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 I have yet to see any civil discourse happening in response to a report on Nostr. It’s a nice idea, but in practice I am seeing only outrage and division. Most of the people who harass, bully, and name-call on the internet are creatures of opportunity. Sure they could go look at the reports in another application but they won’t, they aren’t, they’re seeing them in Amethyst. When they receive a notification they were reported they get angry and take it out on others. We’ve seen several people get harassed for reporting things over the past couple months (under their own accounts, not through a bot). I can share some pretty nasty links in a DM if you want to see for yourself. 

Eventually on Nos we’d like to have strong enough moderation and web of trust features to prevent this. In the meantime I just want you to be aware of the ick being generated by this feature in Amethyst. Again, I’m not arguing the data shouldn’t be public, I’m saying the way it’s being presented is not net positive for Nostr (in my experience).