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calle 👁️⚡👁️ | 29 days ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +6 
 why on earth do nip17 messages need to have a random timestamp, it's so damn annoying. I need to fetch all events from two days ago just to read one message? 

it's so stupid.
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calle 👁️⚡👁️ | 29 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I needed to vent. pretty sure this is for metadata larping.
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Don't ₿elieve the Hype 🦊 | 29 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It's for metadata larping.
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jitters1254 | 29 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Sorry, just saw this message after I sent my response.
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keychat | 29 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The designers believe that the real timestamp of a note can be hidden. 

We also think this is not a worthwhile trade-off.
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jitters1254 | 29 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I think the random timestamp is to thwart one’s ability to infer conversation between two parties through time ranges. However, I never considered the usability impact as you described. I can definitely see how that’s frustrating.