The problem is that you run into content moderation.
What if someone is posting CP on your relay?
Better to have client have a way to have a user settings stored for remote hosting.
Now someone can already make a relay that stores that info, but it’s on a relay and they are taking a risk.
Very true. This is a tougher problem than I initially thought. You don't want to moderate and censor, but you also don't want to get in trouble with the fed for hosting such horrible content.
since we can run our own relays, maybe - when its possible - we can use our own relay for such needs as well
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You could, allow read only for anyone, and only write for yourself.
You could sell/give someone access if you trust them
There is an expensive relay that requires you to post a deposit to get access. Then you can deduct sats for usage, and take full deposit if violated TOS, and delete their data.
Other relays could copy the data, but it wouldn’t matter for the original hoster
this is actually a good point. everyone could host their own image sharing service on their own server alongside their relay.
I thought I posted this, repeating
You can run your own relay, you can restrict write access to yourself, read to all. But then the person must add your relay to see your stuff
You can open it to people you trust
You. An use the expense relay to require a deposit to access, then take a fee for use or delete notes & take deposits if they violate TOS.
Probably easier to use outside resources though.
Good idea, but to the extent the masses do this, if they keep their servers on their client machine, you’re back to a p2p model. Not bad to have the option though.
One solution that comes to mind is an image hosting service that only allows uploads from whitelisted npubs.
They sign images they upload and certify that they comply with the TOS.
Hosting provider could demand an upfront bond to be locked which can be seized when TOS have been violated.
A small additional ⚡️ charge per uploaded image could account for storage and moderation costs.
Great idea. Or you could use a service like app.starbackr.com where we already have TOS for image and video uploads..! We are currently working on implementing this.
