As usual with Nostr, there are multiple kinds for polls, and each client will support a different one (or none).
# Kind 1068 poll (works on Jumble):
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# Kind 6969 Zap poll (works on Amethyst):
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Original post:
Hi folks, quick poll: would anyone want to have "protected" media on Blossom (i.e. media that shouldn't be mirrored or spread to other Blossom servers)?
Think of it as an optional BUD, similar to NIP-70 (https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/70.md), requiring AUTH and either automatically denying mirroring of protected media or verifying that the media was uploaded by the same pubkey on the origin server.
#devstr #blossom #nostr #media #growNostr
I think this question will affect my answer: Can other hosts copy my uploaded images without my request?
If it works with the same logic as Nostr, the answer is obvious đ I just thought this part was more static for some reason. Like pubkey control.
In short, yes, they can. Just like with Nostr notes (where anyone can broadcast or republish your events to other relays, spreading your content virally through the network), in Blossom anyone can mirror your media to other Blossom servers simply by calling the /mirror endpoint. I donât want to put words in nostr:nprofile1qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68yat99e3k7mgpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuegpr9mhxue69uhhq7tjv9kkjepwve5kzar2v9nzucm0d5qzqfngzhsvjggdlgeycm96x4emzjlwf8dyyzdfg4hefp89zpkdgz99ngvl73âs mouth, but IMO this is by design. Blossom was meant as a simple, permissionless, resilience and censorship-resistance first protocol. Basically, it's pragmatical IPFS without the P2P/DHT aspect and its complications. Itâs meant to spread your stuff around.
And then, as usual, Nostriches decided to use Blossom as the everything-media protocol without users fully understanding it. So now folks are uploading selfies, vlogs, and whatnot, and some are complaining that their stuff is being mirrored without permission. Or worse, they are uploading their stuff without knowing that Blossom is and that the whole point is that it's meant to facilitate mirroring of stuff across servers.
So my ask above is whether we should have some way to mark media as âprotected,â meaning that the original authorâs intention is for the content not to be spread to other Blossom servers. As with everything on the internet, this would be easy to bypass, but it would at least act as a declaration of intent from the author. Compliant Blossom tech could then respect this, so that other Nostriches donât unintentionally mirror a protected blob against the authorâs wishes.
Good read on the whats and whys of Blossom:
Thank you very much for your detailed and clear answer as always.
I agree with what you said. Even leaving Blossom aside, anything put on the internet can be easily copied. In this respect, no such media host will offer complete privacy. But it's good that people have even minimal control over their own media.
For example, I was thinking "I may not be able to completely delete my notes, but at least I can delete the image I uploaded to different hosts if I regret it later and somehow disconnect it from my profile". If there was a feature like you said, I could upload some images like that. For most images, it's important to know that they won't be deleted later.
