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 The great thing about #nostr is that although you can’t fully ban someone from the network per se, you can, as a client, choose the type of behavior you find acceptable.

Because anyone can make their own client or spin up their own relay, there is no true censorship say, if, a client like ZBD were to ban that anyone for being a fucking asshole to any other human here. 

I personally see no issue with banning this user from ZBD or any other client. This type of behavior does not vibe with our values and defo not with my values. 

Sexual Harassment is disgusting and unacceptable on zbd.   nostr:nevent1qqsthnws5crs5jka6zgvvv0c0g2sv5w4y8e8j7clq5fxkwkzpz0kn5cpzfmhxue69uhkummnw3ezu7nzvshxweczjcznz 
  👎 NO NOSTR CLIENT SHOULD EVER BAN ANYONE NO MATTER WHAT. I am in no way saying he should be talking the way he is but the point of nostr isnt to ban people. 

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 You can mute people that you don't want to hear from though

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 Mute and move on. 
 Yup exactly 💯 
 What's more: with zbd in particular you can't export your nsec so if zbd bans you than they have taken you off nostr, this isnt what nostr is about

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 Exporting keys is coming soon 
 Clients can do whatever they want. Clients are not Nostr. 
 Yeah, but then it takes away people's voice. They can, but should not 
 Exactly 💯💯. 
 What he said is wrong and I don’t agree with someone doing this either. But having said that, this is not X to just ban him. Nostr doesn’t (and shouldn’t) work that way. You may need to learn the reason for Nostr’s existence.