Nostr Web Client

Nostr has a free and open market for relay selection where users have the power to select which relays they want to use. If one of your relays is doing something you don't agree with, simply stop using them. I don't expect all relays to agree on the content they store so naturally some relays will filter out some stuff while other filter other things. Don't expect to be allowed to post your content on all relays in the world.

ShiShi21m 1y ago

Relays should be content agnostic & filtering should be done at the client -> user level.

Otherwise, no one will vet relays & you know it.

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0xtr 1y ago

Are we talking about filtering new events or filtering on the content returned on REQ messages?

ShiShi21m 1y ago

One leads to the other

0xtr 1y ago

Relays are just someone elses server and harddrive. Those "someone else" will have an opinion on what they want to store on there. There is no way in hell that all relays will accept anything from anyone. You just need to find the relays you agree with or better yet host your own where you own your own speech.

ShiShi21m 1y ago

Having a way to filter out spam is good,

But if you end up targeting npubs due to some notes, and that is widely adopted...I fear this.

0xtr 1y ago

I personally don’t think that’s going to be a problem. Basing your whitelist on a far reaching, naïve, reporting bot is definitely retarded but I don’t believe that’s going to be the norm.

ShiShi21m 1y ago

This is the first iteration, so maybe we don't have to worry about that...yet.