I have also wondered if trolls suddenly flooded here to put people off - maybe a nostr competitor targeted attack? 

The trolls are highly triggered by keywords. That or maybe people who genuinely think they are always right. There are also some far rights who attack any sort of moderate thoughts because they think their role here is to "cleanse" nostr.  

There are also a group of people who debate thoughts and opinions, but it comes with the inclusion of personal attacks (nasty stuff). It must be tiring being that angry all the time. 

I have not blocked or muted anyone (except maybe for the airdrop spams). But I did feel really bad when I saw some terrible things said to you and a lot of other people here. 

I think its really cool that you as a dev can take this as an actionable item in building your client. Having these types of variations is the way