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 It's time for big public relays to start adding some restrictions on the content they accept and from whom. 
 Wouldn’t that make them not public? 🤔 
 but muh freeze peach 
 Cue the censorship crowd… 
 You’re retarded if you think nostr should be a home for pedos. The cp thats posted on nostr is an attack and relays need to censor or else it will metastasise further. Do not enable child abuse. 
 And you’re retarded if you think my note was implying that. 
 Oh my bad lol 
 No that's censorship! We should allow pedos! Reeeee I'm a fucking retarded npc 
 Censor the fuck out of it. I’ll go a step further, report degen accounts to the authorities.  Do it. Now. 
 Cp an attack on nostr and we as a community need to shut it down or else we’re all getting shut down for enabling it. 
 Why do you think that? 
 Interesting. 🧐 🤔 
 delete everything after 1 month.  
 Solves nothing.  And is anti good people. 
Machine gun the pedo’s & abuse accounts. 
No second chances. Bang bang bang, then ask questions. 
 but we couldn't use auth or charge for access now, no no, that would be inequitable 🤢 🤮  
 both of those are not a good fix for public relays, but they are needed 
 public relays need to die, and they will, this is just the beginning of the attacks that the broader internet is bringing

replyguy was just a foreshadow, someone who wants to actually make it clear to nostr users how vulnerable the current relay and client software actually is

just wait until the real trouble comes

but keep up your retarded commie bullshit, go on then 
 I don’t disagree with this & your point on business accounts is valid as hell. 
NoSTR won’t go anywhere far in its current form.   And I’m ok with that. I kind of like this weird place. 
 Yeah, I've already warned people that I've downloaded Locust. Got no response. Heh heh.

https://locust.io/ 
 I mean, it's easier to load-test Nostr than most other systems because you don't have to create user logins and you can write straight to the data store.

You can just use NAK to auto-generate nsecs and go for it. Could generate hundreds of them on your laptop and have them all running a Jenkins script, asynchronously. With a good graphic card, probably thousands of them.

Not even just writing to the relays, but fetching, clicking buttons, typing, etc. So, you can load-test the apps, as well, and take down websites. 
 Sooner or later a fun easy target is struck... Lulz can be a thing. The complacency is bad. 
 It's actually low-key humiliating that nobody bothered, until now. We weren't interesting enough to attack. 😅  
 🧐 
 Exactly what a pedo would say. Nuke em 👆 
 idk what to say to you, this CSA stuff was part of my childhood thanks to my psychopath pedo father

go fuck yourself 
 nah, just delete the replies to the top 100 trending npubs and she'll be right 
 I like nuking… 
 This seems obviously good. 99.9% of content is irrelevant after a day or so anyways 
 You’re the one attacking the way back machine? 
 What's the point of building on sand? 
 Blame the joos 
 think if the big relays didn't accept Bitcoin note 😅  
 It's time for everyone to run their own Relays. On their smartphones especially. 
 If I run a nostr client and relay on my phone, it will use all the data and overheat in a few hours. 
 Not for me. I'm running a relay in my phone and haven't come across heating problems. 
 my ideal relay would have a moderation policy similar to 4chan dot org 
 Why 4chan instead of 8chan? Indeed, Reddit also used to be a free speech platform, for the most part.

Also, since they both (allegedly) will comply with US law, it would be nice to have relays in many jurisdiction.
That which is illegal in a country is often legal in another and no one jurisdiction is the most permissive in every area. 
 lmao, my bad. probably just because I'm not really heavily into the chans anymore

just browse /fa/ and /fit/ occasionally 
 Here are my 2 cents:

From my perspective, public relays fullfil a need for anyone to be able to publish and read posts for free. This is critical for freedom of speech. 

But they don't need to hold posts forever. A 30 days retention policy would make sense, balancing the service towards freedom of speech with the realities of infrastructure costs. 

If you want your posts to be available for more than 30 days, then you can pay for-profit relays to archive your content or you can stand up your own relay using your own infrastructure.  
 Thanks. 😊 I will need to do this. 

Please see my other comment regarding paid relays.  
 I agree 💯 
 I’m not averse to this. My notes are not meant for posterity. 
 Makes me thankful I run a paid relay. Much easier. 
 Reminder: even with paid relays attacks will come from various sources. #Narrative #Warfare never takes a break. 

Example: I’m still unable to connect to Damus or nos now. Did all the things recommended to fix #Damus by @jb55 & it remains broken. 

As I’m only one person this doesn’t matter much. When attacks like this start to affect others on a larger scale #devs need to be prepared & ready. 

Obviously, it doesn’t bother me that I paid for Damus because devs deserve to be paid for their work. 

