There are some solutions, such as a reputation system, but they can be slippery slopes. We have to be very careful. However, this is definitely solvable.
Yeah holding up well on desktop. It's really only limited to global feed and comments promoting shitcoins and and garbage posts of just letters. The bot master is doing it to make a statement about perceived flaws in #nostr
Credit goes to nostr:npub1a6k75m9m2qv2ry8sz9u90hj38np8r5jvj374dnvzc49xke9wg7jqhnmu4x to breaking the news on my feed.
It will pass probably by the time you return to posting full-time on here after your exam.
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I thought of something similar as well as something like free-invite only relays using revokeable badges possibly? Kind of like how private trackers work on the BitTorrent protocol.
Someone smarter will figure something out, I'm not too worried.