using a relay that blocks some kinds of events is an individual choice. Running your own relay that does not block anything is also an individual choice. It's all at the individual level, and the protocol guarantees you that.
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using a relay that blocks some kinds of events is an individual choice. Running your own relay that does not block anything is also an individual choice. It's all at the individual level, and the protocol guarantees you that. relay.primal.net
using a relay that blocks some kinds of events is an individual choice. Running your own relay that does not block anything is also an individual choice. It's all at the individual level, and the protocol guarantees you that. nostr.fmt.wiz.biz
Yes--agree. Yet practically speaking, if Nostr is going to prosper than most will not have the knowledge (nor desire) to run their own relays.
Consequently these decisions (whether to censor, and how to do so) will ultimately determine the sucess (or failure) of the entire protocol.
Given that Nostr was created in response to censorship on other platforms, then enabling censorship on Nostr seems to put us all on that same trajectory.
We're better than that...FIND A WAY to solve the problem WITHOUT central control by some type of "authority".
Let ME choose what I would like to read...
I'm not really sure what central authority you're talking about. There are, literally, hundreds (or even thousands) of relays. Which one is the central authority?
Each relay operator is the "central authority", deciding what is to be seen (and not seen) by that relay's users...
so you have thousands of independent central authorities to choose from….
How will you know what a relay operator is "filtering"?
How will you know if information you'd like to see is not being presented to you?
How will you ensure a relay operator is not shadow banning certain accounts or topics?
How will you know if a relay operator isn't doing exactly what Twitter and Facebook have been doing?
there are several ways, but the simplest one is: run your fucking relay!
Said this in another reply, but are we really wanting Nostr's freedom of speech proposition to be "Hey spin up your own relay"?
We're better than that--we need to make things easier for folks to adopt Nostr...not harder.