Nostr Web Client

Yes but it’s a users right to use any mechanism they want to filter posts to them. Another client could require you to send a wire transfer to do the same thing, it would just be more difficult to program that .

jcusick 2y ago

Kind of like Elon Musk charging money for Blue Checks. I get it.

I suppose thinking of paywalls as a feature and not as a way to block users is rational to some, but wouldn't it just be easier to program a way to block users without requiring a payment that only some can easily use?

It almost seems like a reminder that some are more equal than others, which seems to go against the whole concept of a free, open source, de-centralized platform that is designed to prevent censorship... particularly if you have bitcoins

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jb55 2y ago

What are you suggesting? The point is to put some friction so that not everyone can DM you.

Swavy2k 2y ago

I like it. If someone isn’t willing to pay a couple of cents to DM me, then they probably shouldn’t.

nobody 2y ago

Careful. He’s got the blueprint to Damass.

nobody 2y ago

Don’t give him any ideas now. Not like he has a clue.

nobody 2y ago

Lol. Delete. (When possible.*)

nobody 2y ago

Lol. Delete. (When possible.*)

Swavy2k 2y ago

Could you do it so you could exempt some users of your choosing?

gudnuf 2y ago

That would be nice, more for convenience once you’ve established trust with a person

Swavy2k 2y ago

Exactly.

elsat 2y ago

Yes. https://github.com/damus-io/damus/issues/951

ChadF and 33 others 2y ago

I think the point is that you would be forced to have Bitcoin to get past the paywall.

WheresAlan 2y ago

Some people ARE more equal than others. Even you mustadmint that you don'tbtreat everyone the same. You have frienda, family, crushes, etc that you treat different than people who dont fall into those categories.

WheresAlan 2y ago

Like if some random came to you and started to tell you that you are tying your shoes incorrectly. You'd tell them to fuck off. Your friends and FAM? You'd laugh, or riff on them. Or even listen.