Nostr Web Client

How are relay operators handling content reports from users? There’s the nip-56 message of type 1984 which allows for reporting. But how are people handling those reports? Do any of the nostr apps provide tools for that?

I wonder if most relay operators are ignoring the messages and app developers are telling apple and google that their apps aren’t responsible because the reports are being sent to relays. This solution works until an App Store / Google Play reviewer tries to post content which violates the rules and checks to see if relays act upon it. But eventually, sooner or later, it’ll stop working.

StackSats.IO 2y ago

Clients are the ones with AppStore requirements, not relay operators. They’re the ones who have to work to the guidelines as best they can in an environment where they don’t control the underlying and yeah it probably won’t last forever tbh.

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rabble 2y ago

That sounds good in theory but that’s now how the AppStore rules work. As far as the AppStore / play store reviewers are concerned there is no such thing as decentralization. There is no exception in the rules for decentralized user generated content. They don’t care how the protocol works or that the client developers don’t control or specify the relays.

Either client devs comply with the rules or you can’t distribute to iOS at all or to the main google play appstore.

The shell game of sending reports to relay operators who never look at them or take action isn’t going to last. App Store rules are not based on a legal system, it’s an economic market place like a shopping mall, and we don’t even get to see the full rule list much less is there any right to due process or appeal.

So in the interest of client devs and the idea of having nostr clients in the AppStores. Can we come up with a way for relay operators to handle reports?