I’m thinking more on reverse lines. If your home server is your source of truth then you are in control of that truth as it evolves. With nostr you hand over your truth, signed, to live forever outside your control, unchanged from the moment you sent it away. You become a prisoner of time in a way, a prisoner of a moment.
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Yes, not having reliable delete is a trade off. But that's just reality, there is no way to revoke information once it's shared. Screenshots usually suffice for any use case for which retaining someone else's signed notes would be useful.