Agreed. For example, the stuff you raised about signing follow and mute lists over remote signers was handled piss poorly. We could have merged the NIP-44 encryption fix and got it adopted by a few relays and clients. Either that or just rollback to NIP-04. Then, we could have raised the max event size on a few popular relays (yes, they can handle a 300 500 KB payload over WebSocket with proper rate limits just fine), and that would have been enough to accommodate things for now.

After that, we could think about a more granular model for following events, as well as how to evolve encryption more sanely. Instead, we’re back to telling users they’re using Nostr wrong; trim your follow lists to 200 people, or just stop following anyone altogether and go touch grass. Say something, and you’re a negative Nancy... I’m just feeling a bit done with all of this at the moment.