Oddbean

That would be crazy - I'm working on a plugin and realized I don't want to include an npub's followers and just include npubs that the profile follows when traversing profiles. The can of worms that would open should that be called censorship. Moreover, I imagine that would cripple nostr's scalability.

I do not fully understand what that plugin is all about and how it is supposed to function but in general I think it’s hard to predict such second order effects. The crazy thing is that we need filters to perceive reality but every filter is a kind of censorship. So it can’t be about the information flow per se but should focus more on intention and influence. That’s the underlying philosophical conundrum for me: freedom only works long term if it’s total but total freedom basically leads to entropy. Freedom is destructive but vital at the same time.

I'll hopefully have a video of it out soon showing some of my work but the idea I got from https://nosta.me/ which after using for quick profile references to check against my plugin. Definitely agree on freedom and filtering being a requirement to perceive reality.