So there’s a large group of people waiting to join #nostr so they can delete notes?
I’ve seen so many people say they won’t use Nostr because we don’t support delete. This is really frustrating, because Nostr DOES support delete, it’s right there in the NIP’s! We’ve got delete in nostr:npub1pu3vqm4vzqpxsnhuc684dp2qaq6z69sf65yte4p39spcucv5lzmqswtfch, but most apps don’t expose the functionality to users because they either don’t like the idea of delete or can’t be sure that something is 100% deleted. That misses the point, delete is as much about social signaling as it is about getting rid of the content.
Here’s my argument for how we should think about and support delete in nostr. In case your client doesn’t support long form content, here’s the njump link: https://njump.me/naddr1qq2ksje3g9trxujpxymyxjjlg5ckjmmrtguyxq3qpu3vqm4vzqpxsnhuc684dp2qaq6z69sf65yte4p39spcucv5lzmqxpqqqp65wk06e7u nostr:note1hldm4z430w76dn2ywzwjnafytnvyt7gsg6nhk3l8a3x8utzl88asl06u8m
Discussion
We’ve been doing a lot of user interviews and one of the things which comes up is users either avoiding Nostr because they think it doesn’t have delete or complaining about the lack of delete.
We published some of our research results last week: nostr:note1h8d8zh3m5q0jq2jq83sdnyrs76j0ng8e3qay3r809phx5dtnys4qdv9x25
Interesting… 🤔
not a guaranteed service even if NIP is proposed n passed - nos.social will make it easier to attempt it.
There is the whole nostr delete service which anyone can use to request their own content be deleted: https://nostr-delete.vercel.app
have used it - it works fine if note is FRESH not propagated far away relays
Yeah really we should update the delete service to use the blastr relay: https://github.com/MutinyWallet/blastr
yeah that makes sense push faster
Last year i made a quip on nostr that was in poor taste, I thought it was funny but it offended some people who I respect. So I apologized and deleted it, but I had to use blastr to get the delete event out there because my original note had been blasted out by other people. If I hadn’t been able to delete the original note then people would find it long after and they probably wouldn’t see the retraction or apology.
rem that note lastyr - it can happen any human - think hypothetical example Trump tweeting at midnight his fat finger slips LoL
I kinda like the idea of deleting tbh.
But the other side of the argument is: in your case there is the argument that you could have just replied to your own post with the apology, making it a thread. People would be able to see the "offense" as well as the apology and judge for themselves if it is warranted or not.
Where if you had deleted it, people who didn't see the original would only see your apology and have to take your word instead of judging for themselves.
But again, I see how prospect users can be turned off by it.