Agreed that muting is not censorship. Muting is about what you see. Censorship is about what others see.
Some clients (Damus) are starting to honor authorsā OnlyZaps preference by hiding the like button from readersāpreventing the reader from posting likes or seeing like counts.
The user can switch clients, of course. But what Damus is doing, via OnlyZaps is censorship because it hides information from readers arbitrarily based on the authorās preference (not the readerās preference).
Astral.ninja NEVER implemented likes. That's not censorship. The developer just doesn't like likes. It's not a requirement. Reactions are just a possibility.
To be super clear:
- A client not implementing a feature at all is NOT censorship.
- A client implementing a feature that gives a user the ability to filter their own experience (mute) is NOT censorship.
IMO:
- A client filtering content for one or more users based on the arbitrary preferences of another party IS censorship.
This is what Damus is doing. If the author has enabled OnlyZaps, readers are unable to post or see reactions on that authorās posts. This is censoring content from the reader at the discretion of the author.
Thank you for clarifying. š¤
If the reader wants to provide the author with a reaction and the reader has them turned off, then the reader will need to go to use a client that supports the feature that they want.
Client devs will have to consider these situations, that making certain changes may make some users unhappy and those users will seek out other clients that meet their needs. This is the free market at work though, right?
Related, I am thinking about using Coracle full time on the web over Snort just because I want Lists and Coracle has that feature.
Imagine fighting for something as meaningless as a like that provides zero signal
My reactions provide signal to me. My later self, to be specific. Have I seen this before? Did I like it then? These are questions answered by reactions (likes), even if no one but me ever sees them.
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In this case then I'd recommend doing 1 sat Zaps or using a client that implements features that you want. We have a lot of choices š¤š»
Sure thing. I agree that client choice exists and that itās a compelling feature of the nostr protocol and network. Competition among clients and relays is why nostr will win where other Twitter competitors have failed. š¤
My objective with my meme was to raise awareness of the issue. My hope is that Damus will offer me an option to ignore the authorās preferences with respect to my ability to post kind=7 notes. If not, Iāll find another client (or make one).
Currently, to my knowledge, Damus is the only iOS client not relegated to Test Flight. Hopefully thatāll change soon.
