ursuscamp on Nostr: We should rebalance our priorities to favor relays more. Relays being transparent is ...
We should rebalance our priorities to favor relays more.
Relays being transparent is a mistake for long-term sustainability. Relays should be communities. Relays should be invite only for posting, or have some membership requirements. Clients should obviously display which relay a note was from, and you should select destination relays when you make a post. Clients should also offer optional filters by relay to allow users to delve down into more specific communities.
The goal here is to be more like IRC, which maintains infrastructure for free for decades by being more “community-like” with regard to relays and making sure power users have a stake in the relay.
We should not be as siloed as IRC, however. Client integration with multiple relays should find a balance between making the seams between relays obvious but not a hindrance to UX. We should maintain the look and feel of global feeds while fostering per-relay communities.
Relays being transparent is a mistake for long-term sustainability. Relays should be communities. Relays should be invite only for posting, or have some membership requirements. Clients should obviously display which relay a note was from, and you should select destination relays when you make a post. Clients should also offer optional filters by relay to allow users to delve down into more specific communities.
The goal here is to be more like IRC, which maintains infrastructure for free for decades by being more “community-like” with regard to relays and making sure power users have a stake in the relay.
We should not be as siloed as IRC, however. Client integration with multiple relays should find a balance between making the seams between relays obvious but not a hindrance to UX. We should maintain the look and feel of global feeds while fostering per-relay communities.