I think all we need is for some clients to support 1) browsing the feed from a single relay (some already do) and 2) posting an event to a specific relay. Then I can join the Cooking relay and send my notes about cooking only there.
I don’t think tightly coupling groups (public or private) to relays is a good idea in the long run, but in these early days I think it would be a great way to approximate Facebook-style groups.
I’ve heard #[2] mention this as well. Curious to hear his thoughts.
I'm curious how the user experience in the client would be like. Does your client have a page that is relay-specific and all posts when on that page only go to that relay? Do you have a pulldown by the posting box saying where you are directing the post? Thanks for the feedback, it's all helping me think this through.
Mixing Rust and porn on the same identity is not good. Users should create different ID for each type? Clients may support switching IDs depending on the topic you want to browse.. and then connect to different relays to fetch them?
I agree clients should also support switching between multiple identities. But as relays become the way spam is prevented it will open up the debate about what is or isn’t spam. Because it’s a spectrum
same kind of applies for content type a week as content topic. i might want to see someone’s notes but not their instagram type photos, git contributions or group messages. do i need a separate identity? or do clients specify what content types they accept and send, kind of like http does.
*as well as content topic
I really hope this isn't what the future of nostr looks like. It seems like a re-invention of a web forum.
What I hope nostr becomes is a global public commons; what twitter should have been but failed to be. It should definitely support ways for users to slice, dice, group, filter and make community. But it should also allow for an un-siloed connectivity between anyone and anyone and/or anyone and everyone.
I also think it would be great for private groups to separately create their own private nostr networks wherever and whenever they want. They would be separate from the wider, global nostr network like a LAN is separate from the interwebs, though using the same plumbing.
I think down the road there will be a lot of corporate relays with paid subscriptions for content. They'll be an extension of the paid streaming services now.
