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mewj | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Agreed, but nostr still has everything to prove and much to be figured out. Once the real traffic arrives, bots and all, it will be interesting to see how _and if_ nostr will be able to handle that….without enduring the same fate as email
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nfx | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It's a legitimate worry and I feel the same way. But email, in spite of all the spam and problems, is still widely used. Standards like DKIM, SPF, DMARC have mitigated those issues. I feel like nostr's path will be similar to SMTP as a protocol.
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mewj | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 DKIM, SPF and DMARC all serve to prevent account spoofing, which isn’t a problem for Nostr and it’s priv/pub keys. The real problem is the opaque structure of mail providers, each with different spam filter mechanisms and preferential treatment towards “safe” origins (gmail, apple, microsoft, aws ses, etc…) encouraging a closed system
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nfx | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yes, I agree. My analogy to SMTP was along the lines of "simple, open standard, with problems, but addressed over time due to things like DKIM. It doesn't need to be perfect from the start. Problems are solved over time". That's what I was trying to convey.