In nostr you write a post and send it to a server. Relays can accept it or censor it. The latter: you just make your own relay. But there’s no cost to you or anyone else doing this, there’s no proof of work. It can be meddled with (and again, sure, you could create your own network) but you’re (1) choosing to ignore what’s supposedly on the server already (aka censoring) or (2) it’s cheap to create hostile relays that collude. It’s probably better for free speech than Twitter, but god it’s so painful as a base layer. At least to me.
Discussion
Has there been cases of relays censoring notes ? Or this is just theoretical ?
From what I understand you could create one and do it
If users figured out that my relay was doing this, wouldn’t they just stop using it and use other relays instead ? Wouldn’t that defeat the purpose of having a relay ?
Ye, if they knew, they would. Defeat the point in what sense? On a technical level, why not just have one global relay then? If no one would ever use a relay nefariously then surely one would just be enough?
If you only have on relay for everyone, then how is your network decentralized ? Hard to be censorship resistant with a centralized entity
Ok. I agree fully. I’m
Or advocating for one relay, but you said what’s the point of having a relay if people can just unfollow it? I’m saying it so cheap to make relays that “good” relays can easily turn into “bad” relays.