Hashtags/NIP-32 labels + author(s)/WoT (to avoid spam) could be a really cool way to follow topics, especially temporary ones, over time.
Change my mind.
Or if you agree, explain to me why no app supports them in this form.
Discussion
I agree, but I never finished my implementation. Coracle's "collections" are the start of this. There's also this:
I think we should push NIP-32 forward.
Perhaps a good solution would be to organize a consortium of 3-4 clients and proceed with parallel and shared development.
Unfortunately no one really seems interested (including myself, priorities are elsewhere right now). But I would accept any PRs to collection browsing/management you want to open. Coracle's feeds already support labels, so it could be quite simple on the technical side of things.
I used labels extensively in Ditto and even in the Bluesky bridge. I think it's important and we have to embrace moderation services in the near future.
> and we have to embrace moderation services in the near future
Can you elaborate?
Subscribe to moderator pubkey(s). Their events determine what stuff is visible by default. It's half-baked at the moment but will be exploring it again soon.
Ok, interesting!
But how this fits in the labels scenario?
Bayesian filter rules like SpamAssassin, but somehow crowdsourced with weights affixed by community voting, would be more effective than leaving it to individuals. Anointing moderators that get to arbitrarily determine what is “abuse” has always regressed to rampant censorship. It took all of 5 weeks after Trump was elected for Twitter to turn from “free speech wing of the free speech party” to Milo Yiannapolous and I being the first political bans.
There’s no way that intelligence services and governments won’t quickly lobby whoever moderators are the minute they are responsible for a significant number of users, *even if they are anonymous*. Because pubkeys can prove identity trivially. And at least one will approach governments known to pay good money for censorship.
You can always switch your preferred moderator (maybe a better term could be "curator" nostr:npub1q3sle0kvfsehgsuexttt3ugjd8xdklxfwwkh559wxckmzddywnws6cd26p ), but your is absolutely a fair and importaant point.
“You can” requires an amount of investment into a service that no reasonable user has. Once you are hidden by the moderators unjustly, you can’t lobby the public on a fair an even ground for the decision to be reversed. Nobody is seeing your posts then.
I agree, the friction for change can be excessive.
social tagging a la #pubky with NIP-32 labels and WoT is a neat idea imo. i want this for Habla so badly but i ain't got time to implement it in the foreseeable future.
I would say because most clients do a poor job on WoT.
if you are lucky you can follow the hashtag in 3 or 4 clients
I know, but not limited to author(s)/WoT.
This is essential to avoid the easy spam that make hashtags hated by nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6
You could use a relay.tools relay which supports hashtags and has a built-in Web of Access (WOA) feature to eliminate spam. Spin one of those up, add it to your relay list and it should do what you want.
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Agree 💯 %!!
Perhaps the upcoming nostr:npub1healthsx3swcgtknff7zwpg8aj2q7h49zecul5rz490f6z2zp59qnfvp8p WoT-a-thon will provide a little extra impetus for someone to build this!
#wotathon