But importantly, what you do say here, can never be deleted
So you’re much more accountable to your writing
Which, as I think about it, is more intuitive anyways (& hence perhaps that’s why you feel that way)
Discussion
When I joined Nostr it was said that we shouldn't expect notes to last longer than 6 months, due to relays needing to free up space regularly.
I like the idea of notes surviving for 10+ years but I'm not sure how realistic that is.
I've still got emails going back to the 90's
Sure, but storage is costly.
We don't know yet how long we can expect Nostr notes to last. I have some Nostr notes that are 1.5 years but for all I know they could be deleted tomorrow.
My entire 1.5 year history is a 350mb file, around 17000 notes, not that much data really. If you're concerned about losing notes run a backup relay. There's options for umbrel, start 9, Citrine on Android, I think even one for old windows.
Absolutely. But for relays relaying a ton of users I have to expect that my notes may not persist indefinitely.
Yes, for users that worry about theit notes being deleted, running their own relay is a solution.
I responded to claims that notes are persistent. They might be, we don't know that yet.