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 We could make a bot that replies to reply-guy replies with some changes. This would make them target our comments and get into a loop. Since he is now using some sort o AI to generate messages, his costs would skyrocket (or he would exceed his quota). If several of us join to run counter-spam bots like this, he would be soon overwhelmed and have no resources to actually spam people. :-D 
 We could make a bot that replies to reply-guy replies with some changes. This would make them target our comments and get into a loop. Since he is now using some sort o AI to generate messages, his costs would skyrocket (or he would exceed his quota). If several of us join to run counter-spam bots like this, he would be soon overwhelmed and have no resources to actually spam people. :-D nostr.fmt.wiz.biz 
 Presumably their costs are capped, but if 99% of it is wasted on replying to decoys that would be nice. 
 Tried that for a bit and it worked for some time, than stopped working. Not sure if the relay banned me or if reply guy figured out the decoys. Will do further tests later on and share the code if whoever wants it. 
 Tried that for a bit and it worked for some time, than stopped working. Not sure if the relay banned me or if reply guy figured out the decoys. Will do further tests later on and share the code if whoever wants it. nostr.fmt.wiz.biz 
 I think he is no longer spamming this relay (primal.net), could you point me to other relays where is still spamming? 
 I think he is no longer spamming this relay (primal.net), could you point me to other relays where is still spamming? nostr.fmt.wiz.biz 
 Done, i now have a fully working bot that does like that:
1- waits for a message from the reply Guy
2- when found, replies to it and waits for replies
3- if found a reply to my reply, go back to 2
4- else, after 10 secs without reply, go back to 1

It's in golang, i can send you the code as a private message (are private messages here encrypted?) 
 Done, i now have a fully working bot that does like that:
1- waits for a message from the reply Guy
2- when found, replies to it and waits for replies
3- if found a reply to my reply, go back to 2
4- else, after 10 secs without reply, go back to 1

It's in golang, i can send you the code as a private message (are private messages here encrypted?) nostr.fmt.wiz.biz 
 That sounds very cool. I won't have time to run it myself, maybe just post it as a gist? Or keep it secret :-) 
 I think i got banned from relay.primal.net. My ip addresses stopped working one by one, with a few minutes between each (like if someone had to look the logs for them and add them to a blacklist, or something).

If they do that with the spammer too, we may finally get rid of him. 
 I think i got banned from relay.primal.net. My ip addresses stopped working one by one, with a few minutes between each (like if someone had to look the logs for them and add them to a blacklist, or something).

If they do that with the spammer too, we may finally get rid of him. nostr.fmt.wiz.biz