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jcorgan | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 This Nostrich will take all steps necessary to not see any advertisements while using Nostr. The very idea of targeted ads showing up in my feed is repulsive, regardless of who would benefit. I don't think I'm an outlier here.
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Derek Ross | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I could be incorrect here but I feel that most people feel this way, me included.
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Crusty 👨‍💻 | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 But isn't this because people generally joining #nostr has fed up with the current social media and system status quo?

Maybe the majority of people that would go to the other group has no problem with this, therefore they are happy using other places. I mean only other places.
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ManiMe | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You say this … and yet you expose all of your “public data” on Nostr, freely available for any machine to scrape and make use of. 

So nostriches wd RATHER handcuff the client devs ”thou shalt NOT use the public data to enhance your business model” … cutting off their access to a major revenue stream … ONLY because, “that’s what they do in the walled gardens”.
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nicodemus | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Just because one leaves a trail of breadcrumbs does not mean they are hungry. 

Just because the data is there does not mean it has to be used to manipulate the origin of that data. 

The ad services are free to scoop up this info and do with it as they please. They could be doing it now. That (some) data is there is completely moot to the question of whether the community is better served by handing over permission to be manipulated. 

Thankfully, nostr inherently gives users the absolute ability to never lose control over their experience. 

The larger question isn’t whether ad-driven clients should be created, imo. It seems it should be “how can nostr protect users from the inevitable onslaught of noise (dms, comments, etc) that will come from amoral actors. A question that has been here the whole time. 

I would like to see more brainstorming on this notion, first. 

Muting isn’t going to be sufficient. Imagine ddos levels of noise being generated.  

All I can think of is super strict modes of “only people I follow and that they follow”, web-of-trust style. But that breaks down when money gets involved (influencers).
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ManiMe | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yes. Mute and follow only go so far. An explicit “is trusted” marker will be needed to implement Web of Trust over Nostr. Making “is trusted” markers private will help keep influencers and money out, but these and bots will always be the challenge of better WoT tools. 

The pioneering of WoT for social media is Nostr’s game to loose. Along with “crowd recommendation” of content and follows (and “other stuff” users want) “trusted” advertisers and products will also thrive on the Nostr network. 
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