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--> Can't edit or delete notes on nostr <--

Hear me out.

What if instead of writing a note that you either want to edit later or delete you instead write a note in "publishing client" that then generates a nostr client renderable URL and it's that URL that gets sent as a note.

You don't know it's a URL because you just see the rendered note in the nostr client.

If I go back and edit the note in my publishing client the URL remains unaffected but the next time someone looks at my note what renders is the edited content of that very same URL? Think of it like the URLs from nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcqpqhee433872q2gen90cqh2ypwcq9z7y5ugn23etrd2l2rrwpruss8qxc5787 's GifBuddy: You don't see the URL you just see the rendered gif naively as a note like this

This would probably necessitate that you have to keep your own dedicated hard drive space for the notes or may leverage something like blossom.

nostr:nprofile1qyghwumn8ghj7vf5xqhxvdm69e5k7tcpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsqgpm7rrrljungc6q0tuh5hj7ue863q73qlheu4vywtzwhx42a7j9n5gapjsj , nostr:nprofile1qy28wue69uhkcmmrv9kxsmmnwsargwpk8yhsz8rhwden5te0dphkgmrzdajzucm0wfskxmr99e6x7mmvwvhsqgyhcu9ygdn2v56uz3dnx0uh865xmlwz675emfsccsxxguz6mx8ryg3eee77 , nostr:nprofile1qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qqszv6q4uryjzr06xfxxew34wwc5hmjfmfpqn229d72gfegsdn2q3fgfjtyk0 , please tell me how I have either not made myself clear or how I have fundamentally missed a basic tenet of the protocol.

I may be wrong here, but the malleability of notes has to be approved by relays to ensure no funny business is going on.

I'll give you an example.

You post a note (url) that says 'like' and 'boost' if you like puppies.

Then a day later you change the word 'puppies' to 'government'.

This may have a reputational effect on anyone that interacted with your note. Use your imagination on more sinister examples.

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Excellent point.

What if it cost money to edit? Just spitballin' at this point.

Then we're back to the good ol days of, whoever is wealthiest controls the information.

Gah!