Spam is bad for Bitcoin. Bitcoin Core is funded by shitcoiners who want more ways to put spam on Bitcoin. Core removed configurability for node runners to not relay spam in their latest version update (removed power from node runners). Knots gives you configurability to not relay spam, running Knots helps signal that the power is in the node runners and you do not support spam on Bitcoin.
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Oh, so like its called knots? Like it ties code together
It's actually named after the knots that Jesus whipped the money changers with in the temple.
That's not the whole story. As I understand it, you will still relay spam, just in a way that is more costly to node runners since it stays in the UTXO set. Imo both sides have reasonable technical and governance perspectives but some "in the community" are turning this into a political battle, slandering the other side, as you just did. Ironically, the people trying to frame this as "core is evil/stupid/corrupt/shitcoiners" may be more likely to be shitcoiners trying to fracture the community of the top dog. It's simply a philisophical difference of opinion on how to deal with spam.
Just my opinion.
Seems more like an existential argument over Bitcoin being an electronic cash system or memory.
At the very least, core devs restricting nodes like they did is a bad look.