s my point. Having any sort of reactions will impact how it’s perceived and read by other users. I am saying that presence of reactions that are prone to manipulation and misinterpretation is not a good thing. 🐶🐾🫡

jimbocoin 🃏 2y ago

If you’re worried about spam likes, then clients could filter by proof-of-work as described in NIP-13.

But there’s no absolute way to censor reactions. This is a core feature of nostr. Uncensorability is the reason nostr exists at all.

Quentin 2y ago

Yes, just!! Agree!! 😀

Quentin 2y ago

So you are questioning the method we have now to mute trolls, they still affect your content, and that's fine. It's up to each of us, (the others) whether this user is a troll to us or not. Applying this to likes, in my point of view, is a winning option.

jimbocoin 🃏 2y ago

If it’s only me: I could be using the reaction function as a bookmark. Later, I can browse my likes to read things I had set aside. Or maybe later I want to search through my liked notes to remember some topic or dredge up an old link.

corndalorian 2y ago

Good point. I used to do that on the Twitter app before they fixed the timeline auto refresh/jump. Maybe bookmark should be where likes used to be in Damus.