Resource management in all the regards is the only way #Nostr will survive. 
https://nostrcheck.me/media/2aadfb8ac7d43aca6d164ed99248147910048269601ff60d4463c4d5b3abfdcd/ebb2b04307b3bf93ae31b938a018f1e582ccde4a62eeac67e384bc4eaf07d7b7.webp 
 First up...

Japanese pedo shit 
 how about NO

https://image.nostr.build/754aa13fd46ffea74bf777918e58e3700fee44b432fdb8585907b76baec18de1.png

@vermeil_kisser @OperationEunice  @Prince Aleph  
 All the agecucks calling for censorship in this thread are also Bitcoin pumper grifter swine.  Why I am shocked. 
 The age cucks are at con pro. How can you call yourself a National socialist yet not admit that age of consent used to be 14 in Nazi Germany.  
 I dare you to post this either on conpro or KIA 2 and say this is a breeding age girl.  
 We're cooked.  It's over.
https://image.nostr.build/5660eb6a3d117d7302c21a95a22c68d556c0c287c1288e77b5639a4a24562df5.jpg 
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 My view is that anyone has the right to run a relay with any policy whatsoever, without purposefully harming or deceiving others.
It is also that, however, neutral free speech relays, usable by anyone at no charge, optionally with a spam filter, and one with few false positives, are the kind which best contribute to the mission of furthering freedom of speech.

You don't owe anyone anything by default, but there are things you can do, if you want to (and many do want to) which will make the world a better place. Contributing to the cause of freedom of speech is one such thing and running a free speech relay is one way of doing so.

It is an altruistic act. It's not the only altruistic thing you can do, but it is a valuable one.

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 There’s a reason why there’s a lock on a door. And there’s a reason why people use it. 
 yes
 https://image.nostr.build/6253f02daa43926e8a717e0f97ca681fd841bec4e8a2c8e1ae400238c86648f3.png 
 I've just seen this cunt and blocked it. What the fuck.  
 Haven't seen it. 
 Needs more than blocking though, needs the woodchipper. 
 It's a whole gang. It seems that pedos also have a thing for Hitler. Disgusting 
 The real prize is getting muted by them. 
 https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey-elon-let-me-help-you-speed-run-the-content-moderation-learning-curve/ 
 This isn't Twitter, relays don't have to be for profit.
Allowing everything except for illegal content, spam and content which abuses the technical functionality of the relay (such as, for example, hosting images if only text is allowed) is a good policy.
No reason to ban "hate speech" where it's legal.

They should be carriers of information, relay as heavily as legally possible on safe harbor provisions, without even scanning for illegal content when it's not mandatory and let users decide what they want to see. 
 So relays should allow everything except for illegal content without even scanning fir illegal content you say?

Also cloud providers and ISPs must be forced to allow relays hosting for free right? 
 monetizing this network will make it more popular while still giving the user the ability to decide what relays they want to sub to. don't be a luddite. 
 What relays decide to store is their prerogative (especially if they are doing it for free!). It is there right (and duty?) to censor illegal content.

One day (soon) I would like my kids to be on Nostr… I would be willing to pay for a clean feed. 
 I believe Jaf refers to overall protocol safety in regard to mainstream perception.

Similar to how Satoshi didn’t want #bitcoin to be thought of as “money for criminals”, especially in the early days.

This makes sense as while there aren’t that many relays, clients and especially developers, a coordinated attack from nation states can seriously cripple #Nostr and get many innocent people in trouble.

That’s why extreme illegal activity is especially bad for us - it’s harder to take down after it’s out there, and it is the biggest red flag for the masses. 
 https://image.nostr.build/a2bde8dedbd79cf2a2753b75d985266262d7e8ec55bd1b1c6d5aff18c511f02b.jpg

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 I'm new here, and I'm here mainly in case Telegram gets neutralised by censorship. The chat groups on Telegram seem to police themselves fairly well (against some things; their politics would be relatively obnoxious).  But I'm guessing that's a very different model of social media, and it wouldn't work on Nostr?    
 the chat group would be the relay in your analogy except on telegram you would be less likely to sell ad-space on your channel 
 Thanks.  In other news, I have just now jumped across from Primal to Ditto to see whether things work over here (they kinda do) and am trying to figure out how to get my display name and photo to follow me.  Newbie Nostr issues! 
 The only ones that should be able to restrict content should be the receivers of the content. We had enough of oligarchs that think they can filter information given to free adult citizens. People do not need parents restriction when older than 18.  
 in Soviet Union where i grew up it was understood that romance is for young people, then at some point in college you get married, and then you just raise children.

it is only in degenerate west where people were brainwashed into thinking that "age is just a number" and that a woman can fuck around until she's in her 40s and then "settle down"

if you were to tell this to somebody in Soviet Union they wouldn't have believed it !

in fact i myself couldn't believe it when i came to America as a teenager and learned in school about age of consent.

