Nostr Web Client

If you want some explicit content network on Nostr - just submit a NIP with a new kind. And you can spec it however you want. It can be perfected for indexing porn content or whatever you like.

I think anything else pushed into kind 1 is overkill. Kind 1 is for short messages, not a media gallery.

** and to clarify.. “you” wasn’t used to refer to anyone specific.

s3x_jay 2y ago

There are a few problems with using a different kind.

First, people won't publish on the correct kind and you can't change the kind after it's been published. LOTS of porn will be published as regular notes, and conservative groups will start publishing anti-porn, anti-LGBT messages in the new kind that's meant for porn.

We had this problem with the .xxx TLD - some people called for all porn to be on .xxx domains. It was a bad idea.

At the end of the day ghettos and marginalization are never a good idea.

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Blake 2y ago

The kind problem is generic and applies to all notes.

Kind 1 will always sadly be a dumping ground for bots, automating, testing, random content, advertising, etc. Because it’s the easiest and widest audience.

If you want a dating app.. you don’t need kind 1. If you want only fans, you don’t need kind 1 - keep a non-explicit kind 1 account if you like - which is how Twitter is often used today in addition to an adult account elsewhere.

I’m not suggesting a single kind either. It depends on the use case.

Again. Separation at a relay level makes a lot of sense and makes almost all this simple and easy today without changes. Relays are dumb and easy to stand up - you are still censorship resistant with this approach. It’s not banishing the people or content. It’s just centralising the communities.

Another feature you may wish to push for is ability to select which relays to publish to. And multiple accounts in a single app. Both useful for this. This will come anyway.. but it’s valuable for what you want to achieve.