I love this idea but also think it’s going to be completely unusable in practice. 😂
A few days ago I had lunch with nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc and he told me about this awesome idea:
> A relay that rejects long notes.
This morning I woke up thinking about it.
And now it's live.
wss://140.f7z.io
140-character limit. With a pretty strict moderation, so spam should be basically non-existent.
It's also sucking short notes from other relays, so it's global should be pretty useful.
Check it out!
PS: No coincides; I saw this nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 note just now 😂
@note10nvzcqzst4c5yee279u2j5qpzzkffhwxn5qf5t7jxqfx53h6agdqte34ay
Discussion
Why?
Becuase for it to be effective, your client must connect to only that one relay exclusively. Otherwise you get and send all length of notes.
And only <= 140 go in, so that doesn’t matter
It could be usefull and effective if several relays were configured to only allow 140char and special clients were designed to exclusively connect to those relays. Then you'd have a true 140char application.
All you’d need is the ability for a client to add ability to filter to specific views or modes to only use certain relays. For example, create a Twitter mode which only shows and posts notes to 140 char relays (you tell the client which relays are 140 char relays)
I think nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s is working on this already with Damus and filters. Not 100% for sure tho.
"Mode" is perfect innovative solution albeit complicated.
You could have a single client, tailored to the specific modes you care about:
- Twitter (140 chars)
- Medium (long form)
- Instagram (images only)
I’m sure there are cool things you could do if you were able to customize both the event kinds, relays, etc.
Not sure. But I think @pinstr #pinstr does that. I can't use many options for technical limitations.