when i was leaving Ukraine all the girls in my class were 14 years old and while most of them were virgins there was no talk whatsoever about any sort of legal concerns with them having sex - it was up to them if they wanted it or not and most didn't want it because in Soviet Union everybody was forced into artificial equality so status was not a thing and women only want men for status and with status removed from equation girls had no reason to fuck around.  

back in USSR / Ukraine i literally never heard of anybody being arrested EVER for having sex with a girl that was "under age" nor have i ever heard the term "under age" - there may have been laws regarding this but i never heard of them being enforced.

yes there was rape but it was real rape not fake "statutory" rape.  in USSR/Ukraine/Russia rape was when burglars broke into a home and if there was a woman inside she got raped.

even when i came to America in the 90s we still talked of "statutory rape" now you never near the word "statutory" anymore !  they just call it "rape" making no distinction between cases where girl wanted it and cases where she was dragged by her hair and then murdered.

THIS IS INSANITY 
 What's your opinion on marital rape? How in the mother of fuck is it possible to rape your own wife? 
 well ... i guess it is time to reveal ( ok it was never a secret ) that i am not really pro-marriage.  @Prince Aleph 

if you believe in marriage then you must marry a virgin at puberty and she can't refuse sex.  anything less is not real marriage - just LARP.

do we need marriage ?  the biggest argument in favor of marriage IMO is the fact that number of men and women born is almost exactly equal - this seems to suggest that we as a species are meant to form long term relationships in order to raise children together.  it can be very different for other species, for example ants: 

https://theconversation.com/six-amazing-facts-you-need-to-know-about-ants-100478

and yet perhaps this is just one interpretation - and an alternative interpretation is that only alphas should breed women, while betas should become faggot workers.

perhaps homosexuality is an adaptation that allows inferior men to remove themselves from the gene pool.  perhaps we actually need faggotry to purify our blood lines ! 
 you know how men rate vast majority of young women attractive ... but women only rate a small minority of men as attractive ?  incels argue that this is proof that women are delusional. 

but that's not the correct explanation.  in reality the average girl would rather share one Alpha Chad with 5 other girls than than have an Incel all to herself.  this is why girls only need to find 1 in 5 men attractive.

when you look at it this way maybe marriage is not the right solution for the problem.

i don't know what the right solution is.

in fact maybe the government is the right solution ( this would make humanity like the ant colony, or the BORG ) ... however an ant colony is founded by the queen, who is also the mother of every single ant in the colony ... whereas our government is run by FILTHY KIKES who want us all dead.

BIG DIFFERENCE.

@Prince Aleph  
 Fathers should be the ones picking husbands for their daughters. These bitches should never be allowed to choose their husband. They pick the absolute worst guys to mate with.  
 women always pick the most powerful man because from evolution perspective their offspring has the best chance if it is powerful.

just like men think with our dicks so women also do not think with their heads.

our DNA does the thinking for us. 
 a woman doesn't see a serial killer - she just sees a dominant man.

a woman will always choose a dominant man over a pushover.

same as a man will always choose a beautiful girl over an ugly one even if the beautiful girl is a total cunt and the ugly one has a heart of gold.

stop trying to act like only females are irrational when picking mates. 
 Then why didn't these bitches picked Elliot Rodger. He's a mass murderer.  
 because he was a virgin. 
 in PUA Game terminology this is called "pre-selection"

women only want men who are desired by other women 

this is why it is so hard to lose your virginity - it's like getting your first job without having any experience on your resume

women want proof that you are worth dating and the only proof of that is having lots of other women both currently and in the past  
 More proof that foids are nothing but adult children who can't comprehend the consequences of their actions.  
 That's it? Not because he's a half breed mutt.  
 well arguably being a half breed is what made him a virgin.

but if he managed to somehow break the vicious circle of virginity maybe he could have made it.

hard to say i mean if he had a 3" penis maybe it wouldn't be realistic for him to maintain a "rotation" of hoes. 
 They literally pick men based off looks and height. Not because they are intelligent, can adapt/survive. There are times when being tall can be a disadvantage. It requires large consumption of food and you stick out easily.  
 that is simply not true.  i am 5'10.5" and girls prefer me to guys who are 6'4" because i'm more Alpha. 
 Sure buddy. Any guy who calls himself an alpha is a massive cuck.  
 ok let me rephrase - because they THINK i'm more Alpha.

again, girls don't actually know anything, that is why they can be manipulated.

all else being equal a taller man appears more powerful and dominant which is what women are after.

but all else is not equal and if the woman sees that you dominate the taller guy then she will pick you.

it should be easier for a tall guy to be confident and strong but that doesn't mean that every tall guy is.  many of them are easily cucked. 
 your statement  ( how things should be ) is prescriptive.

