danestewart on Nostr: No, don’t rely on any particular/shared relay to determine whether a user is ...
No, don’t rely on any particular/shared relay to determine whether a user is considered ‘online’. Let the user maintain ownership of this info. Each user should be able to post a special type of ‘beacon’ note that only they can ‘ping’ (signed), similar to a reaction. To extended NIP-25, a content value of . (period character) is likely the most feasible. Thus the concept of being considered ‘online’ is nothing but a recognition of last known ‘ping’ to that beacon note. There may need to be a minimum limit (1 minute?) per ping to appease relays/clients to not be viewed as spam? Maybe this should be a NIP.
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