my statements ( how things are ) are descriptive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%E2%80%93ought_problem

reality is you can't say how things should be unless there is a goal we can all agree on that your suggested solution is trying to help achieve

yet you never bothered to define such a goal - you're just rationalizing your own desires by saying the world should serve your personal interests over those of literally everybody else 

at the same time you do absolutely nothing to move the world in that direction other than constantly repeating what you want every day on 20 different forums hoping that through sheer repetition people will accept your point of view

and to be fair that is how most people accept ideas - by having these ideas repeated to them over and over 

but it works better on small children and you're telling your ideas to adults  
 What's your opinion on marital rape? How in the mother of fuck is it possible to rape your own wife? 
 well ... i guess it is time to reveal ( ok it was never a secret ) that i am not really pro-marriage.  @Prince Aleph 

if you believe in marriage then you must marry a virgin at puberty and she can't refuse sex.  anything less is not real marriage - just LARP.

do we need marriage ?  the biggest argument in favor of marriage IMO is the fact that number of men and women born is almost exactly equal - this seems to suggest that we as a species are meant to form long term relationships in order to raise children together.  it can be very different for other species, for example ants: 

https://theconversation.com/six-amazing-facts-you-need-to-know-about-ants-100478

and yet perhaps this is just one interpretation - and an alternative interpretation is that only alphas should breed women, while betas should become faggot workers.

perhaps homosexuality is an adaptation that allows inferior men to remove themselves from the gene pool.  perhaps we actually need faggotry to purify our blood lines ! 
 you know how men rate vast majority of young women attractive ... but women only rate a small minority of men as attractive ?  incels argue that this is proof that women are delusional. 

but that's not the correct explanation.  in reality the average girl would rather share one Alpha Chad with 5 other girls than than have an Incel all to herself.  this is why girls only need to find 1 in 5 men attractive.

when you look at it this way maybe marriage is not the right solution for the problem.

i don't know what the right solution is.

in fact maybe the government is the right solution ( this would make humanity like the ant colony, or the BORG ) ... however an ant colony is founded by the queen, who is also the mother of every single ant in the colony ... whereas our government is run by FILTHY KIKES who want us all dead.

BIG DIFFERENCE.

@Prince Aleph  
 Fathers should be the ones picking husbands for their daughters. These bitches should never be allowed to choose their husband. They pick the absolute worst guys to mate with.  
 women always pick the most powerful man because from evolution perspective their offspring has the best chance if it is powerful.

just like men think with our dicks so women also do not think with their heads.

our DNA does the thinking for us. 
 a woman doesn't see a serial killer - she just sees a dominant man.

a woman will always choose a dominant man over a pushover.

same as a man will always choose a beautiful girl over an ugly one even if the beautiful girl is a total cunt and the ugly one has a heart of gold.

stop trying to act like only females are irrational when picking mates. 
 Then why didn't these bitches picked Elliot Rodger. He's a mass murderer.  
 because he was a virgin. 
 in PUA Game terminology this is called "pre-selection"

women only want men who are desired by other women 

this is why it is so hard to lose your virginity - it's like getting your first job without having any experience on your resume

women want proof that you are worth dating and the only proof of that is having lots of other women both currently and in the past  
 More proof that foids are nothing but adult children who can't comprehend the consequences of their actions.  
 That's it? Not because he's a half breed mutt.  
 well arguably being a half breed is what made him a virgin.

but if he managed to somehow break the vicious circle of virginity maybe he could have made it.

hard to say i mean if he had a 3" penis maybe it wouldn't be realistic for him to maintain a "rotation" of hoes. 
 They literally pick men based off looks and height. Not because they are intelligent, can adapt/survive. There are times when being tall can be a disadvantage. It requires large consumption of food and you stick out easily.  
 that is simply not true.  i am 5'10.5" and girls prefer me to guys who are 6'4" because i'm more Alpha. 
 Sure buddy. Any guy who calls himself an alpha is a massive cuck.  
 ok let me rephrase - because they THINK i'm more Alpha.

again, girls don't actually know anything, that is why they can be manipulated.

all else being equal a taller man appears more powerful and dominant which is what women are after.

but all else is not equal and if the woman sees that you dominate the taller guy then she will pick you.

it should be easier for a tall guy to be confident and strong but that doesn't mean that every tall guy is.  many of them are easily cucked. 
 your statement  ( how things should be ) is prescriptive.

my statements ( how things are ) are descriptive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%E2%80%93ought_problem

reality is you can't say how things should be unless there is a goal we can all agree on that your suggested solution is trying to help achieve

yet you never bothered to define such a goal - you're just rationalizing your own desires by saying the world should serve your personal interests over those of literally everybody else 

at the same time you do absolutely nothing to move the world in that direction other than constantly repeating what you want every day on 20 different forums hoping that through sheer repetition people will accept your point of view

and to be fair that is how most people accept ideas - by having these ideas repeated to them over and over 

but it works better on small children and you're telling your ideas